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UN genocide adviser warns of increasing risk of sectarian violence in Syria

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Syrian children outside their UNHCR tent at Jordan’s Za’atri refugee camp.

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Face of Defense: Navy Boat Team Practices Counter-drug Mission

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Sailors with a special boat team extract from simulated enemy territory during a training exercise in the...

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Ban and Security Council condemn fatal shooting down of UN helicopter in South Sudan

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UN peacekeepers in South Sudan with one of their helicopters.

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Plight of Somali boat people must stop, UN expert says after latest Gulf of Aden tragedy

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People waiting to board a boat to take them across the Gulf of Aden.

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