UN court to rule on Niger-Burkina Faso border row
AFP - Sat Nov 21, 3:08 pm ETBurkina Faso and Niger are to ask the International Court of Justice to settle their long-running border dispute, the Burkinabe foreign minister said Saturday.
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Ams take it on the chin
Tri-City Herald - 33 minutes agoThe Regina Pats have had their road woes this season, winning just twice in 10 games.That was, un
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UN says more children in school and fewer dying
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 2:39 pm ETTwenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday.
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Iran to conduct military exercise aimed at protecting nuke sites
CNN - 2 hours 5 minutes agoIran plans to launch a large aerial military exercise Sunday to prepare for any possible attack, state media said.
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UN: Trade sanctions bite North Korea, but arms embargo stings less
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 19, 1:14 pm ETNew York - The UN Security Council's trade sanctions against North Korea inflicted a sharp drop in business, but the country appeared to have eluded the arms embargo because of its sophisticated international network, a sanctions panel said Thursday....
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UN committee criticizes NKorea rights violations
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 11:27 pm ETA key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations.
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20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer
WKBT La Crosse - Fri Nov 20, 6:07 am ETEDITOR'S NOTE - The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents...
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UN presses for freedom for Sri Lanka war-displaced
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 10:50 am ETThe United Nations on Thursday stepped up pressure on Sri Lanka to free thousands of war-displaced civilians held in state-run internment camps.
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UNICEF and partners commemorate 20 years of Convention on the Rights of the Child
Unicef - Fri Nov 20, 9:09 pm ETNEW YORK, USA, 20 November 2009 – Today at the United Nations, UNICEF and its partners commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the ground-breaking human rights covenant that codifies rights for all children, everywhere.
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Higher Education
Papillion Times - 41 minutes agoIske receives UN-L scholarship Cayla J. Iske of Springfield recently received the Nebraska Farm Bureau Scholarship worth $1,000 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Iske is a freshman working toward a major in animal science at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). She is a graduate of Platteview High School.
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Education Milestones
Papillion Times - 43 minutes agoUN-L recognizes local seniors The University of Nebraska-Lincoln recognized top Nebraska high school seniors for their academic excellence on Nov. 5 at the 2009 Distinguished Scholars Recognition Dinner. These distinguished scholars have demonstrated a high level of ability and a strong commitment to superior performance in academics as indicated by their class ranking, combined with their ACT ...
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Today in History - Nov. 22
AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 12:00 am ETToday is Sunday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2009. There are 39 days left in the year.
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UN committee targets Iran’s rights violations
The Wenatchee World - Fri Nov 20, 2:31 pm ETUNITED NATIONS (AP) — A United Nations committee has approved a resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents. Citing arbitrary arrests, detentions and the disappearance of Iranians exercising their right to freedom following the June 12 presidential election, the General Assembly’s human rights committee approved the resolution today by a vote of 74-48 with 59 abstentions.
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North Korean Global Arms Smuggling Evades Ban, UN Panel Says
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 18, 4:45 pm ETNov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea is violating United Nations sanctions by selling weapons to nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America and by hiding financial transactions that support its missile and nuclear programs, a UN report said.
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Delegates discuss way forward in UN climate talks
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sat Nov 21, 6:50 am ETBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Countries most vulnerable to climate change said Friday they were incensed that rich nations were rethinking the timetable for concluding a global treaty that would hold them to legally binding targets for cutting emissions.
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Sin palabras
Laredo Morning Times El Tiempo - 2 hours 5 minutes agoEl escritorio de Veronica Castillon en la oficina de comunicaciones de Laredo Independent School District está repleto con cartas de alumnos del cuarto grado esperando persuadir a un ejecutivo de la 5ta Avenida de que su ciudad fronteriza merece una librería de renombre.
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Southern style holiday in Abbeville
The Index-Journal - 2 hours 50 minutes agoMusicians Dave Edwards, Susie Stephenson, Doug Carson and Chad Henderson make up the group Un-Reconstructed. The group performed on the square Saturday in Abbeville.
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Iran nuclear deal: six world powers mull sanctions
The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Nov 20, 3:36 pm ETAs hope fades for an Iran nuclear deal before the end of the year, UN Security Council members discussed possible sanctions at a meeting in Brussels.
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UN Security Council condemns rebel attacks in Africa's Great Lakes
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 17, 5:13 pm ETNew York - The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), an armed rebel group notorious for atrocities committed in Africa's Great Lakes region. The council said LRA has caused deaths, abductions and displa...
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Despite progress, UN urges more be done for kids' plight
Arizona Daily Star - Fri Nov 20, 2:09 am ETUNITED NATIONS — UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care — and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence — two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.
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Sri Lanka to open refugee camps ahead of polls
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 3:16 pm ETSri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure to speed up resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced by war.
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