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Armenia’s prime minister says quick border demarcation needed to avoid new conflict with Azerbaijan
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UN chief decries violence in west Myanmar as two dozen villagers are reported killed in airstrikes
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Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region targeted from the Ukrainian side
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US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill
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