UN missions anthrax scare may be a hoax
WABC-TV New York - 2 hours 36 minutes agoThe NYPD says letters sent to 3 UN missions appears to be an elaborate hoax.
The NYPD says letters sent to 3 UN missions appears to be an elaborate hoax.
At first glance, Giuseppe Oglio's farm near Milan looks like it's suffering from neglect. Weeds run rampant amid the rice fields and clover grows unchecked around his millet crop.
Afghanistan's fledgling anti-corruption office needs more staff, money and power, its deputy chief says, urging international backing to help root out graft in one of the world's most corrupt nations.
Experienced United Nations observers uniformly noted that the US crusade to bury the Goldstone report (holding Israel and Hamas accountable for war crimes) was one...
A North Korean patrol boat was badly damaged as the navies of North and South Korea exchanged fire on Tuesday, officials said, heightening tensions in one of the world's most sensitive military flashpoints.
New York - The European Union and Germany on Monday spearheaded a draft resolution calling on the Karzai government to build trust and fight corruption in Afghanistan. The UN General Assembly was considering the draft negotiated by Germany during a s...
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration will accept North Korea’s invitation for a senior U.S. official to visit Pyongyang for talks to bring the nuclear-armed regime back to disarmament negotiations, a White House official said today.
CALGARY, 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 ...
Fighting erupted when a North Korean navy boat ventured across the so-called Northern Limit Line, according to a report.
North and South Korean patrol boats exchanged fire in disputed waters on Tuesday, leaving a North Korean vessel heavily damaged.
President Obama has agreed to send a senior U.S. diplomat to North Korea for the first direct talks with the government there in more than a year, hoping the mission will lead to the renewal of multi-nation negotiations designed to end its nuclear program.
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill said Sunday that American officials were extremely relieved that Iraq's parliament passed a long-awaited election law.
November 10, 2009
The navies of North and South Korea clashed Tuesday off the west coast of the peninsula, military officials said, reportedly leaving a North Korean patrol boat badly damaged.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies to Paris today in a bid to round up international support as Middle East peace efforts flounder and his country stands accused of war crimes in Gaza.
JALALABAD, 9 November 2009 (IRIN) - Military operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwestern Pakistan have forced hundreds of households to abandon their homes and seek refuge in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
The Obama administration told Iran in back-channel messages that it would allow it to send its enriched uranium to several nations for safekeeping.
Kabul, Nov 7 (AP) The UN says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an October 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many.
SAN ANGELO, Texas — It is no longer just the people of the Concho Valley who will benefit from public service efforts by Angelo State University. Earlier this fall, ASU joined the Universities Fighting World Hunger organization and has already begun programs designed to help people both here at home and overseas. The ASU effort is being spearheaded by the Center for International Studies and ...
ASMARA, Eritrea — In this lonely corner of the world, the first sign of distress is the luggage.
UN secretary-general heads to Washington deal to push climate change deal