United Nations
LEBANON: UN forces pace on Hariri tribunal
The UN Security Council voted yesterday to establish a special tribunal to prosecute those...
LebanonSYRIA: Assad wins rubber stamp referendum
President Bashar al-Assad won 97.62% of the vote in Sunday's referendum on a second seven-year...
SyriaSUDAN: US pressure increases over Darfur
Labelling the situation in Darfur "genocide", US President George Bush announced yesterday that...
SudanRUSSIA: Defiant rhetoric will not lead to new Cold War
Moscow's newly assertive tone in its dealing with the outside world in part reflects domestic...
RussiaSLOVAKIA/SERBIA: Bratislava backs UN plan
Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis yesterday said that his country would vote along with other EU...
SlovakiaIRAN/UN: IAEA report to spur new sanctions drive
IAEA Director-General Mohammed El Baradei said today that Iran is 3-8 years away from producing a...
IranBURUNDI: Civil war accountability bodies to be set up
Burundi will establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and a Special Tribunal to...
BurundiCONGO-KINSHASA: MONUC reputation damaged at key time
Reports emerged today that UN peacekeepers in eastern Congo engaged in gold trading and arms...
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