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                   UN Chief: Syria, C.A.R World's Top Dangers

   U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has cited armed conflict in Syria
   and the Central African Republic as the two most serious crises facing
   United Nations agencies around the world today.
   At a news conference Monday in New York, Mr. Ban demanded a cease-fire
   in Syria before peace talks between the government and opposition begin
   in Geneva next month. He described the situation in Syria as beyond
   imagination.
   "2013 was the year in which the Syrian conflict deteriorated beyond all
   imagination. The people of Syria cannot afford another year, another
   month, even another day of brutality and destruction."
   He said because of the gravity of the situation, the United Nations is
   making its largest ever appeal for a single crisis -- $6.5 billion. The
   money will help support nearly nine million Syrians uprooted by the
   conflict.
   The U.N.`s World Food Program says it will also step up its aid next
   year, noting that almost half of Syria`s population of 23 million is
   "food insecure."
   Mr. Ban also told reporters Monday that he is "gravely concerned about
   the imminent danger of mass atrocities" in the Central African
   Republic.
   France has deployed 1,600 troops to the C.A.R as part of a
   U.N.-authorized mission to stabilize the landlocked country, which has
   been ravaged by a cycle of revenge killings between Muslims and
   Christians.
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