UN to raise Pakistan aid appeal

US: The United Nations will raise an emergency appeal to support flood-ravaged Pakistan, a US official said Monday, despite concerns that an initial call to donors has fallen short.

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Cuba asks for balanced assessments

HRC reports on various countries:

Switzerland: Cuba asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay for more balanced assessments of situations in various countries.

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Venezuela plane crash kills 15

VENEZUELA: Fifteen people died Monday in a plane crash in Venezuela, but 36 others miraculously survived after the pilot alerted air traffic control that something was wrong moments before disaster struck.

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