Syrian government forces on Tuesday brushed aside a stern castigation from the top United Nations human rights official, resuming what one activist called “brutal shelling” of the city of Homs.
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UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a Western and Arab-sponsored U.N. resolution condemning Syria’s violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, throwing their prestige and power behind President Bashar al-Assad as he intensifies a military operation aimed at crushing the 10-month-old uprising. Read full article > >
Last year was the deadliest for civilians in the decade-long U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, according to a United Nations report released Saturday. The report said 3,021 civilians were killed in 2011, an 8 percent increase from 2010. It was the fifth consecutive year that the number of deaths has increased. Read full article > >
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Russia said it still had a “number of concerns” over a tentative plan by the United Nations Security Council aimed at stemming the bloodshed in Syria.
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Russia Rejects Draft U.N. Resolution on Syria
Ambassadors worked Thursday on a revised Syria resolution, as bartering focused on the conditions under which President Bashar al-Assad could be asked to step down.
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A United Nations mission on Tuesday tentatively supported new stress tests designed to determine whether Japan’s nuclear plants can withstand another emergency.
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Iran’s foreign minister was reported on Monday to have offered to extend a three-day visit to his country by United Nations inspectors.
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Iran Offers to Extend U.N. Nuclear Inspection
Heavy bloodshed was reported Friday as Arab League monitors expressed exasperation and the United Nations made a step toward a possible resolution condemning the government.
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Violence Rises Sharply in Syria, Flustering Arab League Monitors
VATICAN CITY — The world economy needs “new rules” to overcome the current financial crisis and to ensure that “all can lead a dignified life,” Pope Benedict XVI told Vatican diplomats on Monday (Jan. 9). Benedict’s New Year’s address to diplomats accredited to the Holy See traditionally presents the Vatican’s views on global affairs. The Holy See has diplomatic relations with 179 countries, and is a permanent observer at the United Nations. Read full article > >
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Pope tells diplomats that economy needs ‘new rules’
VATICAN CITY — The world economy needs “new rules” to overcome the current financial crisis and to ensure that “all can lead a dignified life,” Pope Benedict XVI told Vatican diplomats on Monday (Jan. 9). Benedict’s New Year’s address to diplomats accredited to the Holy See traditionally presents the Vatican’s views on global affairs. The Holy See has diplomatic relations with 179 countries, and is a permanent observer at the United Nations. Read full article > >
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Iran’s nuclear agency announced a step forward in spite of United Nations sanctions and measures by the United States and others to stop the nation’s atomic work.
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Iran Says It Has Produced a Nuclear Fuel Rod
UNITED NATIONS — More than 5,000 people have died in the nine-month-long Syrian uprising, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said Monday. Pillay, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, told reporters Monday that she told Security Council members of the dramatic increase in deaths during an afternoon briefing. Read full article > >
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UN rights chief Navi Pillay says more than 5,000 killed in Syrian conflict
ONCE AGAIN a poorly run election in a volatile African country threatens an explosion of bloodshed. The setting this time is particularly concerning: Congo, a country nearly the size of Western Europe, with a population of more than 70 million — and a history of civil war that killed millions between 1997 and 2002. An election Nov. 28 pitted the incumbent president, Joseph Kabila, against a 78-year-old populist icon, Étienne Tshisekedi. Poor organization, violence and attempts at manipulation made both the vote and the subsequent count a mess. On Friday, Mr. Kabila was declared the winner , but Mr. Tshisekedi refused to accept the result, and some of his supporters clashed with security forces in the capital, Kinshasa. Though an uneasy calm prevailed Sunday, Congo’s neighbors, the United Nations and outside parties such as the United States will have to keep working to prevent a crisis. Read full article > >
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More than 190 nations agreed to work toward a treaty that would require all countries to reduce emissions that contribute to global warming.
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U.N. Climate Talks End With Deal for New Emissions Treaty
Afghan civilian deaths hit record high in 2011, U.N. report says
Saturday, February 4th, 2012United Nations Tentatively Backs Japans Nuclear Stress Tests
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Violence Rises Sharply in Syria, Flustering Arab League Monitors
Friday, January 27th, 2012UN rights chief Navi Pillay says more than 5,000 killed in Syrian conflict
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