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International Politics
7:57 am
Thu March 7, 2013

U.N. Security Council Approves New Sanctions On North Korea

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U.N. Security Council members vote to adopt sanctions against North Korea on Thursday.
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Originally published on Thu March 7, 2013 9:54 am

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions on North Korea just hours after Pyongyang threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States and its allies.

The Security Council's actions to clamp down on the North's nuclear program follow the country's third nuclear test, carried out last month in defiance of previous United Nations' sanctions.

The 15-0 Security Council vote Thursday includes China, which has backed North Korea in the past and is one of the country's few allies.

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International News
9:00 am
Wed November 14, 2012

Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding In Syria

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Syrians who fled from the violence in their village, carry plastic containers as they line up to fill them with water at a displaced camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. Nov. 10, 2012.
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Thousands of Syrians have crossed the border into neighboring countries to escape the civil war that has been raging since September of 2011. Simon Eccleshall is the head of disaster and crisis management with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. He joins us from Geneva to talk about efforts to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Syria.

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