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  • A Cambodian soldier stands guard at Preah Vihear temple near the Thai border in the Cambodian province of Preah Vihear on July 21. The UN Security Counil is expected to discuss a tense military standoff between Cambodia and Thailand this week, Thailand's ambassador to the United Nations said.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)
    UN to take up Thai-Cambodian border dispute AP - Wed Jul 23, 10:55 PM ET

    UNITED NATIONS - With some 4,000 troops massed along the Thai-Cambodian border, United Nations Security Council members say they will try to keep a standoff from escalating into war.

  • Thai villagers take part in a weapon drill at Baan Dan village near the Preah Vihear temple complex, 590 km (367 miles) northeast of Bangkok, July 23, 2008. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)
    U.N. council to take up Cambodia-Thai dispute Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 7:21 PM ET

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will hold a special meeting on a border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand that has sparked fears of a military clash, France and Vietnam said on Wednesday.

  • This is a Wednesday Oct. 12, 2005. file phot oof Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys. Aweys Somalia's new opposition leader said Friday July 25, 2008 his supporters could take up arms against U.N. peacekeepers slated for the lawless country if they side with the country's weak government. Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys took over leadership of Somalia's exiled opposition movement this week. He denies any links to terror, but is suspected by the U.S. of collaborating with al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Osman Hassan, File)
    AU says troops in Somalia need help, wants U.N. force Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 4:35 PM ET

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The African Union said on Wednesday it was incapable of stabilizing the situation in Somalia and urged the United Nations take over peacekeeping operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country.

  • Brussels Beats Up On Bulgaria Time.com - Wed Jul 23, 4:00 PM ET

    The European Commission slams the EU newcomer for failing to crack down on corruption and organized crime - and cuts off funding worth hundreds of millions of dollars

  • EU threatens to make U.S. diplomats get visas Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 3:22 PM ET

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will propose forcing U.S. diplomats to get visas to travel to the European Union from January 2009 unless Washington moves toward granting citizens of all EU states visa-free entry.

  • EU freezes aid to Bulgaria, citing corruption AP - Wed Jul 23, 1:28 PM ET

    BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission froze almost euro500 million ($800 million) in aid to Bulgaria on Wednesday, citing corruption, organized crime, severe spending irregularities and alleged vote-buying in a country that only joined the EU last year.

  • Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev speaks during a press conference in the town of Varna some 500 kms east from the capital Sofia. The European Commission condemned Bulgaria on Wednesday for its failure to tackle corruption and bad management of EU funds and said it has frozen hundreds of millions of euros in aid money.(AFP/BGNES)
    EU condemns Bulgaria over corruption, freezes funds AFP - Wed Jul 23, 1:10 PM ET

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission condemned Bulgaria on Wednesday for its failure to tackle corruption and bad management of EU funds and said it has frozen hundreds of millions of euros in aid money.

  • EU upset over slow progress on US visas AP - Wed Jul 23, 11:20 AM ET

    BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union threatened Wednesday to hit American diplomats where it hurts — with new visa restrictions — if Washington doesn't stop dragging its feet on lifting visa requirements for 12 EU nations.

  • Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath gives a media briefing on the third day of crucial trade talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva. Nath welcomed on Wednesday a shifting US position on farm subsidies at WTO trade talks, saying it was a positive development as ministers attempt to clinch a new global deal.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
    India hails US movement in WTO talks AFP - Wed Jul 23, 10:44 AM ET

    GENEVA (AFP) - Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath welcomed on Wednesday a shifting US position on farm subsidies at WTO trade talks, saying it was a positive development as ministers attempt to clinch a new global deal.

  • Bulgarian Prime Minister Serguei Stanishev gives a speech in Strasbourg, eastern France in 2006. Bulgaria's right-wing opposition has tabled a new no-confidence motion in parliament against the government over its impotence to prevent the misuse of EU subsidies.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)
    Bulgarian govt faces no-confidence over misuse of EU funds AFP - Wed Jul 23, 7:39 AM ET

    SOFIA (AFP) - Bulgaria's right-wing opposition on Wednesday tabled a new no-confidence motion in parliament against the government over its impotence to prevent the misuse of EU subsidies.

  • Just a pup : A three-day-old baby seal swims in its pool at the zoo in the western German town of Duisburg. (AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann)
    EU proposes crackdown on seal hunt AP - Wed Jul 23, 7:24 AM ET

    BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union proposed an import ban Wednesday on products derived from seals that are killed in a cruel way, a move that could hurt the annual seal hunt in Canada — the largest in the world.

