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UNITED NATIONS – A high-level panel urged a major overhaul of U.N. peacekeeping operations Tuesday that would make political solutions the paramount goal, speed up deployment of peacekeepers, and require the naming and shaming of countries whose troops commit acts of sexual abuse. The panel delivered its report to U.N. …

JUBA, South Sudan – At least 129 children were killed, with boys castrated and girls raped, during a government offensive against rebels last month in South Sudan, according to the U.N. children’s agency. South Sudanese military spokesman, Col. Philip Aguer, on Thursday questioned the credibility of the report, saying it …

Greece seems to have edged back from the financial abyss…again. On the eve of a large tranche of debt coming due Wednesday, the European Union has handed over the equivalent of 18 million dollars in bail-out money. Plus IMF help should tide over the troubled Greek government for now. “The …