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UNITED NATIONS News, Feb 17, 2012

Forget Syria: 5 cases where the UN wasn't impotent
The Week Magazine
Photo: REUTERS SEE ALL 25 PHOTOS It's easy to see why impatient critics are bemoaning the United Nations. The UN General Assembly passed a resolution Thursday condemning Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for human rights abuses, and backing Arab League ...
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China defends voting 'no' to Syria plan at U.N.
FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
File photo of the flag of China in front of Army officers. (China Photos, Getty Images) BEIJING (AP) — China has defended its "no" vote at theUnited Nations where the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for a resolution backing an Arab League plan ...
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Joel Brinkley: Evidence points to Mugabe as world's most destructive leader
Chicago Tribune
The United Nations is warning that the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe remains extremely fragile. There's a bit of diplomatic understatement if I've ever heard one. American Voices Bio | Recent columns Trying to determine who is the world's most ...
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Nationality sovereign right of the State, Kuwait tells UN
Kuwait News Agency
"Granting Kuwaiti nationality is a sovereign right of the State and the interests of the nation must be taken into account on that issue," Sadiq Marafi, Charge d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Kuwait to the United Nations Office at Geneva, ...
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Spain Ghost Towns Develop From Real Estate Crash (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
Other studies put the number as high as 1.6 million in the nation of 47 million, where 80 percent of the population already lives in owned homes, a rate much higher than nations like France, Germany, Italy and the United States.
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Chinese leader visits Iowa, Calif. to forge bonds
KGAN
He'd insisted on the stop in Iowa, and the farm visit capped the Midwest leg of his visit to the United States. Xi was joined by US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and China Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu during the symposium.
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In pictures: Cycling World Cup at London 2012 Olympic Velodrome
BBC News
A total of 340 riders from 48 nations will take part in the first competitive event at this Olympic venue. Japan were the first of 15 women's teams to take to the track, but their time of four minutes 13.408 seconds was soon overtaken when Canada's...
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BBC News
Obama praises 787, American manufacturing in Everett
HeraldNet
Nearby were a veritable United Nations of jets headed for airlines around the globe: Germany, Morocco, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. A ceiling of silver clouds allowed just enough of a clearing to the east to reveal the peaks of the Cascade ...
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Côte d'Ivoire / UN Special Representative Bert Koenders carries out partial ...
StarAfrica.com
The United Nations Security Council, in its Resolution 1765 (2007), decided that the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) « shall certify that all stages of the electoral process provide all the necessary guarantees for ...
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John Glenn, 1st American in Orbit, Pushes for Manned Mars Missions
Space.com
Glenn's flight put the United States back on even footing with the Soviet Union, which had launched the first manned orbital flight in April 1961. The US-Soviet space race in the 1960s got much of the American public excited about space science and ...
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This week around the world
Stuff.co.nz
Indian policemen look at members of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front holding placards with pictures of Maqbool Bhat as they try to march to the office of the United NationsMilitary Observers Group in India and Pakistan. US President Barack Obama ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Palestinians under attack in Hebron
Mennonite Weekly Review (blog)
By Christian Peacemaker Teams Palestine Project A newly released report submitted to the United Nations by international organizations working in Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the West Bank, documents a sharp increase in serious human rights violations against ...
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Can the world handle a billion tourists?
CNNGo.com
That's what you might expect to be faced with as a traveler in 2012, when you consider the news from the United NationsWorld Tourism Organization (UNWTO), that international tourist arrivals are on track to hit 1 billion this year.
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CNNGo.com
Shaky Libya stumbles at state building
Aljazeera.com
As many as 15000 people may have been killed in the conflict, according to the United Nations, though the National Transitional Council that overthrew Gaddafi has said the toll is twice as high. On Friday, one year after the "Day of Rage," Libyans ...
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Aljazeera.com
David Cameron in Paris for Nicolas Sarkozy talks
The Independent
Mr Cameron and Mr Sarkozy will discuss the continuing violence in Syria, which was condemned by an overwhelming majority at the United NationsGeneral Assembly last night. It is believed they will discuss the options for offering support to rebels ...
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Free encryption software Cryptocat protects right to privacy: inventor
Canada.com
"With laws like the Patriot Act, it's a different reality in the United States," Boyce said. "So I advise people to use Cryptocat for something like setting up a needle exchange or free condom distribution. "Needle exchanges help people, ...
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Free encryption software Cryptocat protects right to privacy: inventor
Montreal Gazette
"With laws like the Patriot Act, it's a different reality in the United States," Boyce said. "So I advise people to use Cryptocat for something like setting up a needle exchange or free condom distribution. "Needle exchanges help people, ...
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Canada Legislation Down on Bogus Refugee Claims
WJTV
Canada accepts one out of every 10 United Nations Convention-designated refugees worldwide more refugees per capita than any other country. Known for its long-standing humanitarian traditions, Canada has been toughening its rules to weed out false ...
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Defiant Iran claims major steps in nuclear fuel
Las Vegas Sun
Iran further struck back at the West by indicating it was on the verge of imposing a midwinter fuel squeeze to Europe in retaliation for a looming boycott of Iranian oil, but denied reports earlier in the day that six nationshad already been cut off.
