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July 2008
- Sudanese Leader Shows 'Soft' Side in Darfur
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 24, 08 8:19 AM CDT
  
  Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president allegedly behind one of the world's worst campaigns of genocide and rape, traveled to Darfur yesterday to begin an uncharacteristic charm offensive. "We are with you, Darfur!", the president said, as he danced at a rally packed with thousands who appeared to have been forced to attend. The spectacle is part of Bashir's effort to head off an arrest warrant sought by prosecutors in The Hague, reports the New York Times . More »
  
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  United Nations • Sudan • Darfur • genocide • Crisis in Darfur • Omar al Bashir
- Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 23, 08 6:22 AM CDT
  
  Former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic is finally behind bars, but his alleged partner in genocide, Gen. Ratko Mladic, remains at large. Mladic is an even more ruthless figure who until a few years ago brazenly appeared in downtown Belgrade, attending soccer games and eating at gourmet restaurants, despite a $5 million reward for his capture, AP reports. More »
  
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  United Nations • Serbia • genocide • war crimes • Bosnia • Belgrade • Boris Tadic • The Hague • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • Srebrenica • Ratko Mladic
- Cambodia, Thailand on Brink of War
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph | Jul 23, 08 5:17 AM CDT
  
  Cambodia has appealed to the UN to help defuse an "imminent state of war" with Thailand, the Daily Telegraph reports. Some 1,500 troops armed with heavy artillery are in a standoff at an ancient temple in a disputed frontier area. Cambodian officials are accusing Thailand of aggression and say thousands of Thai troops are massing at the border. More »
  
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  United Nations • Thailand • Cambodia • border dispute • temple
- Serbia Collars Karadzic for War Crimes
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 21, 08 5:40 PM CDT
  
  Serbian forces arrested Radovan Karadzic today after hunting the war crimes fugitive for 12 years, the AP reports. The former Bosnian Serb president, collared with other suspected war criminals, will likely be sent to the UN war crimes court in the Hague. The tribunal has indicted him twice, once for approving the murder of civilians in Sarajevo and later for organizing the genocide of 8,000 Muslim men in Bosnia. More »
  
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  United Nations • Serbia • war crimes • Bosnia • Radovan Karadzic • international war crimes tribunal
- Ahmadinejad Upbeat Despite Sanction Threats
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 20, 08 8:52 AM CDT
  
  After nuclear talks in Geneva ended in a deadlock yesterday, major powers gave Iran a two-week deadline to halt uranium enrichment or face tougher EU and UN sanctions, Reuters reports. But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today presented an upbeat analysis of the discussions. "Any negotiation that takes place is a step forward," the Iranian president told state media reporters. More »
  
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  Iran • United Nations • European Union • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear enrichment • uranium enrichment • Saeed Jalili • international sanctions • Javier Solana • Geneva • William Burns
- Gene Raises AIDS Risk in Africa
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jul 16, 08 10:14 PM CDT
  
  A gene extremely common among Africans but almost unknown other ethnic groups may be rendering people of sub-Saharan Africa more susceptible to HIV and AIDS, the Times of London reports. The gene variant—common because it provides malaria protection—makes carriers 40% more likely to contract HIV and could be responsible for 11%, or 2.5 million, of the AIDS cases in Africa, the continent hardest hit by the disease. More »
  
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  United Nations • Africa • AIDS • HIV • malaria • University College London • AIDS epidemic
- So-Called 'New Powers' Are Acting Spineless
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 16, 08 10:03 AM CDT
  
  Critics of unchecked and amoral American power should be wary of prospective new world hegemons—especially China, Russia, and South Africa, Thomas Friedman warns in the New York Times . America's international popularity has plummeted under President Bush, but it's the more popular countries that have been acting unconscionably on the world stage. More »
  
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  China • Russia • United Nations • United States • Robert Mugabe • UN sanctions • UN Security Council • anti-Americanism
- Sudan President Accused of War Crimes
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 14, 08 7:21 AM CDT
  
  Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was officially accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity today in International Criminal Court, the BBC reports. The court must now decide whether to issue a warrant for Bashir’s arrest. If it does, Sudan’s government says it will disrupt the peace process in Darfur, and cause mayhem throughout the country. More »
  
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  United Nations • Sudan • Darfur • genocide • war crimes • Omar al Bashir • crimes against humanity • International Criminal Court
- Russia, China Nix UN Embargo on Zimbabwe
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 11, 08 6:41 PM CDT
  
  Russia and China today threw out a UN resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for its violent presidential election, Reuters reports. Nine countries supported the US-backed sanctions, which would levied an arms embargo and restricted the travel and finances of officials, including President Mugabe. But five nations voted against it, calling the resolution unworthy of the UN Security Council. More »
  
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  China • Russia • United Nations • United States • Zimbabwe • Zimbabwe elections • UN Security Council • UN resolution
- Sudan's President to Face Genocide Charge
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 11, 08 8:50 AM CDT
  
  The International Criminals Court will charge Sudan leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide Monday in the wake of a five-year campaign of violence that has left hundreds of thousands dead, the Washington Post reports. It will be the first time the court has charged a sitting head of state. But some at the UN worry the move will disrupt peacekeeping and relief efforts in Darfur, perhaps sparking a military backlash against UN and African Union forces. More »
  
