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UNITED NATIONS News, Apr 27, 2012

Military drills throw United States into China-Philippine dispute over ...
CBS News
(CBS News) PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines - Defying Beijing's warning, the Philippines and the United States held military drills this week in the island of Palawan near the South China Sea. Close to a hundred troops from both countries took part in a ...
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The United Nations: Do Americans still hate it?
Washington Post (blog)
By Scott Clement The United Nations has never been America's most popular institution, and it has received its worst ratings on record in the past decade. It's derided as giving a platform for two-bit dictators and being a useless, ...
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Pakistan elected to five United Nations panels -
Associated Press of Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, April 27 (APP): Pakistan was elected to five importantUnited Nations' panels on Friday in recognition of the country's contribution to the work of the world body, especially on social and development issues.
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Tripartite to work for Taliban names removal from UN list
The Nation, Pakistan
The Core Group meeting of Pakistani, Afghan and US officials Friday agreed to form sub-group at the United Nation level to work for the removal names of Taliban leaders from the UN sanctions list. This was announced in a joint press conference by ...
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The Nation, Pakistan
United Nations Chief 'gravely alarmed' by Syria violence
NDTV
Damascus: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that the Syrian government is "in contravention" of an agreed peace plan by keeping troops and heavy weapons in cities. Ban also said he was "gravely alarmed" by reports of ...
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NDTV
Calls for United Nations action follow new scenes of brutality in Syria
Vancouver Sun
The Syrian opposition called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council Thursday over fresh claims of regime brutality, including a video that purportedly showed an opposition activist being buried alive. The video, said to have been filmed in ...
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United States drafts UN resolution on Sudan
The Daily Star
UNITED NATIONS/JUBA/KHARTOUM: The United Statessaid Thursday it had drafted a UN Security Council resolution aimed at making legally binding an African Union demand that Sudan and South Sudan stop border clashes, resume talks and resolve their many ...
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The Daily Star
US offers 'safe passage' to Afghan Taliban leaders
msnbc.com
By Fakhar ur Rehman, NBC News, and Alastair Jamieson ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The United States and Afghanistan have agreed to "give safe passage" to representatives of the Afghan Taliban to help them to enter future peace talks, officials announced ...
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United Nations rights' chief welcomes Taylor verdict
Afrique en Ligue
The charges relate to Taylor's alleged support for two rebel groups – the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council and the Revolutionary United Front – during Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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US to move 9000 Marines out of Okinawa
msnbc.com (blog)
By Reuters WASHINGTON -- The United States and Japan announced on Thursday a revised agreement on streamlining the US military presence on Okinawa that will shift 9000 Marines from that southern Japanese island to Guam and other Asia-Pacific sites.
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Pakistan-Afghan-US to work for Taliban names removal from UN list
Xinhua
ISLAMABAD, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States Friday agreed to form a group at the United Nations to coordinate activities in New York and to work for the removal of Taliban leaders names from the UN black list.
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Bolivia investigating complaint over Iranian ships
Reuters
Zoilo Roca Kikunaga, executive director of landlocked Bolivia's international ship registry, said the complaint was made the non-governmental organization Avaaz but that Bolivia has not received complaints from theUnited States or the United Nations.
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Rubio calls on Obama to oppose attempts to give Internet control to United Nations
The Hill (blog)
introduced a Senate resolution Thursday calling on President Obama to oppose attempts by the United Nations or other intergovernmental organizations to control the Internet. The resolution, (S. Res. 446), which Rubio submitted on for himself as well as ...
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UN welcomes abolition of death penalty in US state of Connecticut
UN News Centre
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré The United Nations human rights office today welcomed a new law in the state of Connecticut, in the United States, that abolishes the death penalty and urged other states to follow suit. With the signing of the new law on ...
