UN Chief: 3,000 More Troops, Police Needed for CAR

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Thursday for an additional 3,000 troops and police for the Central African Republic, where sectarian violence has continued unabated.  The secretary-general said given the "scale and geographic breadth" of the bloodshed, the security requirements exceed the capabilities of the nearly 6,000 African and 2,000 French forces on the ground. Briefing the Security Council, he called for the rapid reinforcement of existing forces with...

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