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Published 12/10/2008 at Reuters: Politics
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday she hoped Barack Obama's presidency would return the United States to "the international family" after eight years of scant cooperation.
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