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UN News Centre
UN Recommends Reducing Darfur Force
Voice of America
April 26, 2012 UN Recommends Reducing Darfur Force Margaret Besheer |United Nations UN Peacekeeping Chief Hervé Ladsous is recommending that the organization drawdown its UN-African Union peacekeeping force in the Darfur region of Sudan by more than ...
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US Envoy Rice At UN On Darfur, African Union
AllAfrica.com
Excerpts of Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at the Security Council Stakeout, April 26, 2012: Ambassador Rice: Good afternoon. Let me share with you a summary of our discussions on Darfur in ...
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UN proposes decrease in Darfur force
Boston.com
UNITED NATIONS—The UN peacekeeping chief is calling for a significant decrease and reorganization in the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur because fighting between Sudanese government forces and rebel groups has decreased.
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Iran Is to India as Pakistan Is to the US
Huffington Post
This is a country that has a middle class larger than the entire population of the United States -- and yet, despite ongoing controversy over India's poverty numbers, at least 350 million Indians live on about 50 cents a day.
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Obama lifts Palestinian aid barrier
Ynetnews
Obama says aiding Palestinian Authority is 'important for security interests ofUnited States' President Barack Obama has signed a waiver declaring that aid to the Palestinian Authority is "important to the security interests of theUnited States," ...
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UN maintains sanctions on Ivory Coast
Boston.com
UNITED NATIONS—The UN Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to maintain sanctions on Ivory Coast for another year, including an arms embargo and a ban on importing rough diamonds from the West African nation. A resolution adopted by the council ...
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6 Lincoln Hall students recognized at United Nations, among 32 graduates of ...
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Six students from Lincoln Hall Boys Haven received the Duke of Edinburgh Young Americans' Challenge given to them by Prince Edward during a ceremony at the United Nations on April 25, 2012. The students were recognized at the Hall on April 26, 2012, ...
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India's Dalveer Bhandari elected as International Court of Justice judge
Economic Times
Bhandari secured 122 votes in the United Nations General Assembly against 58 for his Filipino rival, Syed Akbaruddin, the spokesperson of the external affairs, said here. In simultaneous elections Friday at the UN headquarters in New York, ...
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UN rights office voices alarm at killing of Brazilian journalist
UN News Centre
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern at what it called a “disturbing” trend of killing journalists in Brazil, after another reporter was found dead earlier this week. The killing of Décio Sá, ...
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UN News Centre
Mixed sentiments on violence in Darfur
UPI.com
UNITED NATIONS, April 27 (UPI) -- Continuing and escalating violence in the Darfur region of Sudan is a growing concern for members of the UN Security Council, a US ambassador said. A patrol unit with the UN Assistance Mission in Darfur was attacked by ...
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Norway general to lead UN observers in Syria
Boston.com
UNITED NATIONS—Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed a Norwegian general and adviser to international envoy Kofi Annan to head the new UN monitoring mission in Syria. UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey on Friday announced the appointment of ...
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UN Security Council renews sanctions on Ivory Coast until 2013 ...
By BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday decided to reduce but extend sanctions against the African nation of Côte d'Ivoire, which is internationally known as Ivory Coast, for at least another ...
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Guyana elected to two UN bodies : Kaieteur News
By KNews
Guyana's Permanent UN Rep. Ambassador George Talbot, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon following the appointments. of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and to the Programme Coordination Board for the Joint United ...
Kaieteur News
Who Are The TV News Outlets Bringing To The White House ...
By Alex Weprin
Amy Klobuchar; American foreign policy adviser and U.S. Ambassador to theUnited Nations Susan Rice; Capt.”Sully” Sullenberger III; Rep. Allen West; Rep. Tim Scott. CNN: Goldie Hawn. Fox News: Lindsay Lohan, Kim Kardashian and her ...
TVNewser
U.S. News - Arizona close to passing anti-UN-sustainability bill
By Jim Gold
A final legislative vote is expected Monday on a bill that would outlaw government support of any of the 27 principles contained in the 1992 United Nations Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, also sometimes referred to as ...
