Video: 'Behind the scenes of the UN General Assembly'

(Monday, January 8, 1951) — The $65 million Headquarters of the United Nations, an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation and be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations, officially opened today in New York City.
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Video: ‘CNN: Breaking down the Giffords shooting’

(Saturday, January 8, 2011, 10:10 a.m. MST; during the 2011 Tucson shooting) — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat representing Arizona’s 8th congressional district, was shot and critically wounded today when a gunman opened fire as the congresswoman met with constituents in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona.
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