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AFRICA: Aid target argument overshadows efficacy issue
The UN Summit on September 14-16 will review advances toward international development targets,...
AfricaSYRIA/UN: Interrogation terms agreed
The UN official investigating the Hariri assassination, Detlev Mehlis, yesterday reached...
SyriaINTERNATIONAL: Police cooperation is increasing
The increasing globalisation of crime and threat of international terrorism have led to greater...
InternationalSOUTHERN AFRICA: Aid groups fear Niger mistake repeat
Oxfam and other aid agencies warned today that the international community risks repeating in...
UNITED NATIONS: Oil for food report criticises Annan
The head of the investigation into the management of the oil-for-food programme, Paul Volker,...
United NationsUKRAINE/INTERNATIONAL: Chernobyl "will kill 4,000"
Representatives of Greenpeace and Belarus's Chernobyl Committee are contesting a UN estimate that...
UkraineRUSSIA: Moscow fears reformed UN may intervene more
President Vladimir Putin has confirmed Russia's support for Germany's bid to become a permanent...
RussiaINTERNATIONAL: Blame for imbalances moves from China
Global imbalances in current accounts have led to calls for currency appreciation in surplus...
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