UN missions anthrax scare may be a hoax
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Famine and conflict risks face southern Sudan: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 10:15 am ETSouthern Sudan faces potential famine and the risk of further ethnic conflict, with over one million people already hit by serious food insecurity, the UN Children?s Fund deputy head warned on Sunday.
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UN: Gaza needs construction material before winter
Newsday - Mon Nov 9, 10:29 am ETUN: Israel must allow Gazans to repair homes damaged in January offensive before winter
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UN guard from Miami killed in Afghanistan hailed as hero
Sun-Sentinel - Mon Nov 9, 7:12 am ETMIAMI (AP) — A United Nations security guard from Miami who died fighting Taliban attackers at a hotel in Afghanistan is being hailed as a hero by top U.N. staff for the lives he and another guard helped save.
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UN: 10,000 Salvadoran flood victims need food
FOX 12 Idaho - 1 minute agoAt least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.
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UN: 10,000 Salvadoran flood victims need food
WTOL 11 Toledo - 8 minutes agoAt least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.
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India's minister under fire over glaciers
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 5:52 am ETIndia's environment minister came under fire Tuesday from scientists for denying climate change was causing Himalayan glaciers to melt and disputing the work of the UN's top global warming body.
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UN chief heads to Washington to push climate deal
WFMJ Youngstown - Mon Nov 9, 7:51 pm ETUNITED NATIONS (AP) - Confident that governments will reach a climate change deal next month, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading to Washington Tuesday to ensure that the United States is on board.
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UN: 10,000 Salvadoran flood victims need food
NBC26 Green Bay - 2 minutes agoVERAPAZ, El Salvador (AP) - At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.
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UN guard from Miami killed in Afghanistan hailed as hero
SouthFlorida.com - Mon Nov 9, 7:10 am ETMIAMI (AP) — A United Nations security guard from Miami who died fighting Taliban attackers at a hotel in Afghanistan is being hailed as a hero by top U.N. staff for the lives he and another guard helped save.
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UN: Gaza needs construction material before winter
Boston Globe - Mon Nov 9, 10:05 am ETThousands of Gaza Palestinians left homeless by an Israeli invasion face a cold and rainy winter unless Israel allows building supplies in, a senior U.N. official said Monday.
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UN urges Karzai to fight corruption
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 7, 12:30 am ETThe U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.
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UN: Gaza needs construction material before winter
Seattle Times - Mon Nov 9, 10:50 am ETThousands of Gaza Palestinians left homeless by an Israeli invasion face a cold and rainy winter unless Israel allows building supplies in, a senior U.N. official said Monday.
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UN: Gaza needs construction material before winter
INO News - Mon Nov 9, 10:27 am ET(AP:JEBALYA, Gaza Strip) A senior U.N. official on Monday called on Israel to allow building materials into Gaza, warning that the thousands displaced by an Israeli offensive early this year face a cold winter without proper accommodations.
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UN: Gaza needs construction material before winter
Channel 8 San Diego - Mon Nov 9, 10:04 am ETThousands of Gaza Palestinians left homeless by an Israeli invasion face a cold and rainy winter unless Israel allows building supplies in, a senior U.N. official said Monday.
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UN: Gaza needs construction material before winter
WBAY Green Bay - Mon Nov 9, 9:58 am ETThousands of Gaza Palestinians left homeless by an Israeli invasion face a cold and rainy winter unless Israel allows building supplies in, a senior U.N. official said Monday.
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UN: Israel must allow Gazans to repair homes damaged in January offensive before winter
The Morning Call - Mon Nov 9, 9:42 am ETJEBALYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Gaza Palestinians left homeless by an Israeli invasion face a cold and rainy winter unless Israel allows building supplies in, a senior U.N. official said Monday.
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UN: Gaza needs construction material before winter
KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Mon Nov 9, 10:05 am ETJEBALYA, Gaza Strip (AP) - A senior U.N. official on Monday called on Israel to allow building materials into Gaza, warning that the thousands displaced by an Israeli offensive early this year face a cold winter without proper accommodations.
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Baytex Energy Trust Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 9 minutes agoCALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - 11/10/09) - Baytex Energy Trust ("Baytex") (TSX: BTE.UN - News ) (NYSE: BTE - News ) is pleased to announce its operating and financial results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009 (in Canadian dollars unless otherwise denoted). Highlights - Generated funds from operations of $88.8 million ($92.2 million before deducting $3.4 million of ...
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Korean Navies Trade Fire in First Incident in Seven Years
International Herald Tribune - Tue Nov 10, 12:18 am ETFighting erupted when a North Korean navy boat ventured across the so-called Northern Limit Line, according to a report.
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Navies of 2 Koreas Exchange Fire
New York Times - Tue Nov 10, 12:03 am ETNorth and South Korean patrol boats exchanged fire in disputed waters on Tuesday, leaving a North Korean vessel heavily damaged.
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