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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a visit to the Korean Committee for UNICEF in Seoul, South Korea
Maldives   Photos   Politics   UN   Wikipedia: Ban Ki-moon  
 South China Morning Post 
Ban Ki-moon calls for speedy Maldives vote
UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Monday joined international opposition to the cancellation of a presidential election in the Maldives that has heightened tensions in the Indian Ocean nation. | Ban is “deep... (photo: AP / Hye Soo Nah)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on Syria at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2013.
Pakistan   Photos   Politics   Washington   Wikipedia: John Kerry  
 BBC News 
US-Pakistan ties 'could not be more important' - Kerry
US-Pakistan ties "could not be more important", Secretary of State John Kerry has said, as he met Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif in Washington. | Mr Sharif's three-day visit marks the highes... (photo: US DoS)
President Barack Obama listens as Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2011.  Swissinfo 
Mexico calls alleged U.S. spying on Calderon 'unacceptable'
  | Reuters | October 21, 2013 - 00:47 | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico scolded the United States on Sunday over new allegations of spying after a German magazine reported that the U.S. National ... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Mexico   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Felipe Calderón  
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., talks on a phone in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in Washington.  Huffington Post 
John Kerry: U.S. 'Relationship With Pakistan Could Not Be More Important'
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — America's top diplomat says the U.S. relationship with Pakistan "could not be more important" as the Islamic republic grapples with economic and security woes and reg... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
Photos   Terrorism in Pakistan   US Aid to Pakistan   United States   Wikipedia : Pakistan - United States Relations  
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Luxembourg's Prime minister and President of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker briefs members of the European Parliament on the previous Eurogroup meeting, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. France pushed its EU partners Tuesday to support boosting the powers of the International Monetary Fund to contain the turmoil that has swept financial markets worldwide and is slowing the European ec Swissinfo
Juncker's party loses seats in Luxembourg elections - exit poll
  | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 19:50 | LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The party of Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker suffered losses in the country's elections... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
Elections   Luxembourg   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Jean-Claude Juncker  
File - In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 photo taken with a mobile phone, a police officer walks past a burnt out shopping mall in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Nigerian soldiers angry about the killing of an officer razed buildings and shot dead more than 30 civilians Monday in a northeastern city long under siege by a radical Islamist sect. Swissinfo
Islamists kill 19 at checkpoint in northeast Nigeria
  | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 19:15 | DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as soldiers killed 19 people at a checkpoint on Sunday... (photo: AP / Abdulkareem Haruna)
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
Afghan special forces commander defects with guns to insurgents Swissinfo
Afghan special forces commander defects with guns to insurgents
  | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 17:07 | By Mohammad Anwar | KUNAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An Afghan army special forces commander has defected to an insurgent grou... (photo: USMC / Zachery B. Martin)
Afghanistan   Commander   Insurgents   Photos   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
FILE- Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh addresses the media in this file photo dated Monday, July 29, 2013, in Tunis, Tunisia. It is announced Saturday Sept. 28, 2013, that Larayedh will step down in three weeks and negotiations will continue to find an interim replacement, after Tunisia's governing Islamist party agreed to resign in favor of a caretaker government to resolve the political crisis that has paralyzed the country. Swissinfo
Tunisia sees Islamist militants exploiting Libya chaos
Arab Spring | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 16:30 | By Patrick Markey and Tarek Amara | TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said Islamist militants are... (photo: AP / Hassene Dridi)
Islamist   Libya   Photos   Tunisia   Wikipedia: Ali Laarayedh  
File - Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for Syria, met with Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mikhail Bogdanov, and United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, to assess the requirements for an international conference to find a political solution to the Syria crisis, 25 June, 2013. Khaleej Times
Peace envoy pushes for Syria talks as bomb strikes Damascus
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sunday kept up his regional push for peace talks on Syria, where a suicide car bombing and assault on a key Damascus checkpoint ki... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr)
Human Rights   Photos   Syrian War   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
A life-guard stands next to a red flag meaning high hazard of high surf and/or strong currents as tropical storm Alex nears the region in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico, Saturday, June 26, 2010. Swissinfo
New storm off Mexico's Pacific coast threatens battered Acapulco
  | Reuters | October 20, 2013 - 05:12 | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico issued storm warnings on its Pacific coast on Saturday evening as a new tropical depression f... (photo: AP / Israel Leal)
Acapulco   Mexico   Pacific   Photos   Storm   Wikipedia: Mexico  
Scuffles in Rome as thousands march against austerity Swissinfo
Scuffles in Rome as thousands march against austerity
  | Reuters | October 19, 2013 - 17:05 | By Naomi O'Leary | ROME (Reuters) - Scuffles broke out in Rome on Saturday as tens of thousands of people marched through It... (photo: WN / Marzena J)
Italy   Photos   Rome   Unemployment   Wikipedia: Italy  
Politics United Nations
- Texas Tech Students to Celebrate National Food Day (Texas Te
- PRIME MINISTER TO ADDRESS TEACHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE (Gove
- Polls Show Voters Strongly Support Offshore Drilling in the
- Tourist Development Council (Collier County, FL) ###
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, not pictured, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, during Kerrys first official trip overseas as secretary.
