United Nations
SUDAN: AMIS extension no great balm to Darfur security
The African Union (AU) voted yesterday to extend the mandate of its mission in the Darfur region...
SudanSERBIA/UN/RUSSIA: Ceku pays first visit to Moscow
Agim Ceku paid the first visit by a Kosovo prime minister to Moscow yesterday -- albeit an...
SerbiaSOMALIA: Intervention compounds escalating tensions
Council of Somali Islamic Courts (CSIC) militia are reported to have clashed this week with...
SomaliaSERBIA/UN: Few Kosovars heed 'independence now' call
UN police fired tear gas yesterday to disperse demonstrators trying to remove barriers outside...
SerbiaUN/SUDAN: Sudan remains opposed to UN role in Darfur
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir yesterday explicitly rejected plans for a joint peace-keeping...
SudanHAITI: Security setbacks pressure government
President Rene Preval recently conceded that, while Haiti was not a failed state, it was in great...
HaitiNEPAL: Republic looms as parties sign peace pact
The seven-party alliance government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) yesterday signed a...
NepalLEBANON: Gemayel murder raises tribunal tensions
Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a leading figure in the anti-Syrian ruling coalition, today said he...
Lebanon