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Insurgent-planted roadside bombs remained the single biggest killer of civilians last year. The homemade explosives, which can be triggered by a footstep or a vehicle, killed 967 people - nearly a third of the total. The United Nations decried the...
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Bombs, including roadside mines detonated by people stepping on them or vehicles driving over them, accounted for 967 deaths, UNAMA said, the biggest single killer of civilians. The "anti-government elements" referred to by the United Nations include...
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Yemeni protesters march past a dissident soldiers' checkpoint in Sanaa, October 20, 2011. The Yemeni opposition called on the United Nations to force President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down unconditionally, rejecting his request for international... View Photo »
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We received the first delegations from the United Nations earlier today. Their main aim was to analyze the security of the town because they are planning to operate in Beledweyne
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The 8% rise in civilian fatalities was caused by rising bloodshed in eastern and northern provinces, according to the report. This contrasted with a 20% fall in the number of U.S.-led coalition troops killed in 2011 and evidence in the U.N. report of...
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Quick hits Taking stock: Legislation that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and executive branch officials headed for the House after sailing through the Senate on a 96-3 vote Friday. It is expected to be voted on next week. Somalia's famine over:...
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Afghan children stand near the bodies of people killed in a raid in Khost province, July last year. A record number civilians were killed in Afghanistan's decade-long war last year, with a dramatic rise in the number of deaths from suicide attacks,...
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Michael von der Schulenburg, German deputy special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General, attends a memorial at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad's Green Zone during a surprise visit to Iraq in this August 19, 2007 file photo. The United Nations... View Photo »
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We have accepted sanctions which are made by the United Nations. Other sanctions do not apply to individual countries
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At a meeting with the most moderate leadership in Palestinian Authority history, the Canadians lectured the Palestinians on the terrible mistake they’d made in seeking United Nations membership, a bid that won strong support in the General Assembly. ...
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The only way to do that is to engage each other in a dialogue and find out ways where we can be of mutual support to each other towards a common agenda,” said Bautista. “The United Nations and the Philippines have been partners since the birth of the UN.
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