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Iran defiant as more UN sanctions loom
AFP via Yahoo! News Wed, 14 Mar 2007 4:49 AM PDT
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday dismissed the growing threat of more UN sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme, saying it was Western powers that were isolated and not Tehran.

NKorea envoy "too busy" to meet UN atom chief: report
AFP via Yahoo! News Wed, 14 Mar 2007 0:49 AM PDT
North Korea's top nuclear negotiator was reportedly "too busy" Wednesday to meet the head of the UN atomic watchdog, who was in Pyongyang seeking action on the Stalinist state's nuclear pledges.

North Korea criticises US, Japan over bid to suspend UN aid
AFP via Yahoo! News Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:47 PM PDT
Pyongyang has attacked the United States and Japan for pressing a UN aid agency to suspend operations in North Korea, saying the measure hurt the "dignity" of the communist state.

Major powers to brief UN council on new Iran sanctions Wednesday
AFP via Yahoo! News Tue, 13 Mar 2007 8:52 PM PDT
Six major powers scrambled Tuesday to put the finishing touches on a draft resolution tightening UN sanctions on Iran that they hope to present to the Security Council Wednesday.

N. Korea to Allow Atomic Inspectors When Sanctions End, UN Says
Bloomberg.com Wed, 14 Mar 2007 6:44 AM PDT
March 14 (Bloomberg) -- North Korean officials will allow United Nations nuclear inspectors into the country once the U.S. lifts sanctions against the country, Mohamed ElBaradei, the UN atomic energy chief, said today after a visit to Pyongyang.

British envoy threatens UN sanctions resolution over Darfur
AFP via Yahoo! News Tue, 13 Mar 2007 3:58 PM PDT
Britain's UN Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry threatened to introduce a sanctions resolution against Sudan in the Security Council if it reneges on its commitment to joint African Union-UN peacekeeping in Darfur.

Investigator dismisses Sudan's claims of bias in UN mission
AFP via Yahoo! News Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:14 AM PDT
Nobel laureate Jody Williams on Tuesday rejected Sudan's claims that the UN mission she led to Darfur was biased, saying she did not lend any credence to Sudanese statements on its credibility.

UN concerned about Nepal reports on 'unregistered' rebels, arms
AFP via Yahoo! News Tue, 13 Mar 2007 8:52 AM PDT
The United Nations mission in Nepal said Tuesday it was concerned about media reports quoting the Maoist leader as saying that thousands of former rebel fighters and weapons remained outside UN monitored camps.

Western powers hopeful of deal on new UN Iran sanctions
AFP via Yahoo! News Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:25 AM PDT
Envoys of six major powers resumed bargaining here Tuesday amid some optimism that they could nail down agreement on a package of new sanctions against Iran that could be presented to the full UN Security Council.

