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Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano took the helm on Tuesday of the UN atomic watchdog, pledging a steady hand to steer the agency through the storm surrounding Iran's nuclear drive.
There was an increase in number of infected cases with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen that causes AIDS, in the Mediterranean region including Iran, head of infectious diseases department of the Health Ministry said in Tehran on Tuesday.
What do Turkey and the United States have in common? Well, they are both original signatories to the NATO treaty. But they share something...
A senior U.S. official says Iran's announcement it intends to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in defiance of the international community's demands it halt such activities will further isolate that country and could put it on the path to more U.N. sanctions.
View full sizeCourtesy of the National AIDS TrustThe world is a little more red today, as Dec. 1 marks World AIDS Day.In the Bay area, the BASIS Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center’s AIDS Care Program is holding a candlelight service at...
(RTTNews) - US President Barack Obama will arrive in Norwegian capital Oslo December 9 night to receive his Nobel Peace Prize, state-owned broadcaster NRK reported Tuesday, quoting the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
More than a decade of correspondence between British and U.S. scientists is included in about 1,000 e-mails and 3,000 documents posted on web sites following the security breach.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn’t believe him.
In other news, Iraq reported a much lower civilian death toll in November than in the past few years, and the Iranian vice president defended his country's resolve to not cooperate with U.N. uranium enrichment recommendations.
In addition to the human tragedy, AIDS has economic implications. Its spread threatens the health, stability and viability of the global work force. Businesses must not only join, but lead the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The United Nations called Switzerland's ban on new minarets "clearly discriminatory" and deeply divisive, and the Swiss foreign minister acknowledged Tuesday the government was very concerned about how the vote would affect the country's image. U.N. human...
Developed countries need to quadruple their efforts to cut carbon emissions in the next ten years or risk a dangerous rise in global temperatures by 2050, according to new report.
Israeli inspectors trying to enforce a government moratorium on new building starts in Jewish settlements ran into defiance Tuesday at an enclave in the occupied West Bank.
VIENNA, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Career diplomat Yukiya Amano took over as the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency to face what he said were "difficult challenges."
The weak to moderate El Nino weather system in the tropical Pacific Ocean has strengthened considerably and could create droughts and floods around the world until May, a U.N. agency said Wednesday.
Kosovo ruled out on Tuesday re-uniting with Serbia or resuming talks on its status, as a top UN court heard arguments about whether Pristina's declaration of independence broke international law.
, December 1, 2009 (ENS) - Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Monday that the world's leaders must give the highest priority to the issue of global warming.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Walking away from the climate summit in Denmark next week will harm countries that have done the least environmental damage, the U.N. secretary-general said.
The VW naming department is probably awesome. We're betting it goes like this: "Let's do drugs and read local-language editions of Encyclopedia Brittanica." And that's how the Inuit word for "wolf"...
Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Center and the Chrysler Building will have their lights dimmed in commemoration of World AIDS Day.
As another observance of UN-sponsored World AIDS Day dawns Tuesday, the drama in the fight to conquer the deadly disease has apparently moved from the laboratories to wherever it is that bureaucracies thrive.
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