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9,500 children dying from diarrhoea each year in Afghanistan – UNICEF

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Boys crowd around a hand pump for a drink of water in a school in the city of Mazar, north Afghanistan. 2011

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High-Level North Korean Defector Urges US to Use ‘Soft Power’ Against Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s authoritarian regime may be more vulnerable than people think, a high-level defector suggests, as he urges the U.S. to use “soft power” against Kim.

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UN Assistant High Commissioner calls for humanitarian access and safe, voluntary repatriation of refugees during Myanmar visit

The United Nations Assistant High Commissioner (Protection), Mr. Volker Türk, concluded on Wednesday a two-day visit to Myanmar, during which he called for unrestricted humanitarian access for communities in need, and for the voluntary return of...

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Federal Terror Charges Filed Against New York City Truck Attacker

Federal prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against the Uzbek immigrant accused of running down and eight people with a truck in New York City.

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