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UN Says South Sudan Threatens Its Peacekeeping Mission New York Times KAMPALA, Uganda — The United Nations said Sunday that the shooting down of one of its helicopters in South Sudan last week was just the latest in a series of attacks or threats against its peacekeeping mission by South Sudan's military. See all stories on this topic »

UN Helicopter In South Sudan Shot Down International Business Times The chopper was a Russian-crewed Mi-8 helicopter attached to the U.N. Mission in South Sudan. It was shot down around 10 a.m. local time during a reconnaissance flight over the eastern state of Jonglei. The helicopter was owned by the charter company ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

Netanyahu: Western Wall belongs to Israel despite UN pronouncements Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The Western Wall belongs to Israel, despite what the United Nations says, Israeli Prime Minister said in interviews with Israel's three major networks. "The Western Wall has always been and always will belong to Israel," Netanyahu ... See all stories on this topic »

Palestine Consulate marks new UN status with fervor Saudi Gazette In his speech Sha'at said: "Today, I'm proud to celebrate two major events, the announcement of Palestine as a non-member observer state in United Nations and the recovery of The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah." The celebration ... See all stories on this topic » Saudi Gazette

UN Syria Envoy to Meet Assad as Death Toll Rises Bloomberg A top United Nations official plans to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today to discuss the 21-month uprising, a day after an opposition group said government warplanes bombed a bakery and killed 94 people. Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN Special Envoy ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

United Nations (Glassjaw, ex-Thursday) Now Features Members Of Pianos ... Under the Gun Review United Nations is a side project that, to the public's knowledge, mainly consists of Daryl Palumbo (primarily known as Glassjaw's front man) and Geoff Rickly (the former vocalist for Thursday). Recently, they sent a so-called "transmission" to ... See all stories on this topic » Under the Gun Review

Peacekeepers celebrate in Lebanon Marlborough Express Christmas in Lebanon will be much quieter than spending it in Blenheim with his parents, says a United Nations peacekeeper from Marlborough. Major Hayden Ricketts says he will miss his mother's cooking, but he, his wife and 1-year-old twin sons will do ... See all stories on this topic » Marlborough Express

UN special envoy visits Damascus to find end to conflict The Times of Israel Lakhdar Brahimi, who represents the United Nations and the Arab League, has made little apparent progress toward brokering an end to Syria's civil war since he assumed his post in September, mostly because neither side appears interested in talks. See all stories on this topic » The Times of Israel

Looks Like South Sudan's Shooting Down UN Helicopters As A Matter Of Policy ... Business Insider The United Nations also rejected South Sudanese claims that the helicopter, shot down on Friday in troubled Jonglei state, had not told authorities in advance of its flight plans. A UN peacekeeping spokesman, Kieran Dwyer, said there have been other ... See all stories on this topic » Business Insider

UN, US pledge to stand by Pakistan in anti-terror war Pakistan Daily Times UNITED NATIONS/ISLAMABAD: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Ambassador Richard Olson have condemned the suicide bombing in Peshawar that killed Bashir Ahmad Bilour. "The secretary general reiterates the strong support of the United ... See all stories on this topic »

House letter urges Obama to shut PLO office as punishment for UN vote Haaretz WASHINGTON - Just over half of the U.S. House of Representatives called on President Obama to shut down the PLO office in Washington as punishment for its ascension in United Nations status. "One important way of expressing U.S. disapproval would be ... See all stories on this topic » Haaretz

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calls for more powerful rockets The Independent The United States, South Korea and others have condemned the launch as a test of ballistic missile technology banned under United Nations Security Council resolutions. Kim had already called for sending more scientific satellites into space on the day ... See all stories on this topic »

U.N. helicopter shot down in South Sudan; four dead Philadelphia Inquirer UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations said South Sudan's armed forces shot down a U.N. helicopter Friday, killing all four Russian crew members on board, an attack South Sudan's military spokesman blamed on rebel fighters. Secretary-General Ban ... See all stories on this topic »

