Syria, CAR World's Top Dangers, UN Chief Says

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has cited armed conflict in Syria and the Central African Republic as the two most serious crises facing United Nations agencies around the world today. At a news conference Monday in New York, Ban demanded a cease-fire in Syria before peace talks between the government and opposition begin in Geneva next month. The U.N. chief said in 2013 "the Syrian conflict deteriorated beyond all imagination" and the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon...

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