U.S. tries to calm Saudi anger over Syria, Iran
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- United States Donates Bomb Disposal Equipment to Kenyan Nati
- National Bank Holdings launches government, nonprofit unit
- Rebecca Annan, The Talented Ghanaian Mixed Kid In Finland (V
- United stand needed against National attacks on universities
Free Syrian Army fighters look at a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.
Syria: date set for Geneva talks to end conflict
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Elections Education
- LDP splinter group elects Teo as chief
- ELECTION WORRIES FOR DEMOCRACY Bangladesh’s parliament elect
- Arkansas: G.O.P. Congressman Won’t Seek Re-election
- Day of judgment in Israel's municipalities ||
Oprah Winfrey in Strget, Denmark
Oprah Winfrey gave ‘clear no’ to selling Obamacare
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- Nick Clegg’s guarantee for schools will damage standards i
- Framework in place for education department's corporate
- Exercise 'boosts academic performance' of teenager
- Texas Tech Students to Celebrate National Food Day (Texas Te
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Malala Yousafzai (centre), the young education rights campaigner from Pakistan. On her sixteenth birthday, Malala is at UN headquarters to take part in a Malala Day UN Youth Assembly, where she will be joined by hundreds of students from over 80 countries to call for quality education for every girl and boy in the world. The Secretary-General presented her with a leather-bound copy of the United Nations Charter, which normally is given only to heads of state. Also pictured, Mr. Bans wife, Yoo Soon-taek.
Malala Yousufzai inspires school curriculum
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Human Rights Racism & Discrimination
- Peace envoy pushes for Syria talks as bomb strikes Damascus
- Egypt 'illegally detaining Syrian refugees'
- UN peacekeepers killed in Darfur ambush
- Malta warns EU waters 'a cemetery' after fresh tra
File - Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for Syria, met with Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mikhail Bogdanov, and United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, to assess the requirements for an international conference to find a political solution to the Syria crisis, 25 June, 2013.
Peace envoy pushes for Syria talks as bomb strikes Damascus
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- ‘Saturday Night Live’ Blasted for Racism, Lack of Divers
- Sulley Muntari talks Milan, racism and car mechanics
- University Of Alabama Desegregates Sororities, But Some Stud
- Birmingham mosque attack killing motive racism, say police
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney takes his seat on the subs bench ahead of the Champions League round of 16 soccer match against Real Madrid at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England
Rooney blasts 'ridiculous' racism report on Hodgson
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Labor Affairs Societies
- Bill Shorten puts majority of Labor policies up for review
- Labor observer foresees factional divisions in the Greens
- Volunteers Labor to Assist Fort Worth Ministry Feed Souls an
- Detroit's bankruptcy should be blocked because of possib
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- MARC TRAVEL AWARDS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2013 AMERICAN SOCIETY F
- MARC TRAVEL AWARDS ANNOUNCED FOR 2013 Institute on Teaching
- MARC TRAVEL AWARDS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2013 SIPMeT/ASIP YOUNG
- Societies receive awards from Japan
The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad addressing at the foundation stone laying ceremony of 200 bedded Ambedkar Nagar Hospital, in New Delhi on August 21, 2013.
Ghulam Nabi Azad to chair Partners in Population and Development meet in Beijing
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