Two US Marines in courts over Taliban urination

US: Two US Marines will face trial by courts martial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and posing for photographs with them, the Pentagon said on Monday.

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Overhaul UN Security Council immediately - Iranian President

UNITED NATIONS:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a total structural overhaul of the United Nations Security Council in order to facilitate the observance of the rule of law in international interactions. The discriminatory privilege, the influential and imposed role of the Security Council as well as the right of veto and some of its owners are unacceptable,

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Obama to lead Western calls for UN action on Syria

UNITED NATIONS:

US President Barack Obama was expected to lead Western demands for action on the Syrian civil war in an election-season address on Tuesday at the start of the UN General Assembly. Obama was due to be one of the opening speakers at the annual meeting of world leaders,

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