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Security Council Briefed on Darfur by ICC Prosecutor International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda presented the Court’s seventeenth briefing on the situation in Darfur, Sudan, to the Security Council. She said it was long past time for the Council to act with “courage and conviction” by adopting measures to ensure that those responsible for grave atrocities in Darfur were brought to justice sooner rather than later. Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of June, chairs the Council meeting. U.N. committee to probe North Korean arms ship seized by Panama
Reuters July 18, 2013 - 16:35 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council sanctions committee will examine the case of a North Korean ship that was intercepted by Panama and found to be... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) Swissinfo
Defense   Photos   UN   Weapons   Wikipedia: Mark Lyall Grant
Chile's President-elect Sebastian Pinera laughs during an event to celebrate his victory in the runoff presidential election in Santiago, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Fractured Chilean right should pick single candidate - Pinera
Reuters July 18, 2013 - 16:29 SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean president Sebastian Pinera urged his fractured right-wing coalition to settle on one presidential candidate ahead of the November... (photo: AP / Jorge Saenz) Swissinfo
Business   Photos   Politics   Santiago   Wikipedia: Sebastián Piñera
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao, center, prepares for the arrival of Venezuela's Vice President Jorge Arreaza, unseen during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 18, 2013. Chinese vice president meets Venezuelan counterpart
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Vice President Li Yuanchao met with his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza on Thursday. Li said bilateral relations have witnessed rapid growth in recent years, adding... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) CNTV
China   Jorge Arreaza   Photos   Venezuelan   Wikipedia: Li Yuanchao
From a "Wanted" poster. Miguel Treviño Morales is a capo of the Mexican criminal paramilitary group known as "Los Zetas Cartel". Wanted by Mexican and U.S.A. authorities. Mexico captures Zetas cartel leader
July 16, 2013 -- Updated 0329 GMT (1129 HKT) (CNN) -- A Mexican military helicopter hovered south of the border in the early morning darkness. Below it, one of the country's most wanted drug lords was... (photo: USDoJ / U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration) CNN
Crime   Drug Trafficking   Mexico   Photos   Wikipedia: Miguel Treviño Morales
Ivan Marquez, center, chief negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, speaks at a press conference at the close of the eleventh round of peace talks with Colombia's government in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Farc negotiator: Colombian conflict 'nearing an end'
The chief peace negotiator for Colombia's Farc rebel group has said the armed conflict that has lasted more than five decades is nearing an end. Ivan Marquez, who is taking part in talks with the... (photo: AP / Franklin Reyes) BBC News
Colombia   FARC   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Colombian conflict (1964–present)
Belém - O presidente da Bolívia, Evo Morales, fala durante encontro para discutir a integração da América Latina Bolivian President Evo Morales Accuses The US Of Hacking Email Accounts
President Evo Morales Bolivia's leftist president Evo Morales on Saturday accused US intelligence of hacking into the email accounts of top Bolivian officials, saying he had shut his own account down.... (photo: ABr / Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom) Business Insider
Bolivia   NSA   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Evo Morales
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