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 Iran Tested Advanced  
 Nuke Warhead 
 Technology 

Tehran said to have deployed design still classified in US, Britain

Nov 6, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran has tested nuclear warhead technology so advanced that its very existence is an official secret in the US and Britain, according to a report from the UN’s nuclear watchdog group, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The dossier, obtained by the Guardian, says Iran has tested the high-explosive... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • International Atomic Energy Agency • warheads • Iranian nuclear program

 UN Evacuates Afghan Staff  

Hundreds pulled out after deadly Kabul attack

Nov 5, 09 4:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The United Nations is pulling more than half of its 1,100 international staff in Afghanistan out of the country as the security situation deteriorates. Some of the 600 staffers would return after new security arrangements were made, while others will be permanently relocated, said a spokesman. Much of the... More »

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Afghanistan • United Nations • Kabul • Afghanistan war

UPDATED

 UN Staffers Among 
 Dozen Killed in 
 Kabul Attacks 

Taliban claims responsibility for attacks on guest houses

Oct 28, 09 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six United Nations staffers and six others were killed today when militants armed with automatic weapons, grenades, and suicide vests stormed two guest houses in downtown Kabul where international workers were sleeping. One of the dead was American. The nationalities of the others was not immediately known. Rockets hit another... More »

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Afghanistan • United Nations • Taliban • Kabul • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan election

 Col. Sanders 
 Impersonator Punks UN 

Impersonator dupes security in publicity stunt

Oct 27, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Colonel Sanders lookalike got a diplomat’s welcome at the United Nations, somehow tricking the security guards into letting him in, UN officials sheepishly admitted. Once inside, the KFC mascot met with UN General Assembly President Ali Treki of Libya, even getting his picture snapped shaking hands beneath the... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • publicity stunt • KFC • breach of security • Ban Ki-Moon • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Colonel Sanders

Karzai's Rival
May Boycott
Runoff Vote

Abdullah demands
overhaul of Afghan
election commission

Oct 26, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s strongest political challenger may boycott next month's planned runoff election if the country’s election commission is not completely purged of Karzai supporters. Abdullah Abdullah has consistently charged that without a commission overhaul the vote-rigging which marred the original election is bound to be repeated.... More »

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Afghanistan • United Nations • Hamid Karzai • disputed election • election • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

(AP) - Hamid Karzai intends to announce tomorrow how he will "set the stage" for resolving the country's postelection political crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today. She wouldn't say whether the Afghan president has decided to accept the findings of a UN-backed fraud investigation that threw out nearly a... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • United Nations • Hamid Karzai • secretary of State • runoff election • election • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Suicide Bomber Kills 5 
 at Pakistan UN Office 

Terrorist infiltrated World Food Program headquarters

Oct 5, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide bomber disguised as a security officer infiltrated UN offices in the Pakistani capital today, killing five people and leaving several others critically injured. Witnesses said the blast at the UN World Food Program, in one of Islamabad's more exclusive neighborhoods, shattered windows and left victims lying in pools... More »

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United Nations • terrorism • Pakistan • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Islamabad • World Food Program

UN's Dance Dance Resolution: Protect the Tango

Cultural tradition placed on protected list, as with physical heritage sites

Sep 30, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The tango is a cultural treasure worthy of the same kinds of protection as the Great Wall of China or the California redwoods, the United Nations declared today. The dance, submitted for such recognition by Uruguay and Argentina, “embodies and encourages diversity and cultural dialogue,” the UN Educational,... More »

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entertainment • United Nations • Argentina • dance • Uruguay • UNESCO • tango • cultural heritage

US, Iran May Meet One-on-One on Nukes

Meeting tomorrow could be most direct engagement since the revolution

Sep 30, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - US diplomats will try to meet one-on-one with their Iranian counterparts during tomorrow’s multi-nation negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program. It would be the most significant direct engagement between the two countries since the Iranian revolution. An anonymous official tells the Washington Post that the one-on-one talks would "... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Tehran • nuclear weapons • Washington • diplomat • Geneva


 Iran Allows 
 Swiss Envoys 
 Visit With 
 Detained Hikers 

Policy reversal may be gesture of goodwill ahead of nuclear talks

Sep 29, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has changed its policy on three detained US hikers, allowing Swiss diplomats—who represent American interests in Iran—to visit them. Officials have been denied access to the three Americans since they were detained in July after crossing the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran. Tehran’s reversal may... More »

