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UNITED NATIONS News, Mar 09, 2012

Top news photos for March 8
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Those photos, and more, help tell the story of March 8, 2012. A teenage girl is caught up in a women's march to celebrate United Nations International Women's Day on March 8, 2012, in Petit Goave, Haiti. Marching under a banner reading "Haitian Women ...
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International Women's Day | 03.08.12
News & Observer
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) – Getty Images Haitian women march to celebrate United Nations International Women's Day on March 8, 2012 in Petit Goave, Haiti. Marching under a banner reading "Haitian Women Hand in Hand for a Better Tomorrow", ...
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News & Observer
Sex Abuse and Murder in Sri Lanka- New Photos Emerge
Salem-News.Com
The images attest to human cruelty that is simply beyond the imagination of western people whose governments when united, most of all, have a chance of forcing change on nations like this that by policy, practice deadly, mass murder against their own ...
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Salem-News.Com
N.Korean Defectors in China a Sore Spot
TIME
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement last month that it was closely following "a group of some 25 North Koreans who were arrested in China in February." It did not say how it obtained the number.
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A Congolese Teen's Horrific Machete Tragedy Fuels HauntingPhotography
Daily Beast
In 2007, the family moved to the US, thanks to a United Nationsrefugee program. Now, each year on the anniversary of the attack—August 13—she and her fellow survivors in the States meet. There, Sandra takes their portraits, telling their stories ...
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Daily Beast
IWD 2012: Photos of women around the world
GlobalPost
The occasion was mainly recognized only in Europe until 1975, which became designated as "International Women's Year" by theUnited Nations. After that, International Women's Day gained more significance globally, and the UN declared March 8 the ...
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GlobalPost
Photo of the day: March 8, 2012
Mason City Globe Gazette
Millions of children are growing up in squalid urban areas and denied basic services despite living close to them, the United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday. UNICEF said children living in slums and shantytowns often lack water, electricity and ...
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In a changing world, hope stands tall
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
The festival was presented in Sun Valley to benefit and raise awareness of the work of the United Nations Population Fund, an international development agency that promotes the rights of people everywhere to have access to health care, make their own...
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Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
International Women's Day: Celebrations and protests (PHOTOS)
GlobalPost
In 1975, the United Nations recognized March 8 as the official date for International Women's Day. On Wednesday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that despite the progress made "there is a long way to go before women and girls can be said to enjoy ...
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GlobalPost
Homs' bloody scars shock UN humanitarian chief
Sydney Morning Herald
UNITED Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has expressed shock at the devastation she saw on a visit to Baba Amro, the suburb of the Syrian city of Homs that has suffered a month-long siege. Baroness Amos, who visited Baba Amro for 45 minutes, ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
UN to coordinate humanitarian aid to Syria
Kuwait News Agency
The Adviser at the permanent Kuwaiti mission to the the United Nations in Geneva, Talal Al-Mutairi, said at the UN international forum on Syria, held here Thursday, that Kuwait welcomed such a gathering for its role in studying how to aid the people of ...
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Kuwait News Agency
UN to hold global conference on women in 2015
IANS
United Nations, March 9: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and current president of the General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser have proposed the idea of holding a global conference on women's issues in 2015. The last women's summit was held in ...
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IANS
Afghan voluntary repatriation underway thru return centres
Pakistan Observer
Islamabad—United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s voluntary repatriation programme for registered Afghans continued throughout 2011 without the annual winter break. The voluntary return will now be facilitated through four Voluntary ...
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Two groups removed from terror list
Ninemsn
Both groups remain subject to United Nations Security Council resolutions, targeted financial sanctions, travel bans and an arms embargo. Ms Roxon has relisted Ansar al-Islam (AAI), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Jaish-e Mohammad (JeM) and ...
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PIX: Amid gloom of terror, Syrians flee their country
Rediff
According to sources cited by the United Nations, up to 8000 to 11000 people have been killed, primarily protesters but also including 2200 to 3600 armed combatants.Many more have been injured, and tens of thousands of protesters have been imprisoned.
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Rediff
Big Mich. lottery winners still getting food aid
WGME
"It demonstrates the entitlement attitude we have in the United States. They want something for nothing." Amanda Clayton, 24, of Lincoln Park, chose a $700000 lump sum, before taxes, last fall after winning a $1 million jackpot on "Make Me Rich!
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IndiaWomen: India lags behind neighbors in women's participation in politics
GlobalPost (blog)
Despite high profile leaders like Gandhi, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee and Sheila Dikshit, India ranked a dismal 105 out of 150 parliamentary democracies analysed by the United Nations. Only 11 percent of the lawmakers in the lower house of India's ...
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Rotarians set sights on Haiti
Times Record News
By Ann Work Contributed photo A Haitian girl is fitted for glasses for the first time as Rotarian Deb West (right) looks on. Contributed photos Local attorney Dan Campbell operates the auto-refractor to check a Haitian child's eyes during a recent trip ...
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UN Humanitarian Chief Visits Baba Amr: What Happened To Its Residents?
Care2.com (blog)
by Kristina Chew United Nations humanitarian chief Lady Amos expressed “shock” on seeing the devastation in the Baba Amr district of Homs in central Syria after a month-long siege by the Syrian military. Amos was finally able to visit Baba Amr after ...
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Prepare for loss of influence: UK MPs
Ninemsn
Britain can no longer ignore that its influence on the world is shrinking amid the rise of developing nations, a panel of senior MPs says in a sharply critical report. The group also says Britain should prepare for looser ties with theUnited States as ...
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International Women's Day: A time for celebration or protest?
