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South Sudan: All the conditions for a hu...

South Sudan: All the conditions for a human catastrophe are present

South Sudan: All the conditions for a human catastrophe are present ## Escalating Violence in South Sudan Fuels Fears of Widespread Humanitarian Crisis **JUBA, South Sudan** – The fragile peace in South Sudan is increasingly threatened as military tensions between government forces and opposition... read more »

Dutch watchdog claims Google `spins invisible data web`, violates privacy law
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UN watchdog warns Ukraine war remains worlds biggest threat to nuclear safe...

UN watchdog warns Ukraine war remains worlds biggest threat to nuclear safety ### Nuclear Safety Imperiled as Ukraine Conflict Enters Critical Phase **Vienna, Austria** – As the protracted conflict in Ukraine edges towards its fifth year, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has... read more »

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Reaching a child in Darfur is hard-won and fragile, says UNICEF

Reaching a child in Darfur is hard-won and fragile, says UNICEF ## Darfur’s Children: A Perilous Journey to Survival **Khartoum, Sudan** – Delivering life-saving assistance to children in Sudan’s vast and volatile Darfur region is an arduous and precarious undertaking, UNICEF... read more »

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World News in Brief: Syria ceasefire welcomed, Olympic truce, Ukraines free...

World News in Brief: Syria ceasefire welcomed, Olympic truce, Ukraines freezing children **Ceasefire in Northeast Syria Garnering International Support Amidst Humanitarian Concerns** A fragile ceasefire has been brokered in the volatile northeast region of Syria, a development that has been met... read more »

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Pak court sets Nov 18 for Musharraf's plea to leave country

Pak court sets Nov 18 for Musharraf’s plea to leave country

Karachi – Pakistan’s Sindh High Court has set November 18 for a decision on former president Pervez Musharraf’s plea against a government ban on him travelling out of the... read more »

Philippines typhoon: Death toll rises to 1,833

Philippines typhoon: Death toll rises to 1,833

MANILA – Death toll in the Philippines from typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) jumped to 1,833 with initial cost of damage increasing to 761.4... read more »

Saudi Arabia officially rejects term on UN Security Cou...

UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

United Nations – Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented moved, formally rejected Tuesday its two-year term on the UN Security Council, clearing the way for... read more »

Israel halts house construction in disputed area

Israel halts house construction in disputed area

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday cancelled a tender published by the housing ministry to build 1,200 housing units in the... read more »

Typhoon relief operations pick up pace in Philippines

Relief supplies sent for Philippines typhoon victims

Relief operations in this typhoon-devastated region of the Philippines picked up pace Wednesday, but still only minimal amounts of water, food and medical... read more »

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