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North Korea has granted the UN atomic watchdog access to its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon after having barred agency inspectors last week, the IAEA said Monday, following a deal between Washington and Pyongyang.
North Korea planned to resume dismantling its nuclear program Tuesday for the first time in two months, days after the United States removed the communist regime from a terrorism blacklist as a reward under a disarmament pact.
Dos turistas extranjeras murieron cuando cayeron al vacío desde paracaídas tirados por botes en un centro de recreo cercano a Cancún en el oriente de México, informaron autoridades.
Diplomats say North Korea is again allowing U.N monitors to inspect its main nuclear facility.
BAGHDAD (AFP)--The U.N. special representative to Iraq on Monday "strongly condemned" the murder of civilians and expressed concern at violence targeting the minority Christian community in Mosul.
Iceland, locked in a tight race against Austria and Turkey, campaigns for two rotating seats on the Security Council that are reserved for the mostly European bloc.
Thailand's foreign minister on Tuesday denied that about 80 of the country's troops had withdrawn from a disputed area on the border with Cambodia, and insisted they had the right to stay there.
The University of Colorado plans to host an “un-debate” Tuesday at the Boulder campus between 2nd Congressional District candidates Jared Polis, Scott Starlin and Bill Hammons.
Long held U.S. antagonism to the International Criminal Court could soften under a new president, but that does not mean that either Barack Obama or John McCain is ready to sign on.
Thai troops have pulled back from a hotly disputed border area after an ultimatum from Cambodia, military officials said Tuesday, calming fears of armed conflict between the neighbours.
THE HAGUE (AFP)--The U.N.'s highest court will rule Wednesday on a Georgian bid for protection against what it claims was a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" by Russia in their clash over two breakaway regions.
Facing potentially grave financial difficulties, the Red-wood Falls Cemetery Association received a boost from city officials Tuesday evening. City councilors voted un-animously to allow public works staff to do certain maintenance at the 135-year-old landmark.
Al menos una persona murió y otras seis resultaron heridas por dos estallidos de artefactos explosivos en hoteles de una población al suroeste colombiano, informaron el lunes las autoridades.
Nearly 60 million women will give birth without any medical assistance this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday in a report calling for an overhaul of how health care is financed and managed globally.
Iceland is locked in a tight race with Austria and Turkey for two rotating seats on the Security Council that are reserved for the mostly European bloc, and the luncheon spread last week was part of its charm offensive.
It is critical for Iraq to reach an agreement in the next few weeks permitting British troops to stay in the country after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of this year, a British Foreign Office minister said Tuesday.
This year has been the bloodiest for insurgent violence in Afghanistan as increasing numbers of terrorists change battlegrounds and head here from Iraq, the defence minister said Tuesday.
The call doesn't come very often, but when it does the answer is invariably yes. This week, 91 of the world's finest musicians will clear their diaries and fly to Jerusalem for a rare performance of the World Orchestra for Peace.
REXBURG -- Mothers' Weekend on Brigham Young Un iver sit y-Id a ho's campus starts Friday and goes through Sunday, with activities and seminars all weekend.
Landless peasants see President Fernando Lugo as their best chance in decades to help them win back land for small-scale cultivation.
A former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations visited the university Tuesday night.
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