United Nations

  • Aug 11, 2010
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Underlying factors fuel ethnic conflict

Civil conflicts between ethnic groups have been a frequent occurrence since the end of the Cold...

  • Aug 10, 2010
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LEBANON/ISRAEL: Nasrallah calls for Israel indictment

Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah yesterday presented in a televised address what he said was...

Lebanon
  • Aug 9, 2010
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INTERNATIONAL: Climate impasse persists at Bonn

The latest round of UN climate change negotiations in Bonn ended on Friday with the United...

International
  • Aug 5, 2010
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INTERNATIONAL: Speculation fuels wheat market turmoil

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday asserted that a lower wheat harvest is...

International
  • Aug 4, 2010
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LEBANON/ISRAEL: Escalation can be avoided - this time

Israeli and Lebanese military forces clashed on the border yesterday, killing two Lebanese...

Lebanon
  • Aug 3, 2010
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UN/ISRAEL/TURKEY: UN 'inquiry' will help mend ties

The UN yesterday launched an inquiry into the May 31 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla,...

Israel
  • Aug 2, 2010
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INTERNATIONAL: China sustains iron ore imports

Iron ore production declined by 6.2% in 2009 to 1.588 billion tons, the first such fall in seven...

International
  • Jul 28, 2010
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Territories eye ICJ Kosovo 'precedent'

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 22 gave its advisory opinion on Kosovo's...

Kosovo