United Nations

  • Mar 12, 2008
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EU/KOSOVO: EULEX mission will be tested in Kosovo

About 20 senior officials of the EU police and justice mission (EULEX) in Kosovo have arrived in...

Eu
  • Feb 18, 2008
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ERITREA: Asmara retains role as regional spoiler

UN peacekeepers began withdrawing from the Temporary Security Zone on February 14. Heightening...

Eritrea
  • Feb 18, 2008
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SERBIA: Kosovo embarks on independence

The parliament in Pristina declared independence from Serbia yesterday. Kosovo's long-awaited...

Serbia
  • Feb 4, 2008
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AFGHANISTAN: Tensions bubble around UN envoy search

The United Kingdom yesterday urged its NATO partners to share the burden of operations in...

Afghanistan
  • Jan 24, 2008
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CONGO-KINSHASA: Gaps will test historic peace deal

Warring parties yesterday signed a peace deal in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jan 18, 2008
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AFRICA: Local politics impedes international justice

For more than a decade, the wider Great Lakes region has been a laboratory for two experiments in...

International
  • Jan 10, 2008
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EAST AFRICA: Disasters overwhelm regional governments

Over the past 20 years, greater responsibility has been placed upon national governments for...

  • Dec 24, 2007
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SOUTH ASIA: Changing climate will test governments

South Asia is likely to be the region first and most seriously affected by climate change....