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UNITED NATIONS News, May 18, 2012

UN urges massive support for Afghan forces
The Olympian
By EDITH M. LEDERER | AP • Published May 18, 2012 UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations has been urging participants at this weekend's NATO summit to provide "predictable, massive, long-term support" for Afghanistan's security forces to promote stability ...
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UN Sends Mission to Libya to Investigate Use of Mercenaries
BusinessWeek
By Jennifer M. Freedman on May 18, 2012 The United Nations will send a fact- finding mission to Libya next week to probe allegations that mercenaries were used in the conflict that ousted Muammar Qaddafi from power and subsequent steps taken by the ...
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Vatican today — May 18, 2012
The Catholic Spirit
With the progressive weakening of traditional Christian values, and the threat of a season in which our fidelity to the Gospel may cost us dearly, the truth of Christ needs not only to be understood, articulated, and defended, but to be proposed ...
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Morning CheckUp: May 18, 2012
ThinkProgress
By Amanda Peterson Beadle on May 18, 2012 at 8:00 am Sebelius will still give speech at Georgetown: “Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will speak about public service at a ceremony for some Georgetown graduates Friday despite ...
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ASMP's Cavanaugh Receives IPC Photographer Leadership Award
MarketWatch (press release)
PHILADELPHIA, May 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has announced that Jim Cavanaugh, a Buffalo-based architectural and aerial photographer, has received the 2012 International Photographic Council (IPC) ...
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House OKs indefinite detention of terror suspects
The Seattle Times
(May 18, 2012, by Greg Rasa) MORE It looks like someone needs to proofread the headline, unless you really mean that... (May 18, 2012, by 1010101010) MORE Indefinite detention of anyone seized on US soil without due process is unconstitutiona.
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Sen. Jim Webb: Congress Must OK Military Intervention
Daily Beast
Jim Webb May 18, 2012 4:45 AM EDT The Obama administration exploited a constitutional loophole by taking action on its own during Libya's uprising. New legislation must end this defiance of the balance of power. The most important constitutional ...
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Daily Beast
Bethel Daily Briefing Friday, May 18, 2012
Patch.com
The following player was nominated as 2012 NEPSWLA All-Stars: Eloise Gagnon, Bethel, #3, 2015, Center Bike to Work Day, May 18, 2012, 7:00 am, 13 Durant Ave, Bethel, CT , HARTransit is hosting a bike to work day event at the Bethel Metro North train ...
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Netanyahu: Iran won't take nuclear talks seriously
Christian Science Monitor
By Tom A. Peter, Correspondent / May 18, 2012 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to journalists after his meeting with Czech President Vaclav Klaus at the Prague Castle, Friday, May 18. Netanyahu and several ministers of his government ...
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Christian Science Monitor
India can grow at 8-9 pc for 20 yrs: Monkek
IBNLive.com
PTI | 01:05 PM,May 18,2012 From Yoshita Singh United Nations, May 18 (PTI) India has the potential to grow at 8-9 per cent for the next two decades and a supportive global environment will help the country achieve this goal, Deputy Chairman of Planning ...
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Syria complains to UN about tourism downturn amid conflict
Ottawa Citizen
By Michelle Nichols, Reuters May 18, 2012 10:02 AM UNITED NATIONS - Syria has complained to the United Nations that its tourism industry has been severely damaged by a 14-month conflict between government forces and rebels fighting to overthrow ...
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Oxfam: G8 Food Security Alliance Answers Question Hungry People Have Not Asked
MarketWatch (press release)
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- International agency Oxfam warned that today's announcement of the "New Alliance to Increase Food and Nutrition Security" focuses too heavily on the role of the private sector to tackle the complex ...
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Industrialised Countries Under Critical Spotlight at UN Meet
Inter Press Service
By Julio Godoy BONN, Germany, May 18, 2012 (IPS) - The latest session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place May 15-25 in the former German capital Bonn, is the perfect opportunity to reaffirm the enormous ...
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To reward Myanmar for reforms, US eases economic sanctions, names ambassador
Christian Science Monitor
By Anne Gearan and Matthew Pennignton, Associated Press / May 18, 2012 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Myanmar's foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, Thursday, May 17, at the State Department in Washington.
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Christian Science Monitor
How Sex Education Programs Can Shape a Better Future
Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 18, 2012 (IPS) - In Latin American countries and in the Caribbean, where income disparities are among the greatest in the world, too many people often lack access to comprehensive health services and information needed to live ...
