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UN watchdog censures Iran on nuclear drive

AFP - Fri Nov 27, 7:37 am ET

The UN nuclear watchdog censured Iran on Friday and demanded it immediately halt construction of a newly-revealed uranium enrichment plant as world powers united against Tehran.

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UN man shot dead near Philippine massacre: police
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 1:46 am ET
A local UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) worker was shot dead in a lawless part of the southern Philippines close to where a political massacre occurred this week, police said Friday.
UN, France push climate at Commonwealth summit
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 11:09 pm ET
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are to fire early shots in a global climate debate to start in earnest next month by dominating a Commonwealth summit opening in Trinidad on Friday.
UN atomic watchdog censures Iran: diplomats
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 6:40 am ET
The UN atomic watchdog passed a resolution censuring Iran over its nuclear programme at a meeting here Friday, diplomats said.
Armed group claims firing at UN chopper in DR.Congo
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 9:49 am ET
An armed movement calling itself the Patriots-Resistance of Dongo on Friday claimed responsibility for firing at a UN helicopter in the Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Shots fired at UN helicopter in DR Congo
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 12:10 pm ET
Five people were injured on Thursday aboard a United Nations helicopter when it came under fire in DR Congo in a northwestern region where tribal violence has claimed 100 lives, a UN source said.
UN’s Atomic Agency Censures Iran Over Nuclear Plant (Update2)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 1:00 pm ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations atomic agency censured Iran for concealing a uranium enrichment plant, repeating calls for the government in Tehran to suspend nuclear activities and cooperate more fully with investigators.
UN commission probing Guinea massacre meets PM
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 5:07 pm ET
A UN commission of inquiry into a massacre in Guinea in which scores of opposition supporters were killed met the country's prime minister and members of the ruling military junta on Thursday.
UN nuclear watchdog 'disappointed' with Iran
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 10:54 am ET
The outgoing head of the UN's atomic watchdog expressed "disappointment" Thursday over Iran and said efforts to verify the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear drive had reached a dead end.
Diplomats: Iran censured at UN nuclear meeting
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 3:22 pm ET
In a blow to Iran, the board of the U.N. nuclear agency on Friday overwhelmingly backed a demand from the U.S., Russia, China and three other powers that Tehran immediately stop building its newly revealed nuclear facility and freeze uranium enrichment.
UPDATE: UN Worker Shot Dead Close To Philippine Massacre Site
Nasdaq - Fri Nov 27, 12:31 am ET
MANILA (AFP)--A gunman shot dead a local UN Children's Fund worker in a lawless part of the southern Philippines near the site of a political massacre earlier this week, police said here Friday.
UN helicopter attacked in Congo; 4 wounded
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 5:32 am ET
The United Nations says at least four of its peacekeepers have been wounded in northern Congo after a U.N. helicopter was attacked by armed men.
Myanmar rebels cashing in illegal drugs stocks: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 2:50 pm ET
Military-ruled Myanmar's rebel ethnic groups are increasingly cashing in their illegal drugs hordes on expectations of a junta crackdown, a UN expert said Thursday.
UN urges equal treatment ahead of Haiti elections
AP via Yahoo! News - 46 minutes ago
Haiti's U.N. peacekeeping mission urged local officials Friday to provide a justification for banning 17 political groups from participating in next year's legislative elections.
UN atomic watchdog chief 'disappointed' by Iran
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 6:40 am ET
UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said on Thursday he was "disappointed" by Iran's lack of response to a compromise nuclear fuel deal.
UN chief to push Commonwealth on climate
INDOlink - Thu Nov 26, 11:47 pm ET
Port of Spain, Nov 26 (AFP) UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to lead a charge in a Commonwealth summit starting tomorrow toward a global climate deal that will be discussed in Copenhagen in two weeks' time.
UN commission arrives for Guinea massacre probe
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 6:52 pm ET
The three members of a UN commission of inquiry into a massacre in Guinea in which scores of opposition supporters were killed arrived on Wednesday to pursue their investigation.
UN Delegation in Guinea to Investigate Massacre, RTG Reports
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 2:33 am ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- A United Nations commission of inquiry yesterday arrived in Conakry, the Guinean capital, to investigate reports of killings at a sports stadium in the city on Sept. 28, Radio Guinean Television reported.
Yao Ming joins HIV campaign in China: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 6:25 am ET
UNAIDS on Friday launched a campaign to address rampant discrimination against people living with HIV in China, with the help of Chinese NBA megastar Yao Ming.
Iran censured at UN nuclear meeting
KETK 56 Tyler - Fri Nov 27, 1:21 pm ET
VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board censured Iran on Friday, with 25 nations backing a resolution demanding that Tehran immediately freeze construction of its newly revealed nuclear facility and heed Security Council resolutions to stop uranium enrichment. Iran remained defiant, with its chief representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency declaring that his country would resist ...
UN group arrives in Guinea to investigate killings
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 7:32 am ET
A United Nations human rights official says a three-member U.N. commission has arrived in this West African nation to investigate the September massacre in which troops fatally shot pro-democracy demonstrators and raped women in broad daylight.