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Report: Natural Disasters Worsen Poverty

A new report says hundreds of millions of extremely poor people could be at the mercy of natural disasters in the coming years. It says unless they are better prepared to face droughts and floods, extreme poverty cannot be eliminated.

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Bomb Blast Kills 1 in Burma's Shan State

Burmese police have announced that one person was killed when two bombs exploded in a restive eastern state in the latest small-scale bombing in the Southeast Asian country.

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Ban appoints Sigrid Kaag to head up joint OPCW-UN mission in Syria

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) introduces Sigrid Kaag, newly-appointed Special Coordinator of the...

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OSCE helps Albanian army get rid of dangerous old chemicals

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Members of Albania's armed forces begin the process of repackaging and storing dangerous chemicals on October 14 2013.

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