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New Zealand PM brings baby to UN assembly

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern becomes the first woman to bring a baby to the UN Assembly. (Courtesy)

New Zealand's prime minister, who shot to international fame for giving birth while in office, turned heads Monday by bringing her three-month-old daughter into the UN assembly hall.

Jacinda Ardern, 38, is only the second world leader to ever give birth while in the office. The first was the late Benazir Bhutto, who was prime minister of Pakistan when her daughter was born in 1990.

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