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Nicaraguan President Cancels Pension Plan Changes to End Deadly Protests

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has scrapped plans to overhaul the country's social security system.

His announcement last week of changes to the country's pension plan sparked days of deadly protests.

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11 Migrants Die, 263 Rescued off Libya Coast

The Libyan navy said it has recovered the bodies of 11 migrants and rescued 263 others in two separate operations off Libya's western coast.

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Four years of conflict in Ukraine leave 4.4 million people in a dire humanitarian situation

The Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Mr. Neal Walker, on April 20th, briefed Member States and International Organizations on the dire humanitarian situation faced by 4.4 million conflict-affected people in eastern Ukraine. After four...

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"Supporting the future of Syria and the region": financial tracking report

At the first Brussels conference on "Supporting the future of Syria and the region" on 4-5 April 2017, the international community and the governments of refugee hosting countries came together to reaffirm their commitments to help millions of...

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