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On November 13, a moving Facebook note about Typhoon Haiyan and the current situation in the Philippines was posted. It is currently going viral and is entitled, 'I Need To Tell You.'

Kinshasa - After the deployment of the first peace-making force raised by the UN, the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) to aid the Congolese Army, the M23 rebel group, which has kept the North Kivu province in turmoil, has begun to surrender.

Sacramento - Juan Mendez, the United Nation's lead torture investigator, says that he is worried about increased use of solitary confinement in United States' prisons and wants access to California lockups.

Saudi Arabia has declared that it will not be taking the seat it was given at the United Nations Security Council a mere day after the body elected it to sit on the council for two years.

A federal lawsuit that will reportedly be filed in New York on Wednesday alleges that Nepalese United Nations peacekeepers re-introduced cholera into Haiti.

International inspectors sent to begin work on dismantling Syria's chemical arsenal left their Damascus hotel to start as internal strife and war continues to ravage that country.

Barcelona - A crowdfunding campaign, supported by Catalonia's President Artur Mas, is giving Catalans a chance to send out a personalized copy of a book explaining why Catalonia should be independent, to an influential person of their choice.

The first group of international chemical inspectors crossed into Syria today, tasked with identifying the country's chemical weapons, and destroying them.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to the United States for a three-day visit. He plans to stress that Iran must be judged not by what it is saying, but by what it is actually doing.

UN inspectors on the ground in Syria are investigating some seven cases involving the use of chemical attacks in Syria. Three of which transpired following the massive August 21 attack.