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UNITED Nations News, Apr 20, 2012

AP Top News at 7:30 am EDT
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(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool) By Associated Press, BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops shelled a rebel-held neighborhood and sent reinforcements to border areas as the opposition called for fresh protests Friday after the United Nations accused Syrian ...
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Defiant North Korea Holds Anti-South Rally
Voice of America (blog)
This week in New York, US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the world body stands ready to take further action if North Korea persists in its actions. Earlier this month, South Korean officials released satellite intelligence photos ...
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Faster pullout of troops required, Karzai says
Ottawa Citizen
President Hamid Karzai suggested Thursday that a speededup departure of western troops was the only way to prevent a recurrence of "painful experiences" such as the sight of United States soldiers posing with the body parts of dead insurgents.
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Karzai calls for quicker NATO exit
UPI.com
The Taliban denounced the photos as depicting "gruesome acts." The militant group -- which the United Nations says was responsible for 80 percent of Afghan civilian casualties in 2011 -- condemned Afghan soldiers present in some of the shots.
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News of the world in photos: Deadly crash of 737 in Pakistan
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Photo: AP / SL Supporter of an Islamic group, holds up a Syrian revolution flag, as he march during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, after Friday prayers, in Beirut, Lebanon. The United Nations hopes to have 30 cease-fire monitors in Syria ...
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Missile fizzle on Kim's parade
Korea Times
By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS ― In the bizarre ritual of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a recent rocket launch was intended to put the icing on the dynastic cake of the centennial birthday celebrations of the late dictator Kim Il-sung.
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Korea Times
US condemns grisly acts of its Marines in Afghanistan: Best approach to limit ...
Asian Tribune
The United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta swiftly denounced and condemned the act of several Marines in Afghanistan posing for the camera with the mangled corpses of Afghan insurgents displaying their broken limbs as the best approach to seeking ...
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Afghanistan leader seeks swifter troop pullout amid photos furor
Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, US Ambassador Ryan Crocker said the United Statescontinues to support Afghan efforts to make peace with the Taliban. The insurgents, however, have said publicly they are interested only in talks with the United States, not with the Karzai...
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Los Angeles Times
Tisch photography students hold their annual Headshots fundraiser
NYU Washington Square News
Following the typhoon that hit the Philippines last December, the Department of Photography and Imaging decided to donate all proceeds from this year's event to the Doctors Without Borders through the United Nations Children's Fund relief efforts there ...
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NYU Washington Square News
At least 21 dead in Syria bomb blast
Ninemsn
The bombardment casts fresh doubts on the fate of a United Nations-brokered ceasefire that went into effect on April 12. Ahmad Fawzi, the spokesman for UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, said the truce was in a fragile state. "The situation on the ground ...
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Photos of US soldiers posing with Afghan corpses prompt condemnation
KTUU.com
After the Los Angeles Times publishes two pictures, American officials denounce the actions of troops photographed with dead insurgents and their body parts. A soldier from the Army's 82nd Airborne with a dead insurgent's hand on his shoulder.
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Torture on Trial
OpEdNews
The doctors, lawyers, and others attending and speaking at the conference were from the United States and many other countries. It was not lost on them that they were addressing something different from a "natural" disaster. In their public comments ...
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UNESCO''s Director lauds cooperation with Kuwait
Kuwait News Agency
By Abdelwahab Al-Guyed (with photos) VIENNA, April 20 (KUNA) -- Director General of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Irina Bokova, lauded here Friday relations with Kuwait, affirming that such ties were ever ...
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Kuwait News Agency
2012 Celebrates Cooperative Businesses
HobbyFarms.com
Member-owned businesses like credit unions and farmer co-ops are in the spotlight thanks to the United Nations' resolution to declare 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives. Since 1959, the UN has designated International Years for major issues to ...
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US contrasts India's 'solid' record with North Korea
IANS
Washington, April 20: Refusing to criticise India for the launch of its long-range nuclear-capable missile Agni-V, the United States has contrasted New Delhi's "solid non-proliferation record" with that of North Korea. "I would simply point out, ...
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IANS
South Korea unveils new missile capable of hitting all of North
Stars and Stripes
The United States and South Korea believe the launch was a cover to test a long-range missile that could eventually strike the continental US The new missile has a range of about 1000 kilometers, approximately 625 miles, Maj. Gen.
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Stars and Stripes
UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
The Chinese Foreign Ministry quoted Moallem as saying Syria will "fulfill its cease-fire, troop withdrawal and other relevant commitments and begin cooperating with the United Nations monitoring team, Day Press in Syria reported.
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Inquiring Minds: Holocaust Doctors
BU Today
With primary and secondary sources gathered from a wide range of testimonials as well as from archives of the United StatesHolocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington, DC, and Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, their story can now be told.
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BU Today
US corpse abuse pictures fuel anger, NATO exit
Arab News
Updated plans for the withdrawal will be discussed at a NATO summit in Chicago next month, with polls showing Karzai's call for an early exit is shared by citizens of troop-contributing nations. In moves unlikely to go down well with his allies, ...
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What Is the Future of PR? Find Out at Mashable Connect
Mashable
Aaron Sherinian, executive director of communications and public affairs for theUnited Nations Foundation, addresses crowdpushing and why non-profits want your help. Steve Rubel, executive vice president of global strategy and insights at Edelman, ...
