U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead looks on during an interview in Tokyo, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Roughead said Saturday that a United Nations resolution was responsible for the change of course by a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead looks on during an interview in Tokyo, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Roughead said Saturday that a United Nations resolution was responsible for the change of course by a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons.

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  2. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  3. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
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  5. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  6. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  7. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  8. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  9. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  10. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  11. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  12. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  13. An Afghan police commando keeps guard (L) while UN investigating personnel watch as an ambulance carrying two bodies leave The Bekhtar Guesthouse in Kabul on October 28, 2009, after a two-hour gunbattle with Taliban suicide gunmen killed six expatriate UN staff. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it is the first step in a campaign against the upcoming second round run-off in the presidential elections.
  14. An UN vehicle is seen through the bullet riddled guardhouse of The Bekhtar Guesthouse in Kabul on October 28, 2009, after an attack by Taliban suicide gunmen killed six expatriate UN staff. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it is the first step in a campaign against the forthcoming second round run-off in the presidential elections.
  15. An UN vehicle is seen through the bullet riddled guardhouse of The Bekhtar Guesthouse in Kabul on October 28, 2009, after an attack by Taliban suicide gunmen killed six expatriate UN staff. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it is the first step in a campaign against the forthcoming second round run-off in the presidential elections.
  16. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 28: Armed Afghan police guard a UN ambulance carrying bodies of victims recovered from the Bekhtar guesthouse after an attack by Taliban militants on Octber 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. According to the UN six of its staff are reported to have been killed and nine were wounded in the attack on the Bekhtar guesthouse. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack which took place as Afghanistan prepares for the upcoming second round run-off in the presidential elections.

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