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Iraq • Iran • United Nations • Tehran • Kurdistan • Switzerland • United States • detainee • UN Security Council • hikers • Shane Bauer • Joshua Fattal • Sarah Shourd

 Israel Committed 
 War Crimes in Gaza: 
 UN Report 

Fact-finding mission recommends world court prosecutor take action

Sep 29, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel committed "actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" during the three-week Gaza war, according to a UN special report that will be released today. The fact-finding mission, headed by the Jewish South African judge Richard Goldstone, also determined that Palestinian militants committed war crimes, but reserved... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • war crimes • crimes against humanity • UN Human Rights Council • International Criminal Court • Gaza war • Arab-Israeli conflict • Richard Goldstone

US Scrambles for Support for Iran Sanctions

Hopes to build coalition even if Russia and China kill UN move

Sep 28, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is rushing to assemble support for tougher economic sanctions against Iran ahead of talks scheduled for Thursday. With Russia and China looming as potential spoilers in the UN Security Council, the administration hopes to assemble a coalition that could independently enact sanctions. But the US’ European allies oppose... More »

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China • Iran • Russia • United Nations • United States • economic sanctions • nuclear program

 Honduran Leaders 
 Will Reopen Talks 

Micheletti agrees to open dialogue with ousted president

Sep 25, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ousted president and acting president of Honduras have agreed to reopen dialogue after the recently returned Manuel Zelaya announced he would accept the results of a November election. Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti held separate meetings with four presidential candidates yesterday and may meet face to face soon, according to... More »

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United Nations • Honduras • election • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

 Gadhafi: 
 Lockerbie Is 
 Over, 'Legally, 
 Politically, 
 Financially' 

'This problem has been solved to the satisfaction of all parties'

Sep 25, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi tried to leaven his image a bit after his 90-minute UN diatribe by sitting down with the Wall Street Journal yesterday. The Libyan strongman assured reporter Jay Solomon he could "comprehend" the anger of Americans who lost friends and relatives in the Lockerbie bombing. He denied orchestrating... More »

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United Nations • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • Lockerbie • UN General Assembly • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(Newser) - The "usual suspects" in the neoconservative camp are apoplectic at President Obama's behavior at the UN, writes Andrew Sullivan. After all, he had the nerve to "engage foreign powers as equals rather than as subordinates." Obama's critics, of course, see America as always in the right—even... More »

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United Nations • UN General Assembly • Obama administration • President Obama • neoconservatives

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez paid President Obama a high compliment at the UN today, asserting that he doesn't have the same satanic odor as George Bush. "I don't smell sulfur anymore," the Venezuelan leader told the General Assembly. "It's gone. Now it's the smell of something else—it's the... More »

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United Nations • Venezuela • Oliver Stone • UN General Assembly • George W. Bush • President Obama • Hugo Chavez

Netanyahu Blasts UN for Ahmadinejad Speech

'Have you no shame?' cries Israeli PM

Sep 24, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t hold back today when he took the stage at the United Nations. The Israeli PM went on a tirade, berating the UN for allowing Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak. “Have you no shame? Have you no decency?” he demanded, after recounting the horrors of... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Holocaust • Benjamin Netanyahu • speech • Holocaust denier

 Obama-Led 
 Security Council 
 OKs Nuke Resolution 

US-drafted measure strengthened by Obama appearance at meeting

Sep 24, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN Security Council today adopted a US-drafted resolution that outlines much of President Obama’s plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The president’s attendance at the meeting of heads of state—just the fifth in UN history—underscores the centrality of the issue for his administration.... More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • UN Security Council • UN resolution • Obama administration • President Obama • head of state

 Obama Scores on Nuclear Proliferation at UN 

Manages to get Russia and China to cooperate

Sep 24, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama scored two significant victories at the UN yesterday, cajoling Dmitry Medvedev into saying he would get behind tougher nuclear sanctions against Iran, and convincing both Russia and China to support a resolution strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Publicly the administration wouldn’t acknowledge any quid-pro-quo, but several official... More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • United Nations • UN sanctions • Dmitry Medvedev

OPINION

 Gadhafi Rant: Not All Nonsense 

Buried in 96-minute diatribe was a smart UN reform proposal

Sep 24, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - His swine flu conspiracy theories and who-shot-JFK musings may have got the headlines, but Moammar Gadhafi actually made a few good points during his 96-minute monologue at the UN General Assembly, blogs Gideon Rachman. The Libyan colonel is totally right that the Security Council is outdated and doesn't represent the... More »

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United Nations • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • UN General Assembly • UN Security Council

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