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Girl still buried in ruins of Mexico school, anxiety grows

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:37:32 GMT2017-09-21T18:37:32Z

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A delicate effort to reach a young girl buried in the ruins of her school stretched into a new day on Thursday, a vigil broadcast across the nation as rescue workers struggled to pick away unstable debris and reach her....

L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt dies at age 94

Mexicans displaced by deadly quake seek refuge from fear

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:30:26 GMT2017-09-21T08:30:26Z

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- On rubber mats spread across a Mexico City recreation center, the Montero family cuddles under donated wool blankets, their first new possessions after abandoning their apartment following the deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake....

A stunned Puerto Rico seeks to rebuild after Hurricane Maria

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:44:33 GMT2017-09-21T18:44:33Z

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Rescuers fanned out to reach stunned victims Thursday after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, knocking out electricity to the entire island and triggering landslides and floods....

Afghan leader: Abolishing militant havens in Pakistan is key

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:30:15 GMT2017-09-21T16:30:15Z

NEW YORK (AP) -- Abolishing militant hideouts in Pakistan is critical to establishing peace in neighboring Afghanistan, the Afghan leader said Thursday before meeting President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly....

Canadian leader spotlights his own county's injustices at UN

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:15:14 GMT2017-09-21T19:15:14Z

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- On a stage where many world leaders spotlight their successes, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday about one of his nation's historic failures: the injustices long faced by its native people....

UN mission in Congo forces reckoning over sex abuse scandal

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 09:17:27 GMT2017-09-21T09:17:27Z

BUNIA, Congo (AP) -- She had been orphaned by a brutal conflict, but the 14-year-old girl found refuge in a camp protected by U.N. peacekeepers....

A look at UN promises to combat sexual abuses since 2005

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 05:53:34 GMT2017-09-21T05:53:34Z

BUNIA, Congo (AP) -- The United Nations released a report in early 2017 outlining a series of proposals to combat the problem of sexual abuse and exploitation within its peacekeeping missions. However, similar promises to help victims had been previously proposed more than a decade ago....

UN votes to help Iraq collect evidence against Islamic State

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:55:15 GMT2017-09-21T17:55:15Z

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.N. investigators will help Iraq collect evidence to build potential war crimes cases against Islamic State extremists, under a resolution the Security Council approved Thursday....

Sanders: Diplomacy, human rights must drive US world affairs

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:10:56 GMT2017-09-21T18:10:56Z

Bernie Sanders is criticizing President Donald Trump's foreign policy but also offering a sweeping indictment of how the United States has engaged in world affairs for generations....

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