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NPR's Trevor Rowe reports from the United Nations of concern over the immediate future of the International War Crimes Tribunal investigating atrocities in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Just as the investigation is reaching critical mass, it appears the chief prosecutor, Richard Goldstone, is about to leave his post.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports that African nations have apparently given up trying to win a second term for United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt. African diplomats met in New York today to discuss a possible successor...trying to ensure that the position goes to another African. The United States has used its veto in the UN Security Council to block a second term for Boutros-Ghali, saying he has not done enough to reform the world body.

Korva speaks with NPR's Michael Skoler in Kinshasa, where the Zairian army is forcing United Nations aid workers to take crates of weapons and ammunition aboard their relief flights to a refugee camp in embattled eastern Zaire. Skoler says the Zairian government is arming former Rwandan Hutu soldiers in the camps to help them blunt an anti-goverment offensive by Zairian Tutsi rebel forces.

South Africa presented its opening arguments and Israel, which rejects the charge, will defend itself on Friday.

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

The U.N.'s Matthias Schmale reflects on his time as a leading international aid rep in Gaza. He departed UNRWA this week after offending Palestinians with his remarks on Israeli airstrikes.

The decision covers eight neutral-site championships in sports ranging from women's soccer to swimming and diving and from football to golf and baseball.

Ann Powers picks her favorite chart-topping, radio-dominating songs of 2012.

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

Dig below the strata of pop songs so ubiquitous you can't stand to hear them anymore, and you'll find plenty of riches in the Top 40, from country crossover to innovative R&B and classic pop.