United Nations

  • Oct 12, 2005
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UNITED NATIONS: Peace body lacks real power

Heads of state at last month's UN summit agreed to establish a Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) by...

United Nations
  • Oct 12, 2005
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SYRIA: Kanaan 'commits suicide'

The official Syrian Arab News Agency has just reported that Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan...

Syria
  • Oct 7, 2005
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IRAN/UN: Baradei suggests third party involvement

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday dismissed speculation that Moscow might join the...

Iran
  • Oct 6, 2005
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INTERNATIONAL: R&D fuels foreign investment growth

INTERNATIONAL: UNCTAD's World Investment Report, published last week, reveals increasing FDI...

International
  • Oct 5, 2005
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LEBANON: Cabinet appoints new security chief

The cabinet yesterday appointed a new general security director, Brigadier General Wafik Jezzini,...

Lebanon
  • Oct 5, 2005
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BOSNIA: Bosnian Serbs reveal Srebrenica participants

The Bosnian Serb government has passed to the prosecution service a list of nearly 20,000 troops...

  • Oct 3, 2005
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INTERNATIONAL: Can ISO measures cut human-trafficking?

The International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) Working Group on Social Responsibility...

International
  • Oct 3, 2005
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BOSNIA: Focus on police ignores more serious issues

Over the past few months, Bosnian political leaders and the international community have focused...