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At UN…Ramotar calls for greater attention to small, vulnerable states
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Local | Friday, May 18, 2012 President Donald Ramotar yesterday issued a call at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, for a clear agenda of concerted efforts and greater attention to addressing the circumstances ...
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Ten People Killed By Security Forces in Syria, Al Jazeera Says
BusinessWeek
By Tamara Walid on May 18, 2012 Ten civilians were killed by security forces today in Homs and the Syrian capital Damascus as crowds took to the streets to protest after Friday prayers, Al Jazeera TV reported, citing human rights activists.
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US Serves Up New Food Security Effort In Africa
KQED
by Michele Kelemen | May 18, 2012 — 12:33 AM A woman refills her bucket from a well in the south of Mauritania. The Sahel region, south of the Sahara, is facing a third season of drought. The Obama administration is announcing a major new initiative ...
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City of Corpus Christi, Recyclebank and the Ziploc® Brand Commemorate ...
Sacramento Bee
By Recyclebank CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, May 18, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Corpus Christi announced today the unveiling of a playground donated by Ziploc® brand in recognition of its continued support of Corpus Christi Recycles, ...
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India Can Grow at 8-9% for Next Two Decades: Montek
Outlook
PTI | Yoshita Singh | United Nations | May 18, 2012 India has the potential to grow at 8-9 per cent for the next two decades and a supportive global environment will help the country achieve this goal, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek ...
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Food envoy's report shames Canadians
Victoria Times Colonist
By Bert MacBain, Times Colonist May 18, 2012 I have seen nothing in your paper on the report of the United Nations special rapporteur on the condition of the poor among us. However, I feel compelled to express my dismay at the lack of acknowledgment of ...
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House OKs indefinite definition of terror suspects
STLtoday.com
AP | Posted: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:07 am | ( Loading… ) comments. The House on Friday endorsed the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even for US citizens seized on American soil. A coalition of Democrats and tea party ...
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Bracing for a Massive Influx of Returnees
Inter Press Service
By Jared Ferrie JUBA, May 18, 2012 (IPS) - In the wake of border tensions theUnited Nations is airlifting 12000 southerners from a Sudanese frontier town into South Sudan. But they are returning home in the midst of an economic crisis that has the UN ...
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A Decade of Arts
Star News
By Star News on May 18, 2012 at 11:42 am by Britt Aamodt April 26, a student waited at the exit of Elk River High School. As people left, she asked them to give her one word — just one — to summarize their experience at the school.
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Star News
UN chief calls for end to fighting in Myanmar
Firstpost
by FP Staff May 18, 2012 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to attacks by all parties in Myanmar on Thursday after receiving a letter from a rebel independence group in the country's Kachin State asking the United Nations ...
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Firstpost
Blogs10 new results for "UNITED NATIONS" News, mAY 18, 2012
Smart growth news – May 18, 2012 | Smart Growth America
By Alex Dodds
Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock blog – May 182012. Today is Bike to Work Day, and thousands of commuters are expected to ride bicycles to work. City hopes to become more sustainable, vibrant with bicycling. Dayton Daily News(OH) – May ...
Smart Growth America
UN envoy hails workshop related to Guyana ... - Kaieteur News
By KNews
May 182012 | By KNews | Filed Under News. Representatives of Guyana and Venezuela met earlier this week as work by the. UN's Good Officer, Norman Givran and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. United Nations continues in an effort to ...
Kaieteur News
Indonesia to deploy peacekeeping mission to Mindanao - Home ...
The Indonesian Military is preparing a peacekeeping team to be deployed to the southern Philippines under the command of the United Nations, a statement released by Indonesian military headquarters said today.
philstar.com - Breaking News
Libya: UN expert group to probe use of mercenaries ... - Africa News
By admin
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 182012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will undertake a visit to Libya from 21 to 25 May 2012 to assess allegations of the use of mercenaries in ...
Africa News - News from Africa
xymphora: Friday, May 18, 2012
By xymphora
War News for Friday, May 182012 - Cataloging Wounds of War to Help Heal Them Two NATO troops killed in Afghan attack Reported security incidents #1: A businessman was killed and another ... 6 hours ago. Desertpeace · WAR RESOLUTIONS ~~ NOW .... Pablo Solon Twenty years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, the environmental crisis c... 1 day ago. Lataan · NEOCONS WORK THEMSELVES INTO A ...
xymphora
Daniel in the Lion's Den: Fighting for Liberty at the United Nations ...
By Dan Mitchell
May 182012 by Dan Mitchell. I posted yesterday about visiting the United Nations to participate in “The High Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy.” There were five speakers on my panel, including yours truly. Here are ...
