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Ivory Coast Republican Forces (FRCI) soldiers of the logistics battalion, part of the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA - MISMA in French), gather before leaving Ivory Coast's army headquarters in Abidjan on May 2, 2013 for Bamako, Mali. The UN Security Council on April 25, 2013 unanimously agreed to send a 12,600-member international force to Mali to take over from French and African troops battling Islamist guerrillas. The United Nations is aiming for a July 1 start by the new force, but the 15-nation council will decide later whether the conflict has eased enough for the handover.
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U.S. intelligence officials have warned President Obama and other senior American officials that North Korea intends to respond to the passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution this week — condemning the communist country for its recent nuclear and ballistic missile tests — with another nuclear test.
India's interest in securing permanent membership of UN Security Council is supported by Russia, but there is now an expectation that our Russian friends need to do more - and be seen to be doing more - in the desired direction
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