Libya complains of Israeli high sea 'piracy' to UN council
AFP - Wed Dec 3, 10:51 pm ESTLibya protested in vain Wednesday before the UN Security Council over Israel's interception of one of its cargo ships attempting to offload aid in Gaza.
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UN: Use force against piracy
Journal of Commerce Online - Wed Dec 3, 10:57 am ESTThe United Nations Security Council called on member nations to use military force to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. The UN on Tuesday said that piracy is impeding its efforts to move humanitarian food shipments to that country.
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UN Security Council Extends Anti-Piracy Measures off Somali Coast
Voice of America - Wed Dec 3, 5:33 am ESTThe U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution allowing member states to continue fighting pirates off the coast of Somalia for another year. The resolution also offers support for a European Union anti-piracy mission that launches next week.
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UN expresses support for EU anti-piracy mission
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 12:20 pm ESTThe UN Security Council on Tuesday passed a resolution expressing its support for a European naval mission to begin December 8 aimed at ending increased piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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AFGHANISTAN: UN calls for more action to protect children
IRIN - Wed Dec 3, 7:47 am ESTKABUL, 3 December 2008 (IRIN) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called on all warring parties in Afghanistan to consider children as "zones of peace" to help protect them against the ravages of war.
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Zimbabwe cholera deaths rise to 565: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 6:56 am ESTThe death toll from cholera in Zimbabwe rose to 565 on Wednesday, with 12,546 cases of the acute intestinal disease reported nationwide, the United Nations said.
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UN RENEWS PIRACY RESOLUTION
Maritime Global Net - Wed Dec 3, 8:12 am ESTTHE UN Security Council has renewed and extended Resolution 1848 allowing international naval forces to enter Somalia's territorial waters to stop acts of piracy.
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World leaders press UN chief on Myanmar prisoners
San Francisco Chronicle - Wed Dec 3, 7:48 pm ESTA letter signed by 112 former presidents and prime ministers urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to return to Myanmar and press its military junta to free all political prisoners. The letter, an effort led by former prime minister Kjell...
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New evidence fingers suspects in Hariri killing: UN report
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 2:55 pm ESTFresh evidence may help identify new suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, a report from the UN's international inquiry team said Tuesday.
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UN chief names Mali's Michel Sidibe to head UNAIDS
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 1, 2:59 pm ESTOn the occasion of World AIDS Day on Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Michel Sidibe of Mali to head the world body's AIDS-fighting agency, UNAIDS, a spokeswoman said.
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UN Extends Authorization For Anti-Piracy Operations Off Somali Coast
Nasdaq - Tue Dec 2, 4:00 pm EST(RTTNews) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday approved a resolution that extends the rights of international warships to enter Somalia's territorial waters to combat piracy for another year, said officials.
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UN 'hopeful' about Obama presidency, says expert
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier - 17 minutes agoCHARLESTON — A 2006 photo of President-elect Barack Obama in front of the popular Superman sculpture in the small Southern Illinois town of Metropolis generally received one of two reactions.
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Palestinian rights groups urge end to Israeli 'discrimination'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 12:53 pm ESTThe UN Human Rights Council must ensure Israel ends "institutionalised racism and discrimination" against Palestinians when it examines the Jewish state's rights record, Palestinian groups urged Wednesday.
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Global warming could harm Pacific food security: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 2:04 pm ESTGlobal warming causes freak weather that may have a "devastating impact" on food security in the Pacific region, the UN food agency warned on Tuesday.
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Prepare for disasters despite downturn: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 12:25 pm ESTUN officials meeting in the Malaysian capital Tuesday warned Asian countries not to cut funding for disaster preparations, despite the global economic downturn.
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Hutu militia return to key DR Congo axis after rebel retreat
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 12:00 pm ESTRwandan Hutu militia retook Wednesday a key axis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo abandoned by Tutsi-led rebel forces, rebel and UN sources said, as the United Nations reported fresh fighting between the two sides.
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The Path Towards Centralization of Internet Governance Under UN: Part 2
CircleID - Wed Dec 3, 2:42 pm ESTThis essay is the second of a three-part series ( 1 , 3), published by the Publius Project of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. It focuses on the steps of a possible roadmap for centralizing Internet governance under the United Nations.
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Palestinian Rts Grps Urge UN To End Israeli "Discrimination"
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 3, 1:02 pm ESTGENEVA (AFP)--The U.N. Human Rights Council must ensure Israel ends " institutionalized racism and discrimination" against Palestinians when it examines the Jewish state's rights record, Palestinian groups urged Wednesday.
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Prosecutor warns UN to prepare for Darfur ruling
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 12:01 pm ESTThe chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court cautions "it is time to be prepared" for reprisals in Darfur if he obtains a warrant to arrest the Sudanese president on genocide charges.
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Early HIV screening of newborns at risk can save lives: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 1, 6:16 pm ESTTimely screenings can save the lives of newborns at risk of contracting HIV, according to a report released Monday by four UN agencies to mark World AIDS Day.
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UN concerned over treatment of Iraqi detainees
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 4:09 pm ESTThe United Nations expressed concern Tuesday about overcrowding and "grave human rights violations" of detainees in Iraqi custody — in one case, 123 men crammed into a single cell.
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