UN rights council locked in battle over Darfur
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 2:19 PM
Attempts by Sudan and its allies, including Russia and China, to stifle debate on Darfur at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday were thwarted by tough bargaining, a senior EU official said.
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UN nuclear chief hopes North Korea deadline can still be met
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 12:55 PM
UN atomic chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday that he hoped an April 13 deadline could be met for starting to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons program despite the current stalemate.
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UN agrees to hear Ahmadinejad defense
Boston Globe - Mar 17 1:58 AM
UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council yesterday accepted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's request to defend his country's nuclear program when the 15-nation body votes on arms and financial sanctions against Tehran.
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Iran will back Iraqi people, government: UN Envoy
Payvand Iran News - Mar 17 10:54 AM
Iranian Ambassador to the UN Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Friday that Tehran will always support the Iraqi people and government in their efforts to bring peace, stability and development to their country. -IRNA
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US will expedite Iranian leader's visa, hope he will accept UN demands
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 8:19 AM
The United States said Friday it would expedite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's request for a visa to address the UN Security Council when it votes on a new sanctions resolution against his country next week.
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Attempt To Kidnap Head Of UN Relief In Gaza Fails
Nasdaq - Mar 17 4:37 AM
(RTTNews) - An attempt to kidnap the Head of UN Relief and Mission in Gaza John Ging, failed when his driver showing presence of mind sped away even as masked gunmen continued to fire at the UN vehicle.
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*Attempt To Kidnap Head Of UN Relief In Gaza Fails
Nasdaq - Mar 17 4:22 AM
(RTTNews) - Attempt To Kidnap Head of UN Relief In Gaza Fails.
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Iran president wants nuclear face-off with UN Security Council
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 7:09 AM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad refused again on Friday to stop sensitive nuclear work and prepared to confront the UN Security Council face to face over a proposal for wider sanctions against Iran.
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UN chief to visit Lebanon
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 5:57 AM
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will pay an official visit to Lebanon on March 30, a government source told AFP on Friday.
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Security Council braces for sanctions showdown with Iran leader
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
The UN Security Council braces this week for a dramatic showdown with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over a vote on new sanctions to prod Tehran to comply with demands that it suspend uranium enrichment.
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Sort Results by: Relevance | DateMilitants cut off noses, ears of Afghans
AFP via Yahoo! News - 47 minutes ago
Militants cut off the noses and ears of three Afghan drivers supplying US military bases, while a UN mine-clearer was shot in an ambush near Kabul, officials said Sunday.
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UN seeks more cash for Sri Lankan refugees as fighting rages
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 11:04 PM
The UN said it urgently needed money to look after thousands of refugees displaced by fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tiger rebels in the island's embattled regions.
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Iraqi police attacked as UN calls for rebuilding of economy
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 17 3:41 AM
Two separate bomb blasts killed two policemen and wounded four others in Iraq on Saturday, as the United Nations urged the world to help rebuild the country's war-shattered economy.
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Sharpened Edwards ahead in Iowa
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
The former Democratic vice presidential nominee's new outlook is winning support in the key state. OTTUMWA, IOWA — The toothy grin is still there, the pile of brown hair, the talk of rich and poor, and that molasses drawl that splits words like brain — bray-un — in two.
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Afghanistan Violence Kills 2 Policeman; UN Worker Hurt -Police
Nasdaq - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
KABUL (AP)--A two-hour gunbattle between suspected Taliban militants and police left two policemen dead in western Afghanistan, a police spokesman said Sunday.
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UN panel on Hariri killing reports progress
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 2:23 PM
A UN commission probing the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri reported some progress in its investigation Thursday and asked for its mandate to be extended.
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UN panel probing Hariri assassination wants extension
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 11:12 AM
The UN commission probing the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri requested Thursday that its mandate be extended beyond its June expiration.
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Un-slick annual reports
Baltimore Sun - 51 minutes ago
Statements lose fluff in favor 10-K data, other dry information Arevolution in corporate annual reports is apparent to shareholders who are receiving fewer traditional reports in 2007.
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UN council considers new sanctions against Iran
Boston Globe - Mar 16 1:59 AM
UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council began considering new sanctions yesterday against Iran that would ban the country's arms exports and expand a list of people and organizations whose assets are to be frozen because of their ties to Iran's nuclear activities.
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Un-Sweet sorrow
Everett Herald - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Derrick Byars released five years of frustration on Washington State in the second half. He hit five 3-pointers, blocked a critical shot and repeatedly kept Vanderbilt alive in a double-overtime thriller.
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Sort Results by: Relevance | DateUN hosts international conference on Iraq's economic rebuilding
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 1:19 PM
Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi on Friday laid out an ambitious five-year plan to revive his war-torn country's economy and urged the world community to respond with pledges of aid and debt relief.
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Global vaccination tops UN bird flu summit agenda
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 1:12 PM
A United Nations bird flu conference will take place this month in Italy charged with implementing a global strategy for the vaccination of threatened species, organisers said Friday.
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Gunmen attack UN convoy in Gaza
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 12:48 PM
Palestinian gunmen fired on the convoy of the director of the United Nations refugee agency as he returned to Gaza City on Friday, but there were no casualties.
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UN aide attacked in Gaza
International Herald Tribune - Mar 16 1:31 PM
In an apparent kidnapping attempt, Palestinian gunmen on Friday fired 14 bullets into the armored car of the Gaza director of the United Nations refugee agency.
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UN to halve food rations in northern Uganda
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 9:43 AM
The United Nations said Friday that a critical shortage of funds would force it to halve food rations for nearly 1.5 million people displaced by war in Uganda from next month.
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Ahmadinejad attacks 'illegitimate' UN Security Council
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 3:19 AM
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday slammed the UN Security Council as lacking any legitimacy as the world body prepared a second package of sanctions over Iran's disputed nuclear programme.
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A formula for big bucks: 50 Cent's rap meets pulp
Calendarlive.com - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
YOU'D be forgiven for judging the paperback novella "The Ski Mask Way" by its cover. The book's jacket artwork depicts a muscle-bound thug stripped to the waist to reveal a tapestry of tattoos: a skull, a spider and the word "Un Broken" etched across his pectorals in gothic font.
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Are we to believe latest global warming report?
AG Weekly - Mar 17 9:21 PM
The UN Climate Change panel is asserting — again — that humans are overheating the planet. Again, they have no evidence to support their claim — but they want the U.S. to cut its energy use by perhaps 80 percent just in case.
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UN chief urges cooperation on ageing
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 12:08 AM
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged wealthy countries to help developing nations cope with ageing, as the world braces for a rapid rise in the number of senior citizens.
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UN council voices support for Ivorian political accord
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 11:26 PM
The UN Security Council said on Wednesday it welcomed a peace deal reached in the Ivory Coast between President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel chief Guillaume Soro.
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