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S. Korea President Vows Strong Retaliation Against North

South Korea's president has warned that the country's military will strike back swiftly and decisively against any North Korean attack, as tensions on the peninsula continue to mount.

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Senior UN official urges confidence-building measures to counter global insecurity

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Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inventory a...

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DR Congo: UN peacekeepers protect civilians after fighting in Kitchanga

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IDPS wait for food distribution from WFP near a MONUSCO base in Kitchanga after heavy fighting broke out...

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Children Killed in Burma Mosque Fire

Burmese police say as many as 13 people, most of them children, have died in a fire at a mosque in Rangoon.

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