Unimpressed by UN Press, As Regime Handpicks Successors, Arab Spring in ... Inner City Press UNITED NATIONS, December 23 -- One question raised by the Arab Spring is whether a dictatorship has ended if the regime gets to handpick its successors while calling it reform or even, new blood. While what will happen in Syria remains to be seen ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Mission in DRC Deploys 'Quick Reaction Force' Voice of America The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has deployed its quick reaction force to combat banditry in the restive North Kivu capital, Goma. MONUSCO's military spokesman, Colonel Felix Basse, says there is ... See all stories on this topic » Voice of America

Arab League urges UN Security Council to act against Israel settlement expansion Shanghai Daily (subscription) CAIRO, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League (AL) urged Sunday the United Nations Security Council to take the necessary action to stop the Israeli settlement construction and to hold Israel accountable for its settlement expansion. In a concluding ... See all stories on this topic »

UN envoy in Damascus to push peace plan San Antonio Express 29, 2012 file photo, Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, answers media questions after consultations at United Nations headquarters. A government airstrike on a bakery in a rebel ... See all stories on this topic »

UN responds to cholera crisis in Haiti with repackaged aid rabble.ca (blog) Also, Ban did not acknowledge that UN troops brought the disease to the Caribbean country, one of the key demands of a year-old suit by Haitian cholera victims. Evidence from numerous studies has established that Haiti's cholera epidemic, currently the ... See all stories on this topic » rabble.ca (blog)

Ban for roadmap to Mali polls The Nation Share. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all actors in Mali to swiftly finalise and implement a transitional roadmap leading to elections in order to bring the crisis confronting the country to an end. See all stories on this topic »

UN-Arab envoy Brahimi enters Syria to meet Assad: official Al-Arabiya U.N.-Arab envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi entered the war-torn country on his way to meet embattled President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, a Lebanese border official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "The international envoy crossed the ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Arabiya

North Korean Missile Said to Have Military Purpose New York Times United Nations Security Council resolutions ban the country, a United Nations member, from any rocket launching that uses ballistic missile technology. They mandated economic sanctions aimed at blocking North Korea from acquiring or proliferating ... See all stories on this topic »

Kim Jong-Un orders bigger rockets following Pyongyang's latest missile launch Zee News Kim Jong-Un orders bigger rockets following Pyongyang`s latest missile launch Sydney: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered the development of bigger rockets, after Pyongyang sparked international condemnation with a long-range rocket launch. See all stories on this topic »

What Does Palestine's New UN Designation Change? Pacific Free Press Palestine has become a "non-member state" at the United Nations as of Thursday November 29, 2012.The draft of the UN resolution beckoning what many perceive as a historic moment passed with an overwhelming majority of General Assembly members: ... See all stories on this topic »

Timbuktu mausoleums destroyed by Mali Islamists GlobalPost Mali on July 1, 2012 appealed to the United Nations to take action after Mali extremists ravaged shrines in the fabled city of Timbuktu which the UN's cultural body had listed as endangered days earlier. AFP PHOTO / HO / UN PHOTO / Evan Schneider (EVAN ... See all stories on this topic »

A Chuck Hagel appointment would pose a dilemma for Lautenberg and Menendez PolitickerNJ Instead, President Truman supported the November 29, 1947 partition resolution in the United Nations, dividing Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. When the Jewish State declared its independence on May 14, 1948, the United States, under President ... See all stories on this topic »

Agenda 21 Is Being Rammed Down The Throats Of Local Communities All Over ... Men's News Daily United Nations Flag Have you ever heard of Agenda 21? If not, don't feel bad, because most Americans haven't. It is essentially a blueprint for a "sustainable world" that was introduced at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de ... See all stories on this topic »

US names banker to the Taliban Zawya (registration) On June 29, the United States and United Nations slapped "terror finance" sanctions on Khairullah and his 25-year-old currency-exchange business, freezing his assets and imposing a travel ban. The move marked a new phase in an escalating but little ... See all stories on this topic » Zawya (registration)

IOC opens registration for third International Forum on Sport for Peace and ... Insidethegames.biz December 23 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has opened the registration process for the third International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development, which will take place on June 5 and 6 next year at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in ... See all stories on this topic »

Great hope for science The Hindu The recent decision of the United Nations General Assembly to grant 'Observer status' for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is highly commendable. CERN is the first physical sciences research organisation to become an Observer. See all stories on this topic »

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