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| UN cultural body weighing Palestinian membership request, amid threat of US ... Washington Post PARIS — The UN cultural agency is weighing a request to admit Palestine as a full member, a highly divisive bid that's part of the Palestinians' broader push for greater international recognition. US lawmakers have threatened to withhold some $80 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| U.N.: World reaches 7 billion people Daily Herald Demographers at the United Nations Population Division set Oct. 31, as the "symbolic" date for hitting 7 billion, while acknowledging that it's impossible to know for sure the specific time or day. Using slightly different calculations, the US Census ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Amid Global Economic Crisis, UN Launches International Year of Co-operatives MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, Oct 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- At a time when national economies are faced with high unemployment and financial instability, the United Nations is launching an international year focused on a unique way of doing business--co-operative ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN calls for calm as Middle East ceasefire falls apart Herald Sun Source: AFP UPDATE 12.56pm: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Israel to exercise maximum restraint and condemned rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip after violence killed 10 Palestinian fighters and an Israeli civilian. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| "7 billionth" babies celebrated worldwide CBS News Newborn Danica Camacho, the Philippines' symbolic seven billionth baby, as part of the United Nations' seven billion global population projection, lies on her mother's chest in the Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila, Oct. 31, 2011. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US had advance warning of abuse at Afghan prisons, officials say Washington Post So much torture took place inside, one detainee told the United Nations, that it has earned another name: “People call it Hell.” But long before the world body publicly revealed “systematic torture” in Afghan intelligence agency detention centers, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN Delegates Tackle the True Cost of Gold PR Newswire (press release) Small-scale gold mining also raises concerns about violations of other UN treaties concerning human rights, including the Convention on Rights of the Child which enshrines the right of the child to the highest attainable standard of health and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN comic book wins award Manila Bulletin By ROY C. MABASA MANILA, Philippines — A comic book produced by the United Nations to raise awareness and to educate children worldwide on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) won the Special Jury Prize at this year's Peace and Sports Awards held ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN chief calls for 'unity of purpose' in '7-billion strong' world Rediff As the world readies to welcome its seventh billion inhabitant on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for "unity of purpose" among people across nations to address problems of climate change, economic crisis and inequality. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Leaders must act now to prepare for challenges of a surging population Vancouver Sun That milestone was announced last week when the United Nations released its annual State of the World's Population and forecast that by the end of the century, the population could be 10 billion or even 15 billion. The good news is that even though the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN flying aid from Dubai to Turkey The National DUBAI// A United Nations humanitarian flight carrying nearly 10000 blankets and 500 tents leaves Dubai today for eastern Turkey. The flight to Erzurum marks the fourth airlift since Friday by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Prime Minister Meets with UN Secretary-General UB Post By Kh.KHALIUN Prime Minister S.Batbold visited Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon on October 28. S. Batbold congratulated Ban Ki-moon, who has been reappointed as UN Secretary-General. The Prime Minister urged that Mongolia and the UN, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Senior UN official arrives in Myanmar for 5 day visit Straits Times YANGON (AFP) - A senior United Nations (UN) official arrived in Myanmar on Monday for a five-day visit and was set to meet top members of the nominally civilian administration, according to the UN and government. Mr Vijay Nambiar, chief of staff to UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN: Blast near UN building in Afghan city Kandahar Ynetnews An explosion took place near an Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) building in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar early on Monday, the UN said. "We are aware of an explosion which took place earlier this morning in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US planning troop buildup in Gulf after pullout from Iraq: report Xinhua With an eye on Iran, the United States is also seeking to expand military ties with the six nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. The Obama administration and the US military ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why the Durban Climate Talks Might Fail Foreign Affairs Yet negotiations to find a global solution to this problem, primarily under the umbrella of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, have yielded little. The last two annual sessions (called Conferences of the Parties ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Population analyst warns of catastrophe ABC Online ELEANOR HALL: The United Nations says the world's population will reach 7 billion some time today, though it concedes the date is symbolic and its calculations could be out by six months in either direction. The UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rwanda: Kigali Declaration to Be Tabled At UN AllAfrica.com "The outcomes of the Kigali Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change will be tabled before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) scheduled for next month in Durban, South Africa," said the Minister of Environment and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Brown: American island The Samford Crimson Per the passage of the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 in May 2010, United States Special Forces deployed to Uganda and the surrounding African nations earlier this month. President Obama assured Congress ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Durrani for recovering $500 bn looted money PakTribune.com Talking to a group of journalists here, Senator Durrani said foreign governments who always asked Pakistan to "do more" would now have to play their part in the recovery of looted national wealth under the UN's Stolen Assets Recovery (StAR) initiative. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ITFX Reports on Possible BRICS Currency and Impact on EUR/USD in Forex Market PR Web (press release) One could reasonably conclude that this confederation would be no more unified than the United Nations. Centuries of nationalistic behavior will not be easy to overcome. Finally, in what could be considered at least mildly ironic, the first meeting of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Attack near UN guest house kills 4 in Afghanistan Carlisle Sentinel A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a checkpoint in a neighborhood near a guest house used by the United Nations in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar early Monday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Teaching Your Child to be a Dictator's Lackey FrontPage Magazine Finally it trains them to put American presidents on trial for violating United Nations laws. Twenty-two Model UN events are scheduled to take place in November alone and many more are set to follow month after month throughout the school year as the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NEST commits to socially responsible investment with UN PRI pledge Professional Pensions By Michael Bow NEST has signed up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing in a bid to boost long term investing and good corporate governance. The National Employment Savings Trust joins 930 signatories globally in backing the code, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| IHME develops fast, affordable ways for countries to better identify causes of ... EurekAlert (press release) "For the first time, countries will be able to measure with confidence whether people are dying from HIV/AIDS, maternal causes, or from largely preventable noncommunicable diseases, which gained the world's attention at the recent United Nations ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kenney: Pinoys, Thais can swap notes on flood experiences GMANews.TV Earlier this month, suggestions to improve disaster risk reduction came from the United Nations (UN) itself, with one of its agencies urging Asian governments to curb and prevent the floods ravaging their countries. Like the Philippines and Thailand, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NATO settles down in Libya Asia Times Online Its so-called Operation Unified Protector (OUP) was shrouded in controversy insofar as it unilaterally insisted that its Libyan intervention enjoyed the mandate of the United Nations Security Council, while Russia and China disputed the alliance's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| South Korean Minister to Visit Washington This Week Voice of America (blog) A combination of floods and drought have left North Korea facing serious food shortages, prompting the United Nations to mount an international appeal for help. The crisis may also have prompted North Korea's bid to revive the nuclear talks, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China's newborns confront world of 7 billion people People's Daily Online Based on an assumed birth rate of more than two babies per second, the United Nations forecasts that the global population will reach 7 billion on Oct. 31, 2011. Zhai Zhenwu, dean of the Society and Population Institute of the People's University of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tanzania: State Clinches WFP Maize Deal AllAfrica.com TANZANIA has clinched a deal to sell about 40000 metric tonnes of maize to drought stricken Horn of Africa countries through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr Mustafa Mkulo, said under the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jail or corporal punishment? Chicago Sun-Times By NEIL STEINBERG nsteinberg@suntimes.com October 30, 2011 6:24PM The United States has been the greatest country in the world for so long, many of its residents seem to think it's the only country in the world. The notion that we're the best, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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