UNITED NATIONS News, Mar 30, 2012

Photos show Korea set to launch rocket Daily Nation The United States and other nations say the exercise is a disguised long-range missile test, calling the plan a provocative breach of UN resolutions and of a US-North Korean deal reached last month. The website, a project of the US-Korea Institute at ... See all stories on this topic »

Photos: Land Day across Israel and Palestinian territories Denver Post (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) United Nations Truce Supervision (UNTSO) observers look towards Syria from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Friday, March 30, 2012. Traditionally March 30 is marked by Israeli Arabs as "Land Day," a time of protests against ... See all stories on this topic »

Photos show N.Korea launch work underway: website AFP The United States and other nations say the exercise is a disguised long-range missile test in breach of UN resolutions and of a US-North Korean deal reached last month. The website said the detailed images show the mobile launch pad sitting on tracks... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Remembering at the Korean War Memorial Voice of America (blog) Half a million South Koreans and other United Nations troops fell, and more than 1 million GIs and their allies brought home wounds and nightmares and other terrible souvenirs of war. An estimated 2 million North Korean and Chinese soldiers perished in ... See all stories on this topic » Voice of America (blog)

U.S., Italy battle to 9-9 tie at Dos Pueblos Presidio Sports (Presidio Sports Photos) The United States men's national water polo team rallied from a three-goal deficit in the fourth period but reigning world champion Italy scored on a power play with four seconds remaining, and the two London Olympics ... See all stories on this topic » Presidio Sports

Satellite photos show N.Korea launch work 'underway' MSN Philippines News The United States and other nations say the exercise is a disguised long-range missile test, in breach of UN resolutions and of a US-North Korean deal reached last month. The website, a project of the US-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of ... See all stories on this topic »

Travel photos of the month Toronto Sun AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI This picture taken on March 26, 2012 shows a mahout riding a white elephant on a forest track in Naypyidaw. Kings and leaders in the predominantly Buddhist nation have traditionally treasured white elephants, ... See all stories on this topic »

Satellite photos show N.Korea launch work 'underway' The West Australian The United States and other nations say the exercise is a disguised long-range missile test, in breach of UN resolutions and of a US-North Korean deal reached last month. The website, a project of the US-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of ... See all stories on this topic » The West Australian

Japan Reacts to North Korea with Missile Deployments Blogcritics.org (blog) The United States, along with other global nations, corroborates the Japanese claim with photographs from space. The missile is seen on a launch pad in Tongchang-ri in northwest North Korea.Photos show the missile being loaded with liquid fuel in ... See all stories on this topic » Blogcritics.org (blog)

CNN.com goes magazine for “Slavery's Last Stronghold” Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard By Justin Ellis An estimated 10% to 20% of Mauritania's 3.4 million people are enslaved — in “real slavery,” according to the United Nations' special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Gulnara Shahinian. If that's not unbelievable enough, ... See all stories on this topic » Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard

Fighting champ was recruiter for ancient Roman army msnbc.com Spectacular brain images reveal simple wiring Peru animal mounds likely oldest ever found How conservatives lost faith in science Flavillianus proved to be so successful as a military recruiter that it was decreed that he be made a "cult figure in the ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com

People in Sudan's Nuba Mountains Under Siege Voice of America The United Nations Security Council and rights group Amnesty International have called on Sudan's government to give aid agencies immediate access to Southern Kordofan and to the nearby state of Blue Nile, where rebels are also fighting the government. See all stories on this topic »

The Global Average Salary Is $18000/Year The Mark A group of United Nations economists has determined the average salary for a worker on this fine little planet – about $18000, or $1480 a month. That's about how much the average worker in Poland makes in a year, but it's worth noting that the $18000 ... See all stories on this topic »

Palestinians, Israelis clash amid protests Ninemsn Tens of thousands of protesters, including from Europe and the United States, gathered near the Israeli border with Jordan. The fiercest clashes were at Kalandia, north of Jerusalem, where several hundred Palestinians threw rocks at soldiers and, ... See all stories on this topic »

Yum CEO David Novak on rubber chickens, China and Taco Bell Los Angeles Times Proceeds are being donated to the United Nations World Food Programme. Some of the book's tips have been worked into Yum training guides that have been translated into 11 languages and distributed across the company in what Novak calls “the most ... See all stories on this topic »

