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UN action, plus direct talks, the way to solve DPRK issue
September 19, 2017Chinese President Xi made it clear a nuclear-armed, saber-rattling North Korea is just as unacceptable as a war.
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Trump threatens to “totally destroy” North Korea at United Nations
September 19, 2017The U.S. president belligerently threatened North Korea, Iran, and Venezuela, while pushing for a right-wing ultra-nationalist global alliance.
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This week in history: September 21 is World Peace Day
September 18, 2017In 1982, the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, to be devoted to commemorating...
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Obama under attack for last minute challenge to illegal Israeli settlements
January 3, 2017Although the U. S did not support UN Security Council resolution 2334 condemning Israel’s continuous stealing of Palestinian lands for Jewish settlements, Palestinian rights advocates were pleased – and surprised – that the Obama Administration decided...
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Today in history: It’s Persons with Disabilities Day
December 3, 2015The theme for 2015 is: Inclusion matters: access and empowerment of people of all abilities
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