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US chopper crashes in southern Afghan
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
In a statement issued by the Afghan presidential palace 24 hours after the Los Angeles Times published photos showing US troops with the remains of suicide bombers and mugging for the camera, Mr. Karzai called the behavior depicted "inhumane and ...
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Snohomish County remembers the '62 World's Fair
HeraldNet
AP Photo The monorail approaches the downtown terminal in Seattle, Washington in 1962. Courtesy of Larry Miller Larry Miller, facing the camera, was among the first people allowed up to the Space Needle observation deck. A preview day was offered a ...
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Environmentalism is spiritual
Marion Star
Jessica Warner and Gina Peterson, two members of a group of volunteers from United Church Homes, pick up litter from the curb along East Center Street during the Downtown Marion Clean-Up on Thursday. Nearly 80 people volunteered from noon to 2 pm to ...
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News Wrap: At Least 30 Killed in Blasts Across Iraq
PBS NewsHour
In Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai denounced photos showing US soldiers posing with corpses of insurgents. HARI SREENIVASAN: Bombers struck today across central and northern Iraq, killing at least 30 people. The bombs went off in Baghdad and the ...
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Stopping the North's next move
The Japan Times
The United Nations Security Council on Monday "strongly condemned" North Korea for its failed rocket launch three days earlier and announced that it will impose new sanctions. The North's failed attempt to launch a satellite clearly violates a 2009 ...
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Bahrain's 'days of rage' - Friday 20 April
The Guardian
4.15pm: Syria: The United Nations hopes to get permission from the Syrian government in the coming days to send more aid workers to help at least a million people in need of urgent assistance, a top UN humanitarian official said today.
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The Guardian
Press digest
Times of Malta
Syria and the United Nations have signed an agreement on the ground rules for observers monitoring the ceasefire negotiated by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. al-Bawaba quotes Syria's foreign ministry saying the agreement would facilitate the UN ...
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Riverside Walk shows Zion's springtime beauty
St. George Daily Spectrum
It turns out that they're from Israel and on vacation in the United States for more than two months. They've been to many national parks at this point, but his wife tells me Zion was the first one that made her say, "Wow!" from the moment she saw it.
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Rewriting the Rules of the Global Economy: Creating Economics That Improve ...
Toward Freedom
The people have elected leftist governments that focus on building relationships among countries in the region, rather than being too dependent on the United States. Now growth is rebounding, unemployment has been reduced, and countries have made great...
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Toward Freedom
In brief: Rabies drive set for 2 locations
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The United Nations has declared 2012 “The Year of the Bat,” and the Memphis Zoo will celebrate the flying mammals with interactive technology, videos, keeper chats and a book signing. 10 am to 2 pm Saturday, and includes a book signing with nonfiction ...
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Angelina Jolie Is Just Like Us, She Takes The Bus
Celebrity Dirty Laundry
That would be great – in the USA she would not be protected from the paparazzi and we'd get to see even more of the new United Nations Special Envoy! Brand new photos of the family pop up almost every day and the kids are rarely smiling.
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Celebrity Dirty Laundry

Duplicity of the United Nations on Israeli Evictions
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UN envoy speaks out against reported child soldier ... - United Nations
The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict today voiced grave concern over reports of recruitment of child soldiers by Tuareg ... UN Logo UNNews Centre logo and link back to News Centre home ... Photo: UN Photo/T. La Rose ...
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants to send more observers to Syria
CBS This Morning Some soldiers in photo scandal back in Afghanistan 7 of 9... As a U.N.-backed cease-fire appears to be unraveling in Syria, the UnitedNations ... Annan's spokesman Ahmad Fazwi confirmed to CBS News that Annan will ...
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In this photo provided by the United Nations, United ... - Yahoo! News
In this photo provided by the United Nations, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks via telephone to with U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan ...
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Reflections from the United Nations Headquarters | Shambhala ...
The event was sponsored by the United Nations Development Program, and instigated ... the joining of heaven and earth simply creates an incompletepicture . .... The Shambhala Times is a community forum for news and views from all over ...
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Syria bloodshed continues as United Nations observers are set to ...
Syria bloodshed continues as United Nations observers are set to arrive ...Picture released by Shaam News Network shows the destruction of buildings and ...
www.nydailynews.com/.../syria-bloodshed-continues-united-n...
United Nations News Centre - Timeline | Facebook
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U.N. calls for Sudanese restraint - UPI.com - United Press International
UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (UPI) -- Sudan and South Sudan are called on to end ... PHOTOS: Celebrating South Sudan's independence ... UPI News Photos ...
www.upi.com/Top_News/.../04/.../UPI-46221334689310/
United Nations has gone mobile – so many apps for world peace ...
An interactive photo-scramble game, “Pieces of Peace,” gives users the ability to ... United Nations (UN) News Reader grabs the top stories from the UN and...
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United Nations General Assembly presidential election, 2012: Latest ...
United Nations General Assembly presidential election, 2012 Latest BreakingNews, Pictures, Videos, and Special Reports from The Economic Times. United ...
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News.Az - Fourth Baku Model United Nations conference - PHOTOS
Fourth Baku Model United Nations conference - PHOTOS. Loader. 85640- a4c6143a41248311bf7dc1fbdd24b42d. 1 / 30, Fourth Baku Model UnitedNations ...
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UN approves first observers for Syria - West Palm Beach News
(AP Photo/The United Nations, Evan Schneider). This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Thursday,...
www.palmbeachpost.com/.../un-approves-first-observers-for-s...
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