The Periscope Post
Since then, the movement has grown, with the United Nationsholding an annual IWD conference and the day recognised as an official holiday in 27 countries, including Afghanistan, China (for women only), Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women ...
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The Periscope Post
The Dilemmas of Multilateral Interventions in Conflicts
AllAfrica.com
She received several national and international awards for her journalistic practices and human rights work, including the Nelson Mandela Award for "Best Student in Photo-Journalism," Human Rights Award from the United NationsAssociation of the ...
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Kuwait Ambassdor lectures at American School Foundation
Kuwait News Agency
His lecture came in opening remarks made in the Model United Nations forum held at the Mexican university. Hayat spoke of Kuwait's long history within the UN, explaining that since joining in 1963, Kuwait has been supporting all of the UN's causes ...
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UMD marks International Women's Day with speech, awards
Wicked Local
On her first trip to the United States, el-Yousfil told her story at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Thursday as they keynote speaker for an awards ceremony marking International Women's Day. Women played a key role in the Egyptian ...
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This Week in Poverty: Welfare Reform—From Bad to Worse
The Nation. (blog)
A stunning report released by the University of Michigan's National Poverty Center reveals that the number of US households living on less than $2 per person per day—a standard used by the World Bank to measure poverty in developing nations—rose by ...
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The Nation. (blog)
UN humanitarian chief shocked by devastation
gulfnews.com
The United Nations estimates that more than 7500 civilians have been killed in the government's year-long crackdown on an anti-Al Assad uprising while the opposition puts the number above 8500. Meanwhile, the United Nations yesterday readied food ...
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gulfnews.com
Humanitarian crisis in Africa
Ninemsn
The next harvest in the region is due in October and the United Nations has estimated that more than STG450 million ($A672.60 million)of aid is needed to avert a humanitarian crisis. Oxfam's regional director in West Africa, Mamadou Biteye, ...
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Interactive experience fuses fun with innovation to bring science, technology ...
Space Ref (press release)
The bilingual exhibit will be presented in English and Spanish in the United States, and in the native languages of host nations as well as in English when it travels internationally. Additional customization of the exhibit for international...
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UN 'devastated' by the destruction in Homs – Deputy oil minister resigns ...
Kuwait Times
The United Nations estimates that more than 7500 civilians have been killed in the government's year-long crackdown on an anti-Assad uprising around the country while the Syrian government say more than 2000 members of the army and security forces had...
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Kuwait Times
The Fight Over Voter ID Laws Goes To The United Nations | KOSU ...
By KOSU News
Filed by KOSU News in US News. ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced it will appear before the United Nations' Human Rights Council in Geneva next week to seek support for its fight against voter identification laws enacted in U.S. states. ... Laws requiring people to present government-issued photo IDs at the polls have become hotly debated this election year because many of them have been enacted in presidential battleground states.
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Giving thanks for an opportunity and privilege « Ecumenical Women ...
By W. Mark Koenig
Peng Leong, volunteer at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, met Theresa Symons during the International Women's Day March. She interviewed Theresa about her ministry. ... The picture shows Theresa (r) and Peng (l) at the International Women's Day March. Peng Leong wrote this article. ... This web package provides a summary of official UN system observances for IWD and includes related statements, news, events and resources. (author unknown); Urban Poverty's ...
Ecumenical Women at the United Nations
Images of alleged torture in Syrian hospitals ... - United Nations
The United Nations human rights office said today that images shown by a British news programme of the alleged torture of patients in Syrian hospitals were ...
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41469&Cr...
Top news photos for March 8 | Mercury News Media Center | San ...
Top news photos for March 8. 1 of 28. A teenage girl is caught up in a women's march to celebrate United Nations International Women's Day on March 8, 2012, ...
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Syria lodges complaint with United Nations - UPI.com
Search: Articles, Photos. Go. United Press International - News. Analysis. ...Syria lodges complaint with United Nations .... UPI News Photos. Super Tuesday ...
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Iran trumps Palestinians as top US-Israel issue
21, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations. In his most explicit warning yet, ...
www.ajc.com/news/.../iran-trumps-palestinians-as-1371000.ht...
Pan-African News Wire: United Nations Panel on Libya Continues ...
One year ago on March 19, the United States and various NATO countries ....Click on Photo to Hear the Pan-African Journal: An Audio News Magazine for July ...
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United Nation Development Programme: Latest News & Videos ...
United Nation Development Programme Latest Breaking News, Pictures, Videos, and Special Reports from The Economic Times. United NationDevelopment ...
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UN's Ban cites gains in fighting world poverty - Yahoo! News
News: UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The world has been able to meet some of the U.N. ... The goals are targets adopted by world leaders at the United Nations in 2000 to ... 8, 2011, photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning calls ...
news.yahoo.com/uns-ban-cites-gains-fighting-world-poverty-...
Bill Clinton Admits United Nations Source of Haiti Cholera - ABC News
8, 2011 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Mario Tama/Getty Images). The United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, offered the strongest ...
abcnews.go.com/Blotter/bill-clinton-admits-united.../story?...
United Nations Human Rights Council - News, photos, topics, and ...
The latest news on United Nations Human Rights Council, from ...
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United Nations Photo · Advanced Search ... UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe. Start ... syndicated news show, “The Takeaway”, moderates a panel discussion held to ...
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United Nations meets clean water goal
Photo by: Bob Metcalf. ... The United Nations General Assembly has recognized drinking water and sanitation as human .... FREE WEEKLYNEWSLETTER ...
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Queen's College to host United Nations style conference (From ...
Queen's College to host United Nations style conference (From Somerset County Gazette). Get involved! Send your photos, video, news & views by texting ...
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