Is the 'Porn Chic' Tendency Affecting Girls' and Boys' Body Confidence? Huffington Post UK (blog) I was delighted to represent Denmark at this year's United Nations summit on the Commission for the Status of Women. For the first time the issue of body image and the representation of women in the media was discussed at a global level with a panel ... See all stories on this topic »

Statement by the NATO Spokesperson on lives lost at sea NATO HQ (press release) To the right side you will find sample photos showing NATO vessels rescuing a stricken boat off the Libyan coast during theUnited Nations mandated arms embargo mission led by the Alliance. NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu on lives lost at sea in March ... See all stories on this topic » NATO HQ (press release)

Atlanta prepares for 2012 Worldwide LGBT Civil Rights March The GA Voice They decided this year would be a great year to do something worldwide, especially since the UN [United Nations] spoke out for gay rights last year. “We're just gonna do it, just get this thing going, especially since it's an election year in America,” ... See all stories on this topic » The GA Voice

Too Many Immigrants, So Greece Rounds Up the Usual Suspects Greek Reporter Mixed in with the Greek version of the criminals Cuba shipped to the United States in order to get rid of them are legitimate asylum seekers fleeing real oppression in other countries, who will now get caught up in the mix. See all stories on this topic » Greek Reporter

KFC's Big Game of Chicken BusinessWeek Novak has written two books in this vein and is donating the proceeds from his latest, Taking People With You: The Only Way to Make BIG Things Happen, to the United Nations World Food Programme. He devotes several weeks a year to teaching his ... See all stories on this topic »

Ivanka's Vision, Now on the Racks Wall Street Journal Ten percent of sales from the Ivanka Trump Collection will benefit the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign, Ms. Brooks added. For the record, in her opinion, Ms. Trump is not good at everything. "Nobody is," she said. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Matt Barber Claims 'No Evidence' Of Violence Against Gay People: VIDEO Towleroad What's happening is they're using this specter of some kind of notion of 'mass violence' committed against homosexuals, they do the same thing here in theUnited States, 'mass discrimination,' something where there is no evidence of course against ... See all stories on this topic »

“Imagine Peace” Olympic Truce Programme Presented by UK Ambassador to Athens Greek Reporter The ambassador, speaking in Greece, stressed that the Olympic Truce proposed by the United Kingdom for the Games had been adopted by 193 countries in the United Nations and that athletes must be able to compete “without the weight of political, ... See all stories on this topic »

Aung San Suu Kyi Could Win Seat in Weekend Election The Mark A group of United Nations economists has determined the average salary for a worker on this fine little planet – about $18000, or $1480 a month. That's about how much the average worker in Poland makes in a year, but it's worth noting that the $18000 ... See all stories on this topic »

Earth Hour 2012: The 5251-City Blackout is Back And Bigger Than Ever International Business Times He'll share photos and live commentary of his experience via the European Space Agency. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the United Nations will show its support by turning off lights at the headquarters in New York. "Turning off our lights is a ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

Zimbabwe Lawmaker Masaiti Speaks Out as Debate on New Marriage Regulations ... Voice of America Pentecote Ayina, who says he's a United Nations humanitarian worker, said he's contemplating taking measures against the Masvingo magistrate whom he accuses of leaking his information to the media. “Once we left the court house, he (magistrate) called ... See all stories on this topic »

Yep, There's A Robot That Can Jump 30 Feet The Mark A group of United Nations economists has determined the average salary for a worker on this fine little planet – about $18000, or $1480 a month. That's about how much the average worker in Poland makes in a year, but it's worth noting that the $18000 ... See all stories on this topic »

Religious Freedom Ambassador Settles into Role, Diplomacy ChristianityToday.com (blog) After hosting a December meeting in Washington that continued the process, Johnson Cook said she looks forward to sending a list of best practices on to the United Nations. "I don't take full credit for that," she said. "I think that I came in ... on a ... See all stories on this topic »

Free shoes and food distributed to families in New Orleans NOLA.com Feed the Hungry is a humanitarian relief organization that has distributed more than $200 million in food and relief supplies in 92 nations. Feed the Hungry workers perform both emergency and targeted relief in the United States and overseas while ... See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