International Liberty
Prison Planet.com » UN Ridiculed for Attacking Poverty and ...
By admin
May 182012. Commentators and officials said Wednesday that the United Nations had cemented its position as a discredited global laughing stock after the UN “Food Envoy” criticized Canada — one of the wealthiest and healthiest nations in the world — for alleged inequality, ... Canada's Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq quickly dismissed the UN's criticism in what news reports said was a “rare outburst” for the senior official, calling De Schutter an “ill informed, patronizing academic.
Prison Planet.com
PhotoBlog - A small-scale protest in China
A police officer stands in front of three men holding letters, one of which (right) was addressed to the "Leaders of China", outside a building housing the United Nations World Food Programme office in central Beijing on May 182012. The men ...
Newsvine - PhotoBlog - Articles
The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: May 18, 2012
By Leanan
Drumbeat: May 182012. Posted by Leanan on May 182012 - 10:33am. David Strahan - Dump the pump: could peak oil be voluntary? People have fretted about when the world's oil will start to run out ever since M. King Hubbert came up with the ..... We asked Thomas Rath, the country program manager for the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development project in Bangladesh, about the development obstacles the country faces, some of which are linked to climate ...
The Oil Drum - Discussions about...
United Nations E-Government Survey 2012 - Dialogues
By toinho
Friday, May 182012. USA Africa Dialogue Series - United Nations E-Government Survey 2012: E-Government for the People. The United NationsE-Government Survey 2012 finds that many have put in place e-government initiatives and information and communication technologies applications for the people to further enhance public sector efficiencies and streamline governance systems to support sustainable development. Among the e-government leaders, innovative technology ...
Dialogues
Web10 new results for "UNITED NATIONS" News, mAY 18, 2012
United Nations - May 18, 2012 - 09:39 | Al Jazeera Blogs
Fri, 18 May 2012, 07:39 GMT+3 - United Nations ... to Syria and Myanmar, the panel said in a confidential report seen by the Reuters news agency on Thursday .
blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/united-nations-may-18-2012-0939
Syria complains to UN about tourism downturn amid conflict
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has complained to the United Nationsthat its tourism industry has been ... UNITED NATIONS | Fri May 18, 20126:03am EDT ...
www.reuters.com/.../uk-syria-un-tourism-idUSLNE84H00L20...
Hypertension, diabetes on the rise - News - Jamaica Gleaner ...
Published: Friday | May 18, 2012 Comments 0. UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The number of Caribbean people with high blood pressure and diabetes is drastically ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/news/news2.html
Smart growth news – May 18, 2012 | Smart Growth America
Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock blog – May 18, 2012 ... perhaps none was as silly as the resolution condemning a United Nations program called Agenda 21.
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/.../smart-growth-news-may-18-...
VIDEO: United Nations claims Iran supplied Syrian Army with ...
News. VIDEO: United Nations claims Iran supplied Syrian Army with weapons. Published: Friday, May 18, 2012. According to reports, Iran is violating a ban by ...
www.sourcenewspapers.com/.../doc4fb64e1e2852c27426939...
Full Text Israel Political Brief May 18, 2012: PM Benjamin ...
Israeli News, Politics, Education & Advocacy. Full Text Israel Political Brief May18, 2012: PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Comments ... Press Releases -- Statements, Speeches & Transcripts, United Nations and tagged ... Source: PMO, 5-18-12 ...
togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/.../full-text-israel-political-br...
UN urges massive support for Afghan forces - Friday, May 18, 2012 ...
Friday, May 18, 2012 | 9:20 a.m. - UN urges participants at NATO summit to provide ... The United Nations is urging participants at NATO summit this weekend to ...
www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/.../un-un-afghanistan-nato/
Change laws against gays! -- NationNews Barbados -- Local ...
Friday, May 18, 2012 ... The call came from United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and Secretary ... Bringing theNews to You ...
www.nationnews.com/articles/view/change-laws-against-gays/
United Jerusalem - - Israel-News Today -- 5/18/2012
Tune into UnitedJerusalem.com for daily headline news from around the world.... best European friend (TIMES OF ISRAEL) By JOSHUA DAVIDOVICH05/18/12) ... voted against the Palestinian Authority's statehood bid at theUnited Nations.
www.unitedjerusalem.org/index2.asp?id=1561204
Over $23 million allocated to strengthen coastal areas | RJR News
Funding is being provided by the Government of Jamaica and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). Fri. May.18,2012 8:06am. 0 Comment ...
rjrnewsonline.com/.../over-23-million-allocated-strengthen-co...
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