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UN to reduce staff in Syrian capital
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UN to reduce staff in Syrian capital
Amid continuing violence in Syria, the UN has announced that it is temporarily reducing the number of its international staff in the Damascus due to an increase in threats to security.... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)
Martin Nesirky new Spokesman for the Secretary-General holds his first noon briefing
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UN temporarily relocates some staff out of Syria owing to insecurity
Print 25 March 2013The United Nations is temporarily relocating some of its international staff in Syria out of the country due to security conditions, a spokesperson for the world body said... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Vuk Jeremic, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, addresses a Security Council meeting during its consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.  Foreign Policy 
UNGA president's Serbian nationalism rankles Western powers
Vuk Jeremic, the hyper-kinetic Serbian president of the U.N. General Assembly, is on a mission to restore Serbia's prestige on the world stage. The former Serbian foreign minister has used his... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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Hamid Karzai, Pervez Musharraf, Fakhruddin Ahmed - WEF Annual Meeting Davos  BBC News 
Musharraf 'homecoming' sparks mixed media reaction
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf sparked mixed emotions throughout his tenure and his "homecoming" has generated a similar response. Mr Musharraf arrived in Karachi with a promise... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske)
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FILE - In this undated file photo, Syrian Commander Riad al-Asaad, who heads a group of Syrian army defectors appears on a video posted on the group's Facebook page. Syrians hoping for a swift rebel victory in their homeland are growing impatient with top army defectors who are staying behind in Turkey, even though their comrades are gaining territory in northern Syria. But now, as the rebels make gains, some rebels and refugees say it's time for the most elite defectors _ including dozens of officers and more than 25 generals _ to go home and fight. The Daily Telegraph
Leading Syrian rebel commander wounded in bomb attack
A leading commander of Syria's rebel forces lost a leg and is undergoing life-saving medical treatment after an apparent assassination attempt on the front line. Syrian... (photo: AP / Free Syrian Army)
Bombing   Civil War   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
Laptop - computer - internet - cyber The Times of India
How prepared is India for cyberwar
An apocryphal story from North Korea is that the next thing a child is taught in school after the late dictator Kim Il-sung's interpretation of Marxism-Leninism is... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) addresses a meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. He is flanked by Oscar Fernandez-Taranco (left), Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs; and Abdou Salam Diallo, Committee Chair and Permanent Representative of Senegal to the UN. Reuters
U.N. chief condemns rebel seizure of power in Central African Republic
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned the "unconstitutional seizure of power" in Central African Republic and demanded the... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)
Central Africa   Photos   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Central African Republic
 Comedian and syndicated radio personality Steve Harvey, host of "The Steve Harvey Morning Show", does an interview in his office at the headquarters of his home radio station, WBLS-FM, Tuesday, March 6, 2007 in New York. Harvey starts his show The New York Times
A Man of Many Realms, Most Recently Daytime TV
Steve Harvey and Ted Harbert go way back — all the way to 1994, when Mr. Harbert, then president for entertainment at ABC, ordered a Harvey-led sitcom called... (photo: APphoto)
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In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, French President Francois Hollande addresses the troops at the airport following his two-hour-long visit to Timbuktu, Mali. Deutsche Welle
France sends troops amid Central African takeover
France has said it is sending troops to the Central African Republic as rebels begin ot take control of the capital, Bengui. Paris said it was keen to protect foreign... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
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