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 UN Security Council approves Haiti security mission led by KenyaSpeed Read Kenya has pledged 1,000 security personnel to help stabilize Haiti, but lots of questions remain By Peter Weber, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 Disunited nations: has the UN lost its relevance?Missing figures at UN General Assembly lead to broad questions about the organisation's credibility By Arion McNicoll Published 
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 Is Nicaragua the new Syria?In Depth Nikki Haley warns that Central American nation is travelling ‘down the same path’ to civil war By The Week Staff Published In Depth
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 Syria: 12,000 civilians flee Eastern Ghouta as army advancesIn Depth Government air strikes prompt mass exodus and mark ‘beginning of the end’ for rebels By The Week Staff Last updated In Depth
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 Syria crisis: why the UN Security Council is impotentSpeed Read Organisation has ‘inglorious history of missing chances to avert catastrophe’ By The Week Staff Last updated Speed Read
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 Turkey to open embassy in East JerusalemSpeed Read And Egypt has drafted a UN resolution calling US recognition of the holy city as Israel's capital ‘null and void’ By The Week Staff Last updated Speed Read
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 Israel v Palestine: is this the start of the Third Intifada?In Depth 'Chickenshit' Netanyahu… Sweden's 'Ikea politics'… Global insults fly as violence erupts in Jerusalem By Venetia Rainey Published In Depth
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 Ukraine: Nato to meet amid claims of Russian invasionSpeed Read The Ukrainian government says its forces are now fighting Russian troops, not Russian-backed separatists By The Week Staff Published Speed Read
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 Syria gas attack: death toll at 1,400 worst since HalabjaIn Depth Attack on Damascus could represent most significant use of chemical weapons since Saddam attacks Iraqi Kurds By The Week Staff Published In Depth
