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INTERNATIONAL: BLIHR spawns new rights initiatives
BLIHR concluded its activities in April 2009. Three major initiatives have already emerged: the...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: BLIHR spawns new rights initiatives
The Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR) concluded its activities in April.
InternationalEUROPEAN UNION: Ministers meet for more climate talks
EU environment ministers held a two-day informal meeting ending on Friday, one of a series...
SOMALIA: Al-Shabaab targets UN operations
Fighters from the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab yesterday raided two UN compounds, in Baidoa...
SomaliaAFRICA: UN to take on West African crime syndicates
Three United Nations organisations, in cooperation with Interpol, yesterday announced the...
LIBERIA: TRC calls for president to barred from office
Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) yesterday called for President Ellen...
LiberiaAFRICA: Botswana breaks ranks with AU over ICC
Botswana yesterday signaled its dissent from the decision by the 53-member African Union (AU) on...
BotswanaBURMA/UN: Ban seeks political concessions
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met the leader of Burma's junta, Senior General Than Shwe, in...
Burma