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UN: Most of Houla victims may have been summarily executed Jerusalem Post By REUTERS As Syria's Assad meets Annan in hopes to salvage ceasefire, UN says less than 20 of 108 victims of Houla massacre were killed by artillery fire: "At this point it looks like entire families were shot in their houses. See all stories on this topic »

UN envoy meets Syrian president following massacre The Associated Press The UN has said government forces fired tank shells and artillery at the villages that make up Houla in central Syria, but stopped short of blaming them for Friday's killings. Activists said most of the victims were killed by pro-government thugs who ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

UN: Most of 108 killed in Syria were executed Atlanta Journal Constitution By FRANK JORDANS AP BEIRUT — The UN said Tuesday that entire families were shot in their homes during a massacre in Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, including children. Most of the victims were shot at close range, the UN said. See all stories on this topic » Atlanta Journal Constitution

UN in Syria: Victims of Houla attack were 'summarily executed' msnbc.com (blog) May 28: Fighting continues as UN peace broker Kofi Annan arrives in Damascus. NBC's Richard Engel reports. By Alastair Jamieson, msnbc.com Most of the 108 victims of the Houla killings in Syria were executed, the United Nations said Tuesday – a finding ... See all stories on this topic »

UN envoy Kofi Annan in Syria to try to save peace plan Los Angeles Times United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan, left, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem in Damascus. Annan's peace plan for Syria appears to face increasingly long odds. (Bassem Tellawi / Associated Press / May 28, 2012) By Patrick J. McDonnell ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Syria's Assad Talks to UN's Annan Following Houla Massacre Bloomberg Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and United Nations envoy Kofi Annan met for talks in Damascus today following the massacre of more than 100 people in Houla. The two men spoke as the Syrian army continued attacks on Houla, Homs and Idlib, according to ... See all stories on this topic »

UN envoy Annan meets Syria's Assad Reuters DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met peace envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday, the state news agency SANA said, following a massacre which Syria's government blamed on Islamist militants while United Nations observers implicated the army. See all stories on this topic »

UN envoy meets Syrian president following massacre Seattle Post Intelligencer Photo: POOL / AP POOL UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria (JSE) Kofi Annan, left, and, Norwegian Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, head of the UN observer team in Syria, right, attend a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Monday, May 28, 2012. See all stories on this topic »

UN Chief 'Disappointed' in Lack of Nepali Constitution Voice of America (blog) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "disappointed" in Nepal's failure to craft a new constitution before a Sunday deadline. In a statement Monday, Mr. Ban's spokesperson said the Constituent Assembly came to important agreements on nearly ... See all stories on this topic »

UN envoy discusses peace plan with Syrian leader Ocala The UN said government forces fired tank shells and artillery at the villages that make up Houla, but stopped short of blaming them for the killings. Activists said most of the dead were killed by pro-government thugs who stormed the area. See all stories on this topic »

UN envoy Kofi Annan, in Syria, denounces Houla killings as 'an appalling crime' Washington Post BEIRUT — The United Nations' special envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, arrived in the Syrian capital Monday amid fresh reports of shelling in civilian areas and deepening concern about the events surrounding a massacre of more than 100 civilians in the ... See all stories on this topic »

UN envoy 'horrified' by Syria massacre, 108 dead The Associated Press By BASSEM MROUE, AP – 10 hours ago BEIRUT (AP) — UN envoy Kofi Annan called Monday on "every individual with a gun" in Syria to lay down arms, saying he was horrified by a weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people, including women and small ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

Fewer than 20 Houla victims died from shelling: UN Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - Fewer than 20 of the 108 people confirmed as having been killed in the "appalling massacre" in the Syrian town of Houla died from artillery and tank fire, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday. Survivors have told UN ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Rights Chief Criticised Over Call to Suspend Sanctions AllAfrica.com By Tererai Karimakwenda, 28 May 2012 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has been criticised for comments she made in Harare last week, calling for the suspension of targeted sanctions placed on members of the Robert Mugabe regime by ... See all stories on this topic »

