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UNITED NATIONS News, Nov 17, 2011

United Nations Food Program Suffering Hunger Pangs, Facing $1 Billion Shortfall
Fox News
By George Russell AP Photo/Charles Dharapak As the global financial crisis bites deeper into the economies of wealthy Western nations, some of the biggest donors to the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) are coming up short, while some of the ...
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United Nations urges poorest countries to put growth over exports
The Guardian
The world's poorest countries must forge closer links with fast-growing developing economies such as China and Brazil as the after-effects of the credit crunch continue to ravage the US and Europe, according to a report from the United Nations. ...
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Saudis urge UN to deplore plot to kill envoy
Boston.com
By Edith M. Lederer AP / November 16, 2011 UNITED NATIONS—Saudi Arabia is pressing for a UN resolution that would "deplore" the alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States. A draft resolution circulated by the Saudis and ...
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ACLJ Applauds United Nations Announcement Concluding No Statehood for Palestinians
Sacramento Bee
11, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - focusing on domestic and international law - said today's announcement by a committee of the United Nations Security Council that support among member nations to ...
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United Nations agency says bus and subway workers had right to strike in 2005
New York Daily News
Bus and subway workers had a right to strike in 2005 and their leader was wrongly jailed, a United Nations agency has found. The International Labor Organization said the state's Taylor Law, which makes it illegal for public workers in New York to walk ...
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New York Daily News
United Nations, Thomson Reuters and Freedom Now Establish Legal Database
Reuters (press release)
Paris, 14 November 2011 - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Thomson Reuters and Freedom Now, which advocates on behalf of illegally detained prisoners of conscience, have joined forces to establish a database ...
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US, Australia Agree to Military Force Deployment
Voice of America
Related Articles US Secretary of State Backs Philippines in South China Sea Dispute Hillary Clinton says countries should follow United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to resolve dispute Obama's Australia Visit Focuses on Regional ...
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The United Nations Says Broadband Is Basic Human Right
Forbes
With little fanfare two weeks ago, a key United Nations commission made a remarkable statement: it declared, unambiguously, that broadband access is a basic human right, right up there with the right to healthcare, shelter and food. ...
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More Afghans say nation heading wrong way: poll
DAWN.com
The United Nations says the Taliban are responsible for some 80 per cent of civilian casualties in the war. - Photo by AP KABUL: A US organisation said on Tuesday that 35 per cent of Afghans believe their country is moving in the wrong direction, ...
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DAWN.com
What Unesco's Palestine Vote Means for the United Nations
Jakarta Globe
In a development that gave a significant hand up to the Palestinian leadership, the United NationsEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organization became the first international body last month to admit Palestine as a full member, despite strong ...
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United Nations: 'Holy ayatollah, forget about AK47s - the Iranians are well on ...
The Spoof (satire)
In an excerpt from the report, the United Nations highlighted the progression of Iran's nuclear activity in the following statement: 'Holy ayatollah, forget about AK47s - the Iranians are well on their way to the H-Bomb'. With the middle-east being on ...
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Q+A - Palestinian UN bid appears headed for failure
Reuters
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinian application for membership in the United Nations appears headed for rejection after the Palestinians failed to muster sufficient support in the UN Security Council. ...
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France edges United States 1-0
ESPN
AP SAINT-DENIS, France -- The United States remains at a loss for offense under Jurgen Klinsmann. Loic Remy outmuscled defender Clarence Goodson to score in the 72nd minute, giving France a 1-0 exhibition victory Friday night that dropped the Americans ...
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Avago Technologies Joins United Nations Global Compact
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition to following the ten principles, the Compact calls for participants to promote corporate social responsibilities to foster a sustainable and inclusive global economy, starting with the achievement of the United Nations Millennium ...
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Cain vows to "change some of the rules" at United Nations
CBS News
Herman Cain wants to "change some of the rules" at the United Nations so that the international body's host nation is treated with more respect. "I would not allow a pip-squeak potentate dictator... to come here and insult our president," the ...
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Why bother with the weakest of nations?
Philadelphia Inquirer
Yet if protecting these small states is risky, our concern also reflects positively on the singular values of the United States. The United Nations has neither the will nor the capability to ensure the security of these countries. ...
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UCLA Model United Nations hosts 19th annual high school conference
Daily Bruin
By STEPHEN STEWART UCLA's Model United Nations held its annual conference which brought together high school students to debate about the most current political issues. The teams of high school students had tabled discussion of a humanitarian crisis in ...
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Daily Bruin
Dot Connection: From Palestinian Politics to Tsunami Warnings
New York Times (blog)
By ANDREW C. REVKIN You may have followed developments as the United States pulled its funding for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, known as Unesco, after the organization voted to make Palestine its 195th full ...
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Astellas Signs United Nations Global Compact
MarketWatch (press release)
The United Nations GC asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of 10 principles in areas regarding corporate social responsibility of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption.
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Obama Says US, China, Russia Are United Against Iranian Nuke
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Russia and China have previously joined the United States in supporting four rounds of United Nations sanctions against Iran over its uranium enrichment work. However, reports say Russia and China, which each hold a veto on the UN Security Council, ...
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Free Speech Concerns Ahead of Meeting With Muslim Nations on Religious Tolerance
Fox News
A looming meeting with Islamic leaders hosted by the State Department has religious scholars and advocacy groups warning that the United States may "play into" the push by some Islamic nations to create new laws to stifle religious criticism and debate...
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Fox News
United Nations concerned over DRC migrants' abuse in Angola
Afrique en Ligue
New York, United States - UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallstrom on Friday expressed concern over allegations that migrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Angola continue to be ...
