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U.N. Finally Apologizes For Cholera In Haiti ... But Omits One Point

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, pictured during a 2014 visit to Haiti to inaugurate a sanitation campaign. On Thursday, he issued an apology that Haitians have been demanding for six years. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Goats and Soda

U.N. Finally Apologizes For Cholera In Haiti ... But Omits One Point

On Thursday, Ban Ki-moon apologized to the Haitian people: "We simply did not do enough with regard to the cholera outbreak."

U.N. Ousts Its Head Peacekeeper In CAR Amid New Accusations

Babacar Gaye has been forced to resign from his post leading the U.N.'s peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. He's seen here in 2012, when he led the U.N.'s force in Syria. Hazim/Xinhua /Landov hide caption

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U.N. Ousts Its Head Peacekeeper In CAR Amid New Accusations

"Enough is enough," U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says, accepting Babacar Gaye's resignation after peacekeepers were accused of raping a girl and killing two people in the Central African Republic.

U.N. Report: No Country Has Achieved Equality For Women

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (in white-and-blue vest) joins other leaders at the 2015 International Women's Day March at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza on March 8 in New York City. Michael Stewart/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption

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U.N. Report: No Country Has Achieved Equality For Women

Hillary Clinton is among those who will address the U.N. as it looks at gender issues 20 years after the Beijing confab. Its new report notes that violence against women remains "alarmingly high."

U.N. Report: No Country Has Achieved Equality For Women

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Sarin Attack On Syrian Civilians Is A 'War Crime,' U.N. Says

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who received the report on Syria's chemical weapons over the weekend from professor Ake Sellstrom, expressed his "profound shock and regret" at its findings. Paulo Filgueiras/UN Photo hide caption

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Sarin Attack On Syrian Civilians Is A 'War Crime,' U.N. Says

The Aug. 21 attack near Damascus killed civilians, "including many children," and constitutes a "war crime," says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He expressed his "profound shock and regret" at the findings.

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