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SUDAN: Arab offer on peacekeepers an empty gesture
Leaders at the Arab Summit in Khartoum yesterday pledged to fund the African Union (AU) mission...
SudanINTERNATIONAL: UN water targets unlikely to be met
The Fourth World Water Forum took place in Mexico City from March 16-22.
CONGO-KINSHASA: Protest underscores election challenge
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today, after...
Congo-KinshasaWEST AFRICA: Taylor extradition may stir trouble
The chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone yesterday said that he expects former...
INTERNATIONAL/UN: Secretary general is critical choice
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's term ends on December 31.
InternationalUN/US: Rights council approved despite US opposition
The UN General Assembly yesterday overwhelmingly approved the new Human Rights Council (HRC),...
United StatesRUSSIA/SERBIA/UN: Duma condemns ICTY over Milosevic
Russia's State Duma (lower house of parliament) today called for terminating the International...
RussiaINTERNATIONAL: Human rights/business report divides
The UN special representative on human rights and business presented his interim report on March...
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