U.N. General Assembly

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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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.