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  United Nations • Sudan • Darfur • emergency aid • peacekeeping force • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court
- China's Economy Will Dwarf US
  
  newser | AFP | Jul 9, 08 7:33 AM CDT
  
  China is the world's economic superpower of the future and will dwarf the financial might of the US, according to a new study by an American research organization. China's economy will surpass the US economy by 2035—and be more than double its size by 2050, predicts the report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. More »
  
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  China • US economy • United Nations • World Bank • International Monetary Fund • Chinese economy • Chinese Communist party
June 2008
- Big US Food Shipment Marks Korea Progress
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 30, 08 1:56 PM CDT
  
  After a major US food shipment arrived yesterday, North Korea has approved a plan for the UN's World Food Program to expand aid delivered to the country, and has agreed to allow UN monitors more access to track where the food ends up, the Washington Post reports. "This marks a major advance in the way we work in this country," an official said. More »
  
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  United Nations • North Korea • World Food Program
- Bush Demands Action Against Zimbabwe
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 28, 08 1:00 PM CDT
  
  Washington is seeking ways to punish Robert Mugabe for his violent "sham" of an election, President Bush said today. Bush has ordered Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to work up sanctions against Zimbabwe, which ran a runoff ballot yesterday with Mugabe the sole candidate. Rice vowed to "press for strong action by the United Nations" against the African nation. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Bush administration • United Nations • Condoleezza Rice • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • sanctions • UN sanctions • UN resolution
- Tsvangirai: Why I Dropped Out
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jun 25, 08 5:58 AM CDT
  
  ZImbabwe's opposition leader tells the Guardian that he dropped out of Friday's run-off election because he "can no longer allow Zimbabwe's people to suffer this torture." Morgan Tsvangirai explains that ending his campaign was "not a political decision" but an attempt to stop the violence inflicted by Robert Mugabe's thugs. More »
  
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  United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • Morgan Tsvangirai • peacekeeping force
- South African Prez to Plead With Mugabe to Save Race
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jun 24, 08 4:30 AM CDT
  
  The president of South Africa is is flying today to Zimbabwe to plead with strongman Robert Mugabe to save this week's presidential election after Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew to protest government violence. Britain’s foreign secretary said an uncontested race would be “the most rigged election in African history" and called on nations to refuse to recognize the results, reports the Times of London. More »
  
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  Great Britain • United Nations • Zimbabwe • Gordon Brown • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • UN Security Council
- Saudis Bumping Oil Flow 2% to Slow Soaring Prices
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 16, 08 7:02 AM CDT
  
  Saudi Arabia, worried soaring prices could weaken the world's appetite for oil, will increase production by 200,000 barrels a day, beginning next month, the Saudi oil minister told UN chief Ban Ki-moon in a meeting yesterday. The move follows a May increase of 300,000 barrels, the AP notes. More »
  
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  United Nations • oil price • Saudi Arabia • OPEC • oil production
- Ping-Pong Got Ball Rolling to Beijing Games
  
  newser | Sports Illustrated | Jun 12, 08 12:43 PM CDT
  
  It wasn't statesmen who broke China's 22 years of isolation from the West in 1971, but rather, Sports Illustrated notes, grown men with paddles. When Glenn Cowan accidentally jumped on the Chinese team bus during world table-tennis championships in Japan, star Zhuang Zedong brushed aside Mao's anti-capitalist harangues to greet the American and start building a bridge that will lead to August's Beijing Olympics. More »
  
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  China • United Nations • 2008 Beijing Olympics • United States • Mao Zedong • Ping Pong diplomacy • table tennis
- Amid Pressure, Helping Iran on Nuke Power More Popular
  
  newser | Boston Globe | Jun 10, 08 2:45 PM CDT
  
  Even as US and European leaders warned today of new sanctions, a controversial plan to help Iran build an internationally run nuclear enrichment facility is gaining traction in Washington, the Boston Globe reports. The Bush administration rejected the proposal from MIT scientists 3 years ago, but now legislators from both parties, as well as Iranian officials, think it could help break the deadlock. More »
  
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  Iran • United Nations • nuclear proliferation • nuclear enrichment • nuclear facilities
- Food vs. Fuel Battle Flares at UN Summit
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 4, 08 10:57 AM CDT
  
  The battle over biofuels is raging at the UN’s food summit in Rome, with nations bitterly divided over whether growing corn and sugar cane for ethanol production is pushing food prices up and helping create disastrous global food shortages. On one side: Food experts who call diversion of crops to fill the fuel tanks of wealthy nations immoral. On the other: the US, Brazil, and the EU, the main players on the biofuel stage. More »
  
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  United Nations • food prices • biofuel • ethanol • food shortage • food aid • food production
- UN Boosts Members' Powers to Fight Africa Piracy
  
  newser | CNN | Jun 3, 08 12:56 PM CDT
  
  With piracy a growing problem off the Horn of Africa, the UN will allow its members to combat pirates using “all necessary means,” including chasing them into Somali waters, CNN reports. Somalia’s transitional government supports the move. More than two dozen pirate attacks have been reported in the area in 2008, including nine successful hijackings. More »
  
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  United Nations • Security Council • piracy • Somalia • UN Security Council • pirates • Horn of Africa

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