UN tells NK to release South Korean family Korea Times By Kim Young-jin The United Nations has requested North Korea to release and compensate a South Korean family held in the Stalinist state for 25 years, confirming it is a case of arbitrary detention, activists said Tuesday. It was the UN's most ... See all stories on this topic »

UN says most Houla massacre victims executed; Australia expels top Syrian diplomat Al-Arabiya UN rights spokesman Rupert Colville said that most of the Houla victims were summarily executed in two separate incident. (File photo) By Al Arabiya with Agencies Fewer than 20 of the 108 people confirmed as having been killed in the "appalling ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Arabiya

UN denounces massacre of civilians Vancouver Sun Assad's forces killed at least 41 people in an artillery assault on the city of Hama, activists said, shortly after the United Nations Security Council condemned Friday's massacre in nearby Houla. Authorities in Damascus issued a denial that troops ... See all stories on this topic »

UN urges NK to release family of high-profile S. Korean activist Korea Times The UN body on arbitrary detention has urged North Korea to release the wife and two daughters of a high-profile South Korean man, saying their decades-old detention in the North is "arbitrary," a rights advocacy group said Tuesday. See all stories on this topic »

Syria denies killings, U.N. council meets Daily Herald 2012-05-28T16:28:03Z 2012-05-28T16:45:12Z Syria denies killings, UN council meetsBen Hubbard and Edith M. Lederer - The Associated Press Daily Herald BEIRUT -- Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people ... See all stories on this topic »

NKorean farmers cite grave drought; aid unlikely Fox News Help, however, is unlikely to come from the United States and South Korea following Pyongyang's widely criticized rocket launch. North Korea has had little rain since April 27, with the country's western coastal areas particularly hard hit, ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Peacekeeping - Not Without Our African Partners AllAfrica.com In United Nations peacekeeping, no maxim resonates more powerfully. A successful peacekeeping operation needs many hands to join in this crucial effort: the legislating hand of the Security Council, the generous hands of countries who volunteer troops, ... See all stories on this topic »

UN leader fears for Nepal after constitution failure AFP UNITED NATIONS — UN leader Ban Ki-moon raised fears about Nepal's stability after the country's divided parties failed to meet a Sunday deadline to write a new constitution. Ban "is disappointed that Nepal's Constituent Assembly has expired without ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

UN reports Houla executions as Annan meets Assad WOGX DAMASCUS -- Special envoy Kofi Annan met Syrian President Bashar al Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, as the UN said the majority of the more than 100 civilians killed in the Houla massacre were "summarily executed." The start of the meeting between the ... See all stories on this topic »

UN envoy Kofi Annan arrives in Syria in bid to salvage peace plan in wake of ... Bangor Daily News By Liz Sly, The Washington Post BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United Nations' special envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, arrived in the Syrian capital Monday in an attempt to shore up an already shaky UN peace plan following the massacre of at least 100 civilians ... See all stories on this topic »

International Day of UN Peacekeepers: Lost in the line of duty and peace... The Express Tribune Ultimate goal of any peacekeeping mission is to no longer be necessary, says UN chief. By Musab Memon Ultimate goal of any peacekeeping mission is to no longer be necessary, says UN chief. DESIGN: FAIZAN DAWOOD With 193 member states who contribute ... See all stories on this topic » The Express Tribune

UN Special Envoy Says Hague Court Did Not Give Heglig to Sudan AllAfrica.com Juba — The United Nations Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Haile Menkarios, has downplayed Khartoum's claims over ownership of Heglig (Panthou) based on the court's ruling in The Hague in 2009 on Abyei. The UN envoy met on Thursday in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Peter Goodspeed: Syria is walking all over the UN National Post The massacre of the children of Houla and their families has deepened the sense of crisis in Syria, but the United Nations is unlikely to do anything about it. Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan arrived in Damascus Monday for yet another round of ... See all stories on this topic » National Post

