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UN urges for global moratorium on research using deadly livestock virus

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A veterinary technician from an FAO project in Padukka, Sri Lanka, tests blood samples from cattle to ensure the rinderpest...

Côte d'Ivoire: UN deplores attack against camp for internally displaced

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Special Representative Bert Koenders (left) with UNOCI peacekeepers.

Netanyahu: Israel Prepared to Deal with Syrian Chemical Weapons

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is prepared to act to neutralize the threat posed by Syrian weapons of mass destruction in a post-Assad era. The prime minister was interviewed by two U.S. television networks.

Illinois Army National Guard truck drivers keep supplies, personnel moving

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Spc. Anthony Buran, a member of the Illinois Army National Guard's 1544th Transportation Company, conducts a vehicle...