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Secretary-General discusses range of global issues with France's Foreign Minister
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with the Foreign Minister of France, Laurent Fabius, for talks which covered a range of issues on the global agenda.
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Sustainable development must inform global economic revival efforts – Ban
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UN envoy in Somalia concerned over violent clashes in Hargeisa
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