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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.
Gaza  Nicaragua  United States  Israel  Middle East  Miguel d'Escoto  +12 more

Newsweek International Edition, 02.01.09 19:32 UTC

A New Global System of Government

More government is the solution, not the problem, and key to solving world poverty.
financial systems  United States  Brazil  International Monetary Fund  U.N. General Assembly  Government More government 

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 01:02 UTC

Obama pledge on treaties a complex undertaking

(11-30) 16:17 PST -- President-elect Barack Obama's pledge to restore the United States' international standing extends far beyond front-page topics such as closing Guantanamo and banning torture, ...
Kyoto  Guantanamo Bay  greenhouse-gas emissions  Cuba  United States  Bill Clinton  +18 more

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
vertigo  Security Council Report  policy group  United States  New Zealand  Colin Keating  +10 more

WashingtonPost World, 13.11.08 04:04 UTC

U.N. Faith Forum Denounces Intolerance, Extremism

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 -- World leaders, senior diplomats and religious figures condemned extremism and terrorism Wednesday at a U.N. conference on interfaith dialogue that brought Israel and Arab ...
Israel  United States  Saudi Arabia  Middle East  Shimon Peres  Condoleezza Rice  +6 more

USA Today, 04.11.08 16:32 UTC

S. Korea joins U.N. to condemn abuse in N. Korea

SEOUL (AP) — South Korea has co-sponsored a U.N. resolution condemning North Korea's alleged human rights abuses for the first time, a Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.
North Korea  South Korea  Lee Myung-bak  United Nations  U.N. General Assembly  Foreign Ministry 

USA Today, 29.10.08 18:30 UTC

U.N. urges U.S. to lift embargo against Cuba

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging the United States to repeal its 47-year-old trade embargo against Cuba.
Cuba  United States  Felipe Perez Roque  United Nations  U.N. General Assembly 

Houston Chronicle - World, 26.10.08 15:02 UTC

Report: Iranian president Ahmadinejad falls ill

TEHRAN, Iran Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fallen ill due to exhaustion brought on by his heavy workload, the state-run news agency reported quoting a close associate. The announcement ...
Tehran  low blood pressure  IRNA  Ahmadinejad falls  Islamic Republic of Iran  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  +4 more

New York Daily News, 24.10.08 12:06 UTC

North Korea intimidates with public executions

UNITED NATIONS - North Korea is using public executions to intimidate its citizens and has imposed restrictions on long distance calls to block the spread of news about rising food shortages, the ...
food shortages  criminal law framework  food agency  food crisis  law reforms  food  +8 more

CNN World News, 24.10.08 06:00 UTC

N. Korea's human rights state 'grave'

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- North Korea is using public executions to intimidate its citizens and has imposed restrictions on long distance calls to block the spread of news about rising food shortages, the U.N. investigator on human rights in the reclusive nation said.
food shortages  criminal law framework  food agency  food crisis  law reforms  food  +9 more
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