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Dozens of demonstrators waving banners reading “Hate Only Sows Hate” and “Coexist” gathered Tuesday in front of the United Nations’ local offices to protest an attack on a Jewish synagogue and to warn against what some fear is a growing tide of anti-Semit
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Is any UN legislation in place as Russia is going to dig up Helium on the Moon in 2015 and Japan has found Uranium recently?
made popular Jul 1 2009
Yesterday, was World Refugee Day. Refugees are created through wars and pure ethnic cleansing and such inhumanity has not ended in the 21st century. The tragedy of...
made popular Jun 20 2009
One of the UN’s largest international relief efforts is under investigation after it emerged that thousands of sacks of food aid were being diverted from starving...
made popular Jun 15 2009
As the United Nations moves this week to sanction North Korea for its second nuclear test, there is strong evidence that a previous international squeeze did not...
made popular Jun 12 2009
Russia will rebuild its Soviet-era network of polar stations and use its icebreaker fleet to help support its claim to the vast resources of the Arctic, the man who led...
made popular Jun 10 2009
I am surprised that Africa has formed a united front in fighting one Phillip Alston who is now their sworn enemy.
SACK ALSTON!, that is the message the African...
made popular Jun 10 2009
The UN war investigation Richard Goldstone’s team wasted international taxpayer money in Gaza as Israel refuced to cooperated initially and HAMAS obstructed its...
made popular Jun 10 2009
World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
Commemorated...
made popular Jun 5 2009
The UN’s high commissioner for human rights has called for an independent investigation into alleged atrocities by both sides in Sri Lanka’s civil...
made popular May 27 2009
A historical fact happened recently here in Brazil. For the first time in 80 years USA has ceased to be the largest trading partner of Brazil.
Guess who is now the...
made popular May 19 2009
There is an uproar in the world over indicting Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. However, nine Nobel peace prize recipients are bearing the torch...
made popular May 19 2009
Just as most militaries plan for the next war according to the lessons learned from the last one, so do international lawmakers define the rules for the next conflict...
made popular May 7 2009
The United Nations released its report on Israel’s onslaught against Gaza, an attack that killed over 900 Palestinian civilians of whom over 400 were children....
made popular May 6 2009
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President Barack Obama’s pledge to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons won praise Monday from China and key developing countries, and spurred hope...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, United Nations
Russia has invited Security Council ministers to a meeting next week to give “new impetus” to the Middle East peace process.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, United Nations
The Obama administration called hydrofluorocarbons widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners “a very significant” threat to climate change Monday,...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Geneva
At the U.N. agency spearheading the fight against swine flu, key decisions are based on more than just health issues _ politics plays a big role, too.
made popular May 3 2009
AP, Rome
The U.N. and World Trade Organization said Saturday there is no justification for anti-pork trade measures as a result of the swine flu epidemic since there is no...
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Nusa Dua
The Asian Development Bank will boost lending to the region’s poorest nations by more than $10 billion over two years, warning Saturday that the global economic...
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AP, New York
An estimated 26 million people uprooted by conflict or human rights violations remained in their own countries in 2008, far more than the 16 million who crossed borders...
made popular May 1 2009
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The United Nations’ chief said Friday he expects more attacks and armed clashes in Afghanistan as voters head to the polls in a few months, additional...
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AP, Rabouni
The United Nations’ new envoy to the Western Sahara on Sunday reasserted the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination, a stance that could further...
made popular Feb 22 2009
AP, Smara
The United Nations’ new special envoy to Western Sahara arrived Saturday in the contested desert territory in a bid to restart negotiations between the Polisario...
made popular Feb 21 2009
AP, Colombo
The United Nations’ top humanitarian official urged the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday to do everything possible to avoid civilian...
made popular Feb 19 2009
AP, Yangon
The United Nations’ special envoy to Myanmar met with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday in an effort to promote political reform in the...
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AP, Yangon
Government officials say that the United Nations’ special envoy to Myanmar is meeting with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon in an effort to...
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AP, Yangon
The United Nation’s special envoy to Myanmar was expected to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit to the country that began Saturday,...
made popular Jan 31 2009
AP, Colombo
The United Nations’ top official in Sri Lanka says “many” civilians have been killed in the latest round of fighting in the country’s bloody...
made popular Jan 26 2009
AP, Gaza City
The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has begun a tour of the Gaza Strip to examine the extent of the devastation left behind by a three-week Israeli offensive.
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AP, Kabul
The United Nations’ chief in Afghanistan called Wednesday for international military forces to revise their agreement with the Afghan government to include...
made popular Dec 17 2008
AP, Geneva
The United States needs to reverse course and play a more active role in the United Nations’ protection of human rights, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged...
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AP, Jomba
The United Nations’ special envoy to Congo chided Congo’s main rebel leader during a second round of peace talks Saturday for breaking a cease-fire,...
made popular Nov 29 2008
When Nelson Mandela came to power in 1994 in post-apartheid South Africa as its first democratically elected leader, he promised a new foreign policy for the nation...
made popular Nov 15 2008
AP, Goma
Thousands of protesters are attacking the United Nations’ eastern Congo headquarters.
made popular Oct 27 2008
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World leaders meeting at the U.N. General Assembly this week face a global financial crisis that threatens the United Nation’s efforts to generate billions of...
made popular Sep 22 2008
AP, Spin Boldak
A police chief says suicide bomber has killed two Afghan doctors working for a United Nation’s agency in southern Afghanistan.
made popular Sep 14 2008
AP, United Nations
A Harvard-educated judge from South Africa will take over as the United Nations’ top advocate for human rights.
made popular Jul 28 2008
AP, Vienna
The board of governors for the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency will meet Aug. 1 to vote on a deal allowing international monitors to inspect some of...
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AP, Dhaka
Tens of thousands of people in Bangladesh’s southeastern region are being given food aid after a plague of rats devoured rice crops earlier this year, the United...
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