United Nations

  • Dec 14, 2005
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SYRIA/LEBANON/UN: Hariri report raises pressure

The UN Security Council yesterday started consideration of the second report by the UN...

Syria
  • Dec 13, 2005
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UN/SUDAN: Pressure rises on ICC Darfur investigation

The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, addresses the UN...

Sudan
  • Dec 12, 2005
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LEBANON/SYRIA: Car bomb kills anti-Syria MP

A prominent anti-Syrian MP and journalist, Gibran Tueni, was killed today in a massive car bomb...

Lebanon
  • Dec 12, 2005
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ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: Troop pullback should reduce tension

The UN under-secretary for peace-keeping, Jean-Marie Guehenno, is in Addis Ababa today for talks...

Ethiopia
  • Dec 8, 2005
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CROATIA/UN: Del Ponte says Croat fugitive is caught

The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Carla...

Croatia
  • Dec 7, 2005
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LIBERIA: Reconstruction will challenge new government

The recent presidential and legislative elections were conducted relatively smoothly and produced...

Liberia
  • Dec 7, 2005
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ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: Asmara raises stakes on border issue

Diplomats said today that Eritrea had ordered the expulsion of UN personnel -- part of the force...

Ethiopia
  • Dec 2, 2005
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INTERNATIONAL: Weapons inspections role grows

Weapons inspections are increasingly important in assessing correctly the nuclear, biological and...

International