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The US president urges lawmakers to give diplomacy a chance, but warns Tehran not to waste "this opportunity".
Some in the UN have said that a larger force of 10,000 will eventually be needed to restore order in the Central African Republic.
Officials in Nigeria's northeastern states are alarmed by recent Boko Haram attacks which killed 18 and injured hundreds.
The blats will likely frustrate government efforts to stabilise the country on the eve of the third anniversary of Egypt's uprising.
Attorney-General Eric Holder says Snowden would be treated like a "defendant" who broke the law.
There are reports of people being burned and fleeing families hacked to death, relief agencies have said.
The highest project growth for 2014 are in Asia (6.7 per cent) and Sub-Saharan Africa (6.1 per cent).
Reversing statements made a day earlier, Ban Ki-Moon says he is disappointed in Iran's failure to meet its commitments for Geneva II.
"I believe strongly that Iran needs to be part of the solution to the Syrian crisis," says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
The Iraqi prime minister is under pressure to end the Al-Qaeda threat before Iraqis head to the polls for fresh elections in April.
