United Nations

  • Nov 30, 2007
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LEBANON: Suleiman reemerges as consensus candidate

Speaker Nabih Berri postponed for a further week the vote in parliament, scheduled for today, for...

Lebanon
  • Nov 29, 2007
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INTERNATIONAL: CDM is likely to expand

The carbon market is rapidly expanding, with the Kyoto Protocol Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)...

International
  • Nov 28, 2007
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SERBIA/UN: Kostunica gives no ground at Baden talks

The last meeting between Serbs and Albanians on Kosovo's status ended today in Baden, Austria,...

Serbia
  • Nov 23, 2007
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SERBIA: Kosovo elections set scene for independence

Hashim Thaci, whose Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) won the elections on November 17, will need...

Serbia
  • Nov 22, 2007
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IRAN: Domestic nuclear tensions surface again

In an editorial published yesterday a leading hardline daily, Jomhuri Eslami, criticised...

Iran
  • Nov 21, 2007
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SOMALIA: Rising violence displaces 1 million

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said yesterday that the number of...

Somalia
  • Nov 19, 2007
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SERBIA/UN: Kosovo opposition wins lacklustre poll

The opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), led by Hashim Thaci, is poised to win Saturday's...

Serbia
  • Nov 16, 2007
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LATIN AMERICA: ECLAC sees significant poverty fall

The number of people living below the poverty line fell below 200 million last year for the first...

Latin America