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Monday, September 10, 2012

UN rights chief cites problems in Syria, Bahrain

Kassym-Zhomart Kemelevich Tokaev, left, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, talks to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Ban Ki-moon is urging the world’s foremost human rights body to keep up the pressure on major powers to end the civil war in Syria and outbreak of human abuses there. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)The U.N.'s top right official laid out the world's most significant human rights issues Monday, criticizing Syria and Bahrain but also mentioning problems in Western countries like France and Greece.



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