Latin America to grow but needs anti-crisis plans: UN Reuters Policymakers should focus more on monetary rather fiscal policies to help mitigate fallout from Europe if need be, and a disorderly Greek exit from the euro zone could be very negative for the region, said Alicia Barcena, head of the UN's regional ... See all stories on this topic »

UN presence in Syria: for better or for worse? The Voice of Russia Special envoy Kofi Annan arrives in Damascus and he will discuss the future of the UN peacekeeping in that country. What's your assessment of the situation in Syria and the role United Nations play in this country? Let me start with the few words on ... See all stories on this topic » The Voice of Russia

UN Security Council issues statement condemning Houla Massacre Salem-News.Com (ROME / MOSCOW) - The UN Security Council has issued a statement condemning "in the strongest possible terms" the massacre of civilians in the Syrian village of Houla, during which more than 100 people are reported to have been killed. See all stories on this topic » Salem-News.Com

UN Condemns Syria Over Civilian Massacre Killing Over 100 Christian Post By Anugrah Kumar , Christian Post Contributor The UN Security Council on Sunday condemned the Syrian government over alleged use of artillery and tank shellings on a village in Homs province which killed more than 100 civilians, including dozens of ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Post

UN and Pupils Mark AU Day With Poetry AllAfrica.com By Laud Nartey, 28 May 2012 As part of activities marking this year's African Union Day (AU) celebrations, the United Nations (UN) Information Centre, in collaboration with Splendors of Dawn Poetry Foundation, organised a youth forum to enlighten ... See all stories on this topic »

Annan in Damascus; UN condemns slaughter UPI.com In this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad (R) meets with Kofi Annan, the United Nations special envoy to Syria, in Damascus, Syria, on March 10, 2012. UPI DAMASCUS, Syria, May 28 (UPI) ... See all stories on this topic » UPI.com

UN Concludes Oh Kil-nam's Family Forcibly Detained in N. Korea Arirang News The United Nations has concluded that the wife and two daughters of South Korean Oh Kil-nam , who fled North Korea in 1986, have been forcibly detained by the North Korean regime. South Korea's foreign ministry says it was informed of the development ... See all stories on this topic »

"Swift UN action needed" after Houla''s massacre -- Amnesty Kuwait News Agency LONDON, May 29 (KUNA) -- The United Nations Security Council must move beyond condemnation of Friday's attack that killed scores of civilians in the Syrian town of Houla and immediately refer the issue to the International Criminal Court (ICC), ... See all stories on this topic »

Regional UN Declonisation Seminar In Quito, Ecuador This Week Bernama QUITO, EDUCADOR, May 29 (BERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS) - The UN Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples - also known as the Special Committee of ... See all stories on this topic »

The UN's new International Tourism Ambassador: Robert Mugabe National Post The honour of being appointed International Tourism Ambassador — Zambian president Michael Sata is also receiving the title — is being bestowed by the United Nations World Tourism Office (UNWTO). The honours follow the news that Zimbabwe and Zambia ... See all stories on this topic » National Post

Houla massacre: UN condemns Syria government GlobalPost The United Nations Security Council has condemned the Syrian government for firing heavy weapons on civilians in Houla last Friday, amid violence in which more than 100 people died. UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan (C) speaks with UN mission chief ... See all stories on this topic »

UN efforts to stem Syria bloodshed Bangkok Post The main UN efforts to end the unrest in Syria since protests erupted against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in mid-March 2011. Activists say more than 13000 people have been killed, including 1880 since an April 12 ceasefire: - 27: The UN Security ... See all stories on this topic »

UN, Annan Condemn Syria Massacre Daily Beast The United Nations condemned a massacre that left 49 children and 34 women dead in Syria last week as the country's ambassador called the UN's response a "tsunami of lies." The brutal massacre in the town of Houla has been internationally denounced, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

UN Security Council strongly Condemns Syria over Massacre in Houla Day Press News UN Security Council, NY- The United Nations Security Council on Sunday unanimously condemned the Syrian government "in the strongest possible terms" for heavy-weapon attacks on the town of Houla, where 108 people, and up to 34 children, were killed on ... See all stories on this topic » Day Press News

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