Taliban offer online questions and answers Ninemsn More than 3000 civilians died in the Afghanistan conflict last year, more than three-quarters of them killed by the Taliban or other insurgent groups, according to the United Nations. "I agree killing civilians by anyone is not acceptable at all, ... See all stories on this topic »

International financial news Ninemsn PARIS - Rich nations will turn in unexpectedly strong growth in the first half of 2012 but leading European economies will lag behind the United States, the OECD says. WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives has approved a contentious Republican ... See all stories on this topic »

London Photos News: Benny Wenda Give Talk at the United Nation ... London Photos News: Benny Wenda Give Talk at the United NationAssociation Kingston University conference the Road to Peace March 2012. By WPNews ... www.infopapua.org/artman/publish/article_2632.shtml

Top news photos for March 22 | Mercury News Media Center | San ... ... Santorum's Etch-A-Sketch and yoga in Paris in the top news photos for March 22. ... management of water resources, according to the United Nations. photos.mercurynews.com/2012/03/top-news-photos.../7155/

Arms talks under way in Beirut - UPI.com Delegates from the United Nations and Middle East are meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, to discuss ways of ... for a global Arms Trade Treaty to be negotiated at the United Nations in coming months, the newspaper said. ... UPI News Photos ... www.upi.com/Top_News/...in.../UPI-14571332933620/

File photo of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations ... - Yahoo! News View the photo File photo of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Rice speaking at the White House in Washington on Yahoo! News. Find morephotos in our ... news.yahoo.com/.../file-photo-u-ambassador-united-nations-ri...

Security Council calls for implementation of six ... - United Nations UN Logo UN News Centre logo and link back to News Centre home · Home ·Press ... Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré. 21 March 2012 – ... www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41598

United Nations Development Programme: Latest News & Videos ... United Nations Development Programme Latest Breaking News, Pictures, Videos , and Special Reports from The Economic Times. United NationsDevelopment ... economictimes.indiatimes.com/.../United%20Nations%20Deve...

CENSORED NEWS: Sacred Water: Native Nations Water Rights ... PHOTO:At the Native Nations Water Rights Symposium in Tucson hosted by Red Ink magazine. .... Navajo Nation receives United Nations response on . bsnorrell.blogspot.com/.../sacred-water-native-nations-water.ht...

Area schools participate in North Country Model United Nations ... Some are disqualified, at the newspaper's discretion, for a number of reasons. Here are ... Participating in Model United Nations, Grimshaw explained, fosters ... pressrepublican.com/.../Area-schools-participate-in-North-Cou...

Photo: North Korea says will not interfere in the United States and ... AP Photo / Korean Central News Agency (data plan) KCNA said on the 18th, the ' star ... Korea this decision by the United States and South Korea called 'serious ... www.f-paper.com/?i1289330-Photo:-North...will...

"Little Angels" will play music to the United Nations ... - Agile News "Little Angels" will play music to the United Nations ... Yangcheng EveningNews reporter on this band known as the 'pride of Guangzhou in-depth interviews. .... Photo: News: Bai Jing and her husband Zhou Chenghai both killed white mother ... www.agile-news.com/news-1153534-Little-Angels-will-play-...

Medvedev: Annan's mission is Syria's last chance United Nations, and Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan, left, seen next to... Latest breaking news » on PalmBeachPost.com ... PostPix » Latest news photos ... www.palmbeachpost.com/.../medvedev-annans-mission-is-syri...

News and Notes 3/28/12 | School of International Service | American ... More News. Vice President of Ecuador Lenin Moreno (c) speaks on March 8.Photo courtesy · News and Notes 3/21/12. Professor Amitav Acharya addresses the ... www.american.edu/sis/news/20120328-News-and-Notes.cfm

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Defends Obama's ... - CNS News Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, takes part in a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo). (CNSNews.com) ... cnsnews.com/.../us-ambassador-un-defends-obama-s-decision-...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center Photos. Next ». United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, attends the Arab League AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 hour ago ... WTOP Newslogo ... features.rr.com/photo/06DleZi7la3gI?q=Baghdad

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