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UN anti-drugs chief: fighting crime and illicit drug trade must be on development agenda

UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and President of the General...

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Syria Says Terrorists Kill 3 in TV Station Attack

Syria's state-run news agency says an "armed terrorist group" killed three people during an attack on a pro-government television station.

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Analysts: Morsi's Inauguration 1st Salvo in Egypt Power Struggle

Egyptian President-elect Mohamed Morsi will be sworn in Saturday, and the location of the ceremony will mark his first public challenge to the nation's powerful military.

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Regional actors must take ownership and play a central role in addressing the humanitarian crises in the Sahel region, humanitarian partners in West Africa say

ECOWAS and humanitarian partners in West Africa agreed today to further strengthen their existing collaboration on humanitarian and resilience issues for a more effective and sustainable response to the current and future Sahel crises.

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