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- Ongoing Arctic Warming
- Algeria: Recognizing French Colonial Rule as a Crime
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- Asset Managers Reaping Huge Profits from Low-Income Countries
- Western Indian Ocean Region: Losses in the Ocean
- Somalia: U.S. airstrikes hit a record high
- India: Kerala State Declares End to Extreme Poverty
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- Yemen: Separatists take control of the entire south
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- International Industry Summit: Toward a Greener, More Equitable World Through Industry
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- First Social Development Summit in 30 Years
- UN Security Council: Presents an Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara
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- United Nations Releases Gender Snapshot
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- The Carbon Credit System Under Scrutiny
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