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OSCE Chair, in Germany, opens conference on confidence-building, meets Moldovan and Transdniestrian leaders

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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara (centre-right), during a conference on confidence-building...

Security Council urged to support ‘temporary boost’ to African forces in Somalia

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Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson (2nd left) chats with medical staff from the Ugandan...

UN chief deplores plans for further Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory

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A settler woman walks past an Israeli soldier standing guard in East Jerusalem.

Egypt Student Protests Continue

Students at Cairo's al-Azhar University took over an administrative building Wednesday and university officials called on security forces to intervene. The incident came after Egyptian authorities detained a top Muslim Brotherhood political figure....