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CNN Top Stories, 04.01.09 05:35 UTC

U.N. Security Council fails to reach Gaza consensus

(CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Saturday, but failed to agree on a statement in response to Israel's ground offensive launched in Gaza.

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WashingtonPost World, 16.12.08 05:00 UTC

Israeli Authorities Detain, Expel U.N. Human Rights Envoy

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 15 -- Israeli authorities detained a U.N. human rights envoy for more than 20 hours at the Tel Aviv airport before expelling him, putting him on a plane bound for Los Angeles, ...

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WashingtonPost World, 30.11.08 08:00 UTC

At the U.N., a Firebrand Increasingly in the Mainstream

Economic Order Led by U.S. Is Popular Target

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WashingtonPost Politics, 12.11.08 08:02 UTC

Saudi Arabia to Lead U.N. Faith Forum

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 11 -- Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich Islamic kingdom that forbids the public practice of other religious faiths, will preside Wednesday over a two-day U.N. conference on religious ...

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Seattle Times, 05.06.08 03:03 UTC

Priest elected UN General Assembly president

A Nicaraguan priest who has been a stern critic of the United States won election Wednesday as the next president of the U.N. General Assembly, beginning his post with a "sermon" that touched on ...