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Ban names high-level panel to map out 'bold’ vision for future global development efforts

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the General Assembly.

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Half of India Suffers Massive Power Outage

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A map showing the areas in north and northeast...

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Number of Syrians displaced by conflict continues to rise, UN refugee agency reports

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Syrian refugees queue up for UNHCR relief items in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.

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US Defense Secretary Begins Sensitive Meetings With Israelis on Iran

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is in Israel for the start of talks that will include sensitive discussions on what to do about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Earlier, Panetta stopped in Cairo, where he had praise for Egypt's new leadership.

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