United Nations

  • Mar 6, 2009
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INTERNATIONAL: Climate-related displacement will rise

While climate-induced environmental degradation is likely to displace millions of people in...

International
  • Mar 2, 2009
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KOSOVO: Independence is secure, despite shortcomings

The new country faces significant challenges in establishing a fully sovereign, functioning state...

Kosovo
  • Mar 2, 2009
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LEBANON/UN: Hariri tribunal opens

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon -- the international court established to try the suspected...

Lebanon
  • Feb 27, 2009
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SERBIA/UN: ICTY releases minor Serbian figure

The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague yesterday acquitted...

Serbia
  • Feb 20, 2009
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IRAN/SYRIA/UN: IAEA report raises concerns

Iran has accumulated one-third more low-enriched uranium than was previously thought, according...

Iran
  • Feb 19, 2009
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CAUCASUS: Geneva talks agree on incident resolution

After ten hours of negotiations in working groups, agreement was reached in Geneva yesterday to...

  • Feb 17, 2009
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CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge trials begin at last

The former Khmer Rouge commander known as 'Duch' stood before a court near Phnom Penh today in a...

Cambodia
  • Feb 16, 2009
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GEORGIA/RUSSIA/UN: Abkhaz mission remains until June

On Friday, the UN Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously to extend for another four months the...

Georgia