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 6,500 Civilians Dead as 
 Sri Lanka War Nears End 

Army, rebels both accused of exacerbating death toll

Apr 24, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(AP) - Nearly 6,500 ethnic Tamil civilians have been killed in the last 3 months of fighting in Sri Lanka, the UN estimates. The level of civilian deaths has increased dramatