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SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Poll finds many think Kosovo lost
More Serbian citizens recognise that Kosovo, which has been run by the UN since 1999, is 'lost'...
INTERNATIONAL: Millennium Development Goals reborn?
Despite the ambitions expressed at the UN's Millennium Summit five years ago, it is now clear...
InternationalCOLOMBIA: UN suspends mediation efforts
The UN yesterday announced that it was suspending attempts to mediate between the government and...
ColombiaSERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Think-tank warns of Kosovo danger
The situation in Kosovo could descend into war unless ethnic Albanians' aspirations for...
SUDAN: Peace still precarious despite agreement
The peace agreement signed by the government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army...
SudanRUSSIA/ISRAEL: Relations have cooled since 2003
Reports in the past week of the sale of missiles to Syria have further cooled relations with...
RussiaUN/IRAQ: Volcker report will quieten critics
The independent Volcker Commission is expected to release its interim report later this month...
IraqINTERNATIONAL: UN outlines global war on poverty
Tens of millions of people could avoid death, and 500 million could escape from poverty, if rich...
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