United Nations

  • Jan 24, 2006
  • 2 min read

LATIN AMERICA: Investment growth remains sluggish

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region rose by some 5% year-on-year in 2005 to reach 72...

Latin America
  • Jan 23, 2006
  • 7 min read

SERBIA: Rugova's death could affect Kosovo solution

Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova died on January 21. Rugova was paramount leader of Kosovo's...

Serbia
  • Jan 23, 2006
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IVORY COAST: Ruling party return shows UN weakness

The Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), President Laurent Gbagbo's party, said today that it would...

Ivory Coast
  • Jan 20, 2006
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IRAN/UN: Nuclear players manoeuvre ahead of IAEA

Iran's central bank governor said today that Tehran is shifting its foreign assets, apparently in...

Iran
  • Jan 18, 2006
  • 1 min read

IVORY COAST: Escalating violence may draw sanctions

France called today for sanctions to be imposed on Ivory Coast, as supporters of President...

Ivory Coast
  • Jan 17, 2006
  • 1 min read

HAITI: UN calls for February elections

Deputy foreign and defence ministers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru and...

Haiti
  • Jan 17, 2006
  • 2 min read

IRAN/UN: P-5 closer on Iran, but divided on sanctions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that sanctions were neither the best nor the...

Iran
  • Jan 17, 2006
  • 1 min read

IVORY COAST: Riots undermine new prime minister

Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo took to the streets today for a second day of...

Ivory Coast