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INTERNATIONAL: UN Security Council faces divisions
Issues characterising UN developments next year can be divided into two groups: those affecting...
InternationalPROSPECTS 2007: Unresolved conflicts dog the Balkans
The Balkans region is likely to be sharply differentiated between those countries whose...
BalkansTHAILAND/NORTH KOREA: Gold trade under scrutiny
Thailand today defended its import of gold from North Korea, denying that the purchase violated...
North KoreaLIBERIA: Extractive sector remains challenging
The UN Security Council on December 20 renewed sanctions on the import of diamonds from and...
LiberiaIRAN/UN: New nuclear draft stands better chance
The United Kingdom, France and Germany yesterday circulated at the Security Council their latest...
IranSERBIA/UN: Radicals hail Seselj ending hunger strike
Radical Party Deputy Chairman Tomislav Nikolic said yesterday that Vojislav Seselj was taking...
SerbiaUN/SOMALIA: UN call for peacekeepers rankles Islamists
The UN Security Council yesterday unanimously approved a US-sponsored resolution authorising the...
SomaliaUS/UN: Bolton's fall ends era of forceful diplomacy
US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton yesterday announced that he would resign his post at the end...
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