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Taliban Attack US-Afghan Meeting in Border District
New York Times
The United Nations, on the other hand, reported in September that insurgent attacks had increased by 39 percent in the first eight months of this year. Referring to the gradual drawdown of military forces that has begun in Afghanistan, ...
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Weber Shandwick Chairman Jack Leslie Honored by the United Nations High ...
Sacramento Bee
15, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Leslie, chairman of Weber Shandwick, one of the world's leading global public relations firms, will be honored for his work with refugees at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) agency's 60th ...
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Nations Diverge on Pressing Iran
Wall Street Journal
By JAY SOLOMON WASHINGTON—The US and its European allies struggled to present a unified international stance against Iran a day after the United Nations' nuclear agency said it had uncovered extensive evidence that Tehran has been developing the ...
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Wall Street Journal
Ambassador to discuss Israel and the United Nations ... - News at FIU
By abarbel
Ambassador Haim Waxman, deputy permanent representative of the Mission of Israel to the United Nations, will deliver a lecture Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the Wolfe Theater on FIU's Biscayne Bay Campus. Titled “Israel and the United Nations,” the ...
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United Nations - U.N. Committee Says Divided On Palestinian Bid ...
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... the United States, and around the world. VIN News up-to-the-minute news, accurate reporting and research, hard-hitting, commentary and exclusive, mainstream-media-beating scoops-on the issues that matter to our readers most. ... United Nations - A U.N. Security Council committee said Friday it had failed to reach agreement over a Palestinian application for full membership in the United Nations, the Portuguese U.N. ambassador said. The decision by the council's admissions ...
Vos Iz Neias (Yiddish: What's News?)
New mobile data analytics creates ... - Women News Network
By Women News Network
(WNN) UNITED NATIONS: In efforts to accurately count rising numbers with world population as our world now reaches past 7 billion, the UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund has launched the 7 Billion Actions Population Data initiative ...
Women News Network
United Nations organises sensitisation ... - Ghana Business News
By ekow
The United Nations Joint Programme on Human Security has organised a sensitisation programme for Andani and Abudu chiefs in Yendi on the proliferation of small arms and its impact on peace, security and development. The programme ...
Ghana Business News
A new special relationship: the United States and Australia ...
By Michael Weiss
caption id="attachment_100118364" align="alignnone" width="460" caption="Barack Obama addresses the troops at RAAF Darwin (Photo: Getty)"][/caption] Robert Conquest's notion of the “Anglosphere” - a military and diplomatic bloc made ...
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to visit flood-hit ...
By XinhuaNET.COM
UN secretary-general to visit flood-hit Thailand United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to arrive in Thailand on Wednesday and hold talks.
Siam Daily News Online
Pan-African News Wire: United Nations Backs Fight Against African ...
By Pan-African News Wire
The council welcomed efforts by the African Union, the United Nations and the international community, including the United States, to improve the ability of regional military forces with limited intelligence, communications and transport to ...
Pan-African News Wire
No easy fix for Laos' human development concerns: United Nations ...
By XinhuaNET.COM
No easy fix for Laos' human development concerns: UNDP Despite the human development progress of recent years, accelerating environmental destruction puts a.
Siam Daily News Online
Cain vows to "change some of the rules" at United Nations « News ...
By NewsHubToday
Republican presidential candidate businessman Herman Cain speaks during a Republican Presidential Debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich., Nov. 9, 2011. Via. Herman Cain wants to “change some of the rules” at the United ...
News Hub Today
1:50 PM - Colombia Support Network News: Human Rights for ...
By CSN
CAMPESINO FAMILIES IN THE SOUTH OF CESAR PROVINCE ARE SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC HUNGER. Original Source: United Nations News Agency. (Translated by Eunice Gibson, a CSN volunteer translator.) This fact is revealed in ...
CSN News
Efficient resource management crucial in war-torn ... - United Nations
A new book published by the United Nations and partners tackles the key challenges faced by post-conflict countries on how to efficiently manage their natural ...
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?Cr=peacebuilding...
The United Nations in the Heart of Europe | News & Media | HAVE ...
News & Media. HAVE YOUR SAY! HELP A NEW UNITED NATIONS BODY ENSURE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BY BUSINESS. 4 November 2011 ...
www.unog.ch/.../AEAC80CD4C613688C125793E003654FD?...
United Nations nuclear watchdog: Iran has ... - New York Daily News
Get the latest international news and global headlines from the Daily News.
www.nydailynews.com/.../united-nations-nuclear-watchdog-ir...
Palestine Pushes On at United Nations - IPS ipsnews.net
Palestine plans to continue its bid to become a full member at the United Nations, even with the odds stacked against the Palestinians receiving the requisite ...
ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105778
United Nations » cinema5D news
The project will bring together not only filmmakers from literally all over the planet to tell the story of the world, but also collaborates with the United Nations, and ...
www.cinema5d.com/news/?tag=united-nations
Astellas Signs United Nations Global Compact - Health News ...
TOKYO, November 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc.
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United Nations Volunteers: Covering news for UNMIT in Timor-Leste
Within media relations at the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste ( UNMIT), I am part of a production team that puts out the Daily Media Review, the ...
www.unv.org/en/what-we.../covering-news-for-unmit.html
United Nations Foundation and United Nations ... - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg, UN Under Secretary-General Susana Malcorra, ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson, ...
news.yahoo.com/united-nations-foundation-united-nations-ass...
How the United States views India - Rediff.com India News
Calling India a 'growing world power', the United States has said that the country, which aspires to become a permanent member of the UNSC, remains a leader ...
www.rediff.com/news/report/how-the.../20111115.htm
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