Newsvine - U.S. News - Articles
Explosions rock Syrian capital, 9 dead, tens injured | Ya Libnan ...
By Ya Libnan
Armed terrorist groups have violated the cease-fire more than 1300 times since it came into effect, Information Minister Adnan Mahmoud told state-run Syrian Arab News Agency. The government accusations came as an opposition group said it has documented hundreds of deaths since theUnited Nations' peace plan monitors arrived. At least 462 people have been killed since April 16, when the mission started, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said Thursday.
Ya Libnan
UN food agency launches emergency Africa appeal - ModernGhana ...
The Sahel, which comprises Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger, has been hit with drought and conflict, and the United Nations estimates that several million people face food insecurity. "We're especially worried about the Sahel ...
ModernGhana News
Video: Iraq Comments on Trade, Investment ... - Iraq Business News
By Editor
Statement by the Representative of Iraq at the General debate of the Thirteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD.
Iraq Business News
Israeli News: Arabs want others to solve their problems
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Previous Israeli News. click to comment. Past coverage: United Nations. 01.04 UNHRC anti-Israeli vote: why the fuss? 15.01 More things are permissible to Hezbollah than to Israel 09.11 IAEA report, in fact, condemns the White House ...
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Statement by Secretary Clinton on Togo National Day | AMIP News
By admin
We congratulate Togo on its seat at the United Nations Security Council. We hope to continue to work with Togo to advance issues of mutual importance, from maritime security and piracy to economic development and regional trade. As you ...
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World News - US offers 'safe passage' to Afghan Taliban leaders
By Fakhar ur Rehman, NBC News, and msnbc.com news services
By Fakhar ur Rehman, NBC News, and msnbc.com news services ... Jilani announced the establishment of two new groups, one to represent the efforts of the three countries at the United Nations, and another responsible for "safe passage.
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Syria: Ban voices concern over shelling of Homs ... - United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced serious concern over the shelling of the Syrian city of Homs during the weekend and once again demanded that ...
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41782
World News - United Nations dispatches 30 military observers to Syria
Updated 1:07 p.m. ET: As Syrian forces shelled the battered city of Homs through Saturday morning, the United Nations Security Council authorized the ...
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Rein in United Nations pay - NY Daily News
Park: At the UN in New York, I once had a boss who, whenever she had to take a personal trip back to Africa, found a conference to attend. The UN then paid for ...
www.nydailynews.com/.../rein-united-nations-pay-article-1.10...
United Nations to Investigate U.S. for Human ... - Fox News Insider
The United Nations prepares to investigate the United States over human rights abuses — Dennis Miller voices his outrage tonight on The O'Reilly Factor at 8/ ...
foxnewsinsider.com/.../united-nations-to-investigate-u-s-for-h...
UN to vote Saturday on 1st observers for Syria - CBS News
(CBS News). (AP) UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Saturday on a resolution authorizing the deployment of the first wave of U.N. ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../un-to-vote-saturday-on-1st-observers-fo...
United Nations to send 300 observers to Syria after unanimous ...
United Nations to send 300 observers to Syria after unanimous Security Council vote. The UN Security Council has voted to send 300 unarmed military ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../United-Nations-to-send-300-observer...
NOAA-Sponsored Researchers Headline United Nations Panel on ...
This United Nations Develop Programme event featured Dr. Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, whose decades-long research ...
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U.N. to send monitors to Syria as fighting rages - Yahoo! News
News: BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations will send an advance team of observers to Syria on Sunday to start monitoring a shaky ceasefire, even as a surge ...
news.yahoo.com/u-n-council-approves-deployment-monitors-...
UN Security Council Expands North Korea Sanctions | East ... - News
Inside VOA | Contact VOA News ... Margaret Besheer | United Nations ...Rice, the current president of the United Nations Security Council, and other council ...
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