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United States Ambassador to the United Nations ... - Yahoo! News
View the photo United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to reporters after the Security Council voted on a resolution backing an Arab ...
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CENSORED NEWS: VIDEO: Occupy the United Nations 2012
Part 1 - Occupy the United Nations INDIGENOUS DAY OF RESISTANCE January 27, 2012 ..... Click for article by Censored News (Nickolas Murayphoto.) ...
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UN-backed census aims to improve lives of ... - United Nations
A United Nations-backed census has been launched in the Dominican Republic ... UN Logo UN News Centre logo and link back to News Centre home ... will allow census staff, who have been trained by UNHCR, to takepictures and include ...
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United Nations Organization - News, views, gossip, pictures, video ...
United Nations Organization - latest news, views, gossip, pictures and video.
www.mirror.co.uk/all.../United%20Nations%20Organization
US officials tie terror group to Syrian bombings
16, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / AP In this photo released by the United Nations, ...
www.seattlepi.com/.../US-officials-tie-terror-group-to-Syrian-b...
United Nations Are Back | News | Rock Sound
Music News: United Nations have announced they will be returning to music via a psychedelic ... Elsewhere on Rock Sound. Best Of Slam Dunk 2011. Photos › ...
www.rocksound.tv/news/article/united-nations-are-back
Beekmantown students shine at Harvard Model United Nations ...
Staff Photo / Kelli Catana ... Some are disqualified, at the newspaper'sdiscretion, for a number of reasons. ... Members of Beekmantown High School's Model United Nations Club recently learned an empowering lesson — strength doesn't ...
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UN General Assembly Condemns Syria - Middle East - News - Israel ...
First Publish: 2/17/2012, 2:12 PM. United Nations General Assembly. Israel news photo: Basil D Soufi / Wikimedia Commons. The United Nations on Thursday ...
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/152877
UN Website Hacked - New York News
United Nations. Regular Photo Size. Local News. One Ticket Wins Powerball Jackpot. There was one winning ticket for Saturday's estimated $325 million ...
www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/un-website-hack-20120209-lgf
Political development good for Yemen - UPI.com
United Press International - News. ... War foreseen in Syria, •, PHOTOS: The Westminster Dog Show, •, Anniversary of Hariri assassination, •, Randy ... Yemen was caught up in the so-called Arab Spring and theUnited Nations objected to the ...
www.upi.com/Top_News/.../UPI-52531329146505/?...
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine | United Nations Radio
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine ... Julie Walker (right), United Nations Radio Producer, interviews Asha-Rose Migiro · Irina Bokova · UN Radio DailyNews Programme ...
www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/2012/02/.../migiro/
"207's Best" honored for Academic Achievement — Niles news ...
He placed second in the nation in Newspaper Association of America ... He is a P.E. Leader and Hawk Pride Leader and a member of the Constitution Team, Class Council and Model United Nations. ... Top 10 photos of the week Feb. 9-15 ...
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UN Rights Chief 'Outraged' by Syrian Attacks | News | English
The United Nations human rights chief said Monday she is outraged by what she called the ... U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay (file photo) ...
www.voanews.com/.../UN-Rights-Chief-Outraged-by-Syrian-...
The Grit: Killing Syria's Children | TakePart - News, Culture, Videos ...
Children carry pictures of slain 13-year-old Hamza al-Khati at a protest in front of Beirut's United Nations Building, June 1, 2011. (Photo: Jamal Saidi/Reuters) ...
www.takepart.com/blog-series/.../grit-killing-syrias-children
BBC News - Syria draft resolution heads to UN General Assembly
Photo posted online purportedly showing demonstrators gather in Homs to urge ... The United Nations General Assembly is becoming the focus of attempts to ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16995279
United States weighing Syria peacekeeping mission - CBS News
United States weighing Syria peacekeeping mission. ... CBS News.com Politics. Video · U.S. · World ... 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Susan Walsh) ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../united-states-weighing-syria-peacekeepi...
United Nations in Armenia - MEDIA CENTER - News
2012-02-06 | News. “Armenian Youth for Human Rights” Photo Exhibition Organized at the UN House. Young human rights activists shared their creative view of ...
www.un.am/en/News/892
Model United Nations Wins Best Small Delegation at Yale ...
News ·. Picture 13. Lawrenceville's Model United Nations team took home the award for Best Small Delegation at the 38th annual Yale ModelUnited Nations ...
www.thelawrence.net/.../model-united-nations-wins-best-small...
United Nations Security Council - News, views, gossip, pictures ...
United Nations Security Council latest news, views, gossip, pictures and video.
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United Nations News Service - Bio, News, Photos - Washington Times
Latest news and commentary on United Nations News Service includingphotos, videos, quotations, and a biography.
www.washingtontimes.com/topics/united-nations-news-service/
Syria's ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja ... - Yahoo! News
View the photo Syria's ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari addresses the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York on Yahoo! News.
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