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Michelle Bachelet: Decision-making bodies should have at least 30% women Michelle Bachelet: Decision-making bodies should have at least 30% women
Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile from 2006-10, is the first undersecretary general and executive director of UN Women. Bachelet was also Chile's - and Latin America's - first female... (photo: UN / Staton Winter) The Times of India
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Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaking at the Western Republican Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Newt Gingrich: Obama 'Ought To Get Over It' On 'Offensive' Libya Questions
... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore) Huffington Post
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UN: southern Africa food shortages worsen UN: southern Africa food shortages worsen
The United Nations deputy humanitarian chief says food shortages are “a chronic problem” in southern Africa and more than 5.5 million... (photo: UN / Albert González Farran) Independent online (SA)
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A Libyan military guard stands in front of one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt out buildings during the visit of President Mohammed el-Megarif, not shown, to the U.S. Consulate to express sympathy for the death of the American ambassador, Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the deadly attack on the Consulate last Tuesday September 11, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Militia leader denies role in Benghazi attack
A Libyan militia commander who US officials say is under investigation in connection with the attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi which led to the death of the ambassador, said he was... (photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon) Al Jazeera
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Wide view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UN plans action against Congo's M23 rebels
The UN Security Council intends to impose sanctions on the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels and others violating an arms embargo on the country, the council said in a... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Al Jazeera
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