United Nations

  • Oct 21, 2005
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SYRIA/UN: Hariri murder report implicates regime

UN investigator Detlev Mehlis is due to brief the UN Security Council on October 25 on the...

Syria
  • Oct 20, 2005
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RUSSIA: Moscow is not informing WHO about bird flu

Chief Medical Officer Gennady Onishchenko said yesterday there had been no cases of the latest...

Russia
  • Oct 20, 2005
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BOSNIA/EU: Ashdown hails Rehn's offer of SAA talks

EE Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn's recommendation yesterday that talks begin on forming...

Eu
  • Oct 19, 2005
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HAITI: Security Council calls for elections this year

The UN Security Council yesterday issued a statement calling for presidential elections to take...

Haiti
  • Oct 18, 2005
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EASTERN EUROPE/CIS: Chernobyl's damage was overrated

A recent reassessment of the effects of the Chernobyl disaster could help rehabilitate the...

  • Oct 17, 2005
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ERITREA/ETHIOPIA: Flight ban increases border tensions

The UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) announced today that it would be forced to...

Eritrea
  • Oct 14, 2005
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SUDAN: UN may take stronger action on Darfur

The UN Security Council condemned yesterday an upsurge in violence in the Darfur region, which...

Sudan
  • Oct 14, 2005
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IVORY COAST: African Union urges UN support for plan

The UN Security Council is expected to endorse today the African Union (AU) plan for peace in...

Ivory Coast