Expected to open for passengers Saturday, the train line should be a boon to the U.N.

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Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Thursday that the United States doesn't want the U.N. unarmed observer mission in Syria to be extended past its August 19 mandate, but that it is open to some other kind of U.N. presence.

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The following year Korean department stores Lotte and Galleria came to the pair asking them to open what is called a "shop-n-shop"--the designer pays the department stores rent and manages the inventory and display (versus the U.S., where department stores buy stock of the brands they carry).

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Chavez is vying for an open seat on the council to have more clout in the U.N. system.

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And I wonder if that means it makes you less open to the Palestinian campaign for recognition of statehood before the U.N. this fall.

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Aid workers are hoping the U.N. will have an easier time getting the governments of the Central African Republic and Chad to open the door for better security.

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