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may be doing more to assemble a sanctions coalition than we could do in months of work." Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News
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The Afghanistan strategy President Obama will detail Tuesday involves more than sending additional forces, experts and officials say, and will give the president a chance to address growing public skepticism. Full Article at USA Today
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TELUK MERANTI, Indonesia From the air, the Kampar Peninsula in Indonesia stretches for mile after mile in dense scrub and trees. Full Article at The New York Times
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The two defining challenges of our century are managing climate change and overcoming poverty. And if we fail on one we will fail on the other. So the world faces a stark choice at the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Freedom of speech is under physical and legal threat not only from terrorists but also at the UN. Full Article at Jerusalem Post
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By Bjørn Lomborg Global warming has captured the attention of politicians around the world. Full Article at Wall Street Journal
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Accra, Nov. 29, GNA - A 3-day training workshop for journalists on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), has ended in Accra with a call on the media to go beyond reporting straight news and do more evidence-based journalism. Full Article at Ghana Web
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Around 57.5 per cent of voters and all but four of the Alpine state's 26 cantons approved the proposal in the nationwide referendum yesterday, which was backed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP). Full Article at The Scotsman
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Major Niranjan Basnet is an officer of the Nepal Army against whom there is an arrest warrant pending in Nepal. The warrant is issued by the Kavre District Court on February 10, 2008. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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The recent barbaric attacks and killings of innocent civilians in Puncak Jaya and Nabire regencies and also the intimidation of Muchtar Tabuni who was sentenced to three years in jail for his peace advocacy in Abepura’s prison yesterday will not help... Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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Trinidadian Prime Minister Patrick Manning Sunday formally declared closed the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on Sunday in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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The annual award is organized by The United Nations Development Programme together with Colombian media. Full Article at OH NO THEY DIDN'T
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Nov 30 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday issued revised guidelines for millions of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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Indonesia should release three men imprisoned for raising a banned separatist flag because the harsh punishment undermines the country's democratic values, a prominent rights group said Thursday. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Barbados as they celebrate 43 years of independence on November 30. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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New York, Nov 28 2009 12:10PM The international conference on Afghanistan that will be staged in London early next year provides "a very timely" opportunity to discuss the country's agenda in the wake of its recent presidential elections,... Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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New York, Nov 27 2009 4:10PM The Rector of the Moscow Institute of Open Education and Jordan's Ministry of Information and Communications Techonology have been chosen as the winners of an annual United Nations prize for the use of ICTs in education. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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New York, Nov 27 2009 3:10PM The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today urged the Government of the Philippines to investigate the 23 November attack on a convoy in the province of Minguindanao that left over 55... Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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New York, Nov 27 2009 11:10AM An independent United Nations human rights expert today condemned the series of stonings that have been taking place in Somalia, and called for an urgent end to such "cruel, inhuman and degrading" practices. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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Media release November 29 2009 New Zealand has added three golds to its medal haul making it No 2 on the medal table of 60 countries at the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) World Championships in Argentina. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
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Since 2001, when the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS was signed, the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa is approximately 15 percent lower, which is about 400,000 fewer infections in 2008
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We have made some progress in moving towards a more representative mechanism to manage global economic and financial issues. The same cannot be said about governance of the political and security order. There is a need to reform the United Nations and its Security Council
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If the UNSC (United Nations Security Council) passes a resolution, India has abided with it. Our hope is that whatever steps the United States and other countries take vis-ŕ-vis Iran, it will yield results
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systematic and documented abuse of the scientific process by which an international body that claims it provides the most complete and objective science assessment in the world on the subject of climate change, the United Nations IPCC.
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I met with Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister, my old counterpart at the United Nations and a close friend. I met with members of the Ministry of Defense and reassured them that the United States does not seek a permanent NATO presence in Afghanistan
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The United Nations will continue to be Africa's close and enduring partner in this important effort
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Some of the criticism Israel sees and its isolation in the United Nations clearly comes from a place of anti-Semtism, but not all of it does ... We need to call out anti-Semitism when it's there.
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first needs to clarify where India fits into both its Asia policy and its broader vision of the world. A statement supporting India’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council would send a reassuring signal to New Delhi.
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Thailand should open the door to the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees and allow all of the over 5,000 Lao Hmong refugees in Thailand to be screened and resettled in the third countries that have agreed to grant them political asylum
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but to cite United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at this week's food summit in Rome, there are still 200 million children under age 5 in the developing world who are undernourished and stunted in their growth. Six million of them die every year, from causes related to malnutrition. And the U.S. ...
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Had the United Nations in 1949 been aware that European Jewery were not rooted in Palestine, would it have given them more than half of that now tragic land.
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British newspapers were calling for military intervention; within 20 minutes of the [ITN] report being re-broadcast on American television, George Bush promised to press for a United Nations resolution authorising use of force.
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The emails include discussions of apparent efforts to make sure that reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations group that monitors climate science, include their own views and exclude others. In addition, emails show that climate scientists declined to make their data ...
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This we must all endeavor to do something about immediately. We must ensure that Liberia comes into compliance with the objectives of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015
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The presence of Nigeria is felt in the world in positive ways, including being a member of the Security Council of the United Nations
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It has not been the traditional practice of Australian governments to adopt or endorse some of the one-sided resolutions against Israel that now come before the United Nations
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the largest vote margin on such a resolution on Iran in the (United Nations) ever
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The United States welcomes the resolution passed today by the United Nations calling upon the government of Iran to respect its human rights obligations fully
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Now, Canada is one of the 10 or 12 most important countries in the world. Harper is well-respected, and Canada is entirely credible in promoting reforms of international institutions of which it was a co-founder, such as NATO, the United Nations and the IMF.
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Pittsburgh is like the United Nations, with every demographic represented ... It is a great test market for the young adult trends, as well as high-end fashion with traditional industrial and financial families. Pittsburgh covers the spectrum of fashion.
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The secretary-general looks forward to working closely with both Mr Van Rompuy and Ms Ashton in strengthening cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations
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This pattern of voting clearly indicates yet again that . . . measures should be taken to prevent certain countries such as Canada from abusing the United Nations.
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Our strategy in Afghanistan is supported by the United Nations, 43 troop-deploying countries, and many others who contribute funding and civilian staff. We do not operate alone.
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