  • EU threatens visa requirement for U.S. diplomats Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 7:15 AM ET

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will propose forcing U.S. diplomats to apply for visas to travel to the European Union from January 1, 2009 unless Washington moves towards granting citizens of all EU states visa-free entry.

  • Picture from 1993 shows Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (right) listening to Bosnian Serb Commander Ratko Mladic. World leaders united in hailing Serbia for the arrest of Karadzic, who practised alternative medicine under a false name in the Serbian capital during his years on the run, with only Russia sounding a contrary note over whether he would receive a fair trial.(AFP/File/Michael Evstafiev)
    World hails 'historic' Karadzic arrest AFP - Wed Jul 23, 4:05 AM ET

    THE HAGUE (AFP) - World leaders united in hailing Serbia for the arrest of indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic, who practised alternative medicine under a false name in the Serbian capital during his years on the run, with only Russia sounding a contrary note over whether he would receive a fair trial.

  • Storm survivors queue up in the rain to collect relief goods in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta region on July 4. The United Nations is to stop flying in aid to Myanmar next month, forcing relief agencies to find another way to bring in vital supplies to cyclone survivors, its logistics head told AFP Wednesday.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)
    UN to halt aid airlifts to cyclone-swamped Myanmar AFP - Wed Jul 23, 3:44 AM ET

    BANGKOK (AFP) - The United Nations is to stop flying in aid to Myanmar next month, forcing relief agencies to find another way to bring in vital supplies to cyclone survivors, its logistics head told AFP Wednesday.

  • Cambodian soldiers sit in front of a pagoda near the Preah Vihear temple in the Cambodian Preah Vihear province, some 543 kilometers north of Phnom Penh, on July 18.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)
    UN Security Council mulls meet on Cambodian-Thai dispute AFP - Wed Jul 23, 7:49 PM ET

    UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The Security Council is mulling whether to take up the tense military standoff between Cambodia and Thailand as the two neighbors massed more troops along their border, Vietnam's UN ambassador said Wednesday.

  • Israeli police officers stand near trucks, belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as they are driven into the Rosh Hanikra border crossing with Lebanon, in northern Israel July 16, 2008. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
    U.N.'s Ban details Hezbollah letter on prisoner swap Reuters - Tue Jul 22, 7:33 PM ET

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday released details of a letter he received from Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah outlining his group's conditions for further prisoner deals with Israel.

  • Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir dances during the ceremony of signing Sudan's new election law in Khartoum July 14, 2008. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdalla
    Darfur rebels condemn AU on ICC warrant Reuters - Tue Jul 22, 2:07 PM ET

    KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur rebels accused the African Union of bias on Tuesday after it said it would urge the U.N. Security Council to suspend any warrant to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes.

  • Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, centre, holds the hands of Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition party, right, and Arthur Mutambara, leader of the other faction of the opposition party, at the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two parties in Harare, Monday, July 21, 2008. Zimbabwe's embattled president and his bitter rival from the opposition have signed an agreement to hold talks to resolve the country's political and economic woes within two weeks. (AP Photo)
    Zimbabwe president under pressure to share power AP - Tue Jul 22, 2:56 PM ET

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Europe turned up pressure on Zimbabwe's president to share power with the opposition, toughening sanctions Tuesday against Robert Mugabe just as his ruling party was to begin talks with its chief rival mediated by South Africa.

  • US Trade Representative Susan Schwab holds a graphic showing farm subsidies the during a press conference at the World Trade Organisation headquarters in Geneva. Industrialised countries and emerging economies failed to find common ground on global trade Tuesday, with Brazil shooting down a US proposal a day after a European initiative went nowhere.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
    US offers further cut in farm aid, Brazil says not enough AFP - Tue Jul 22, 9:05 AM ET

    GENEVA (AFP) - The United States offered to cut its annual farm subsidies further by 2.0 billion dollars to 15 billion dollars in a bid on Tuesday to spur WTO talks forward, but Brazil said this was not enough.

  • U.S. says ready to cut farm aid to $15 billion Reuters - Tue Jul 22, 8:54 AM ET

    GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is ready to cut its ceiling for trade-distorting farm subsidies to $15 billion a year to help unblock talks for a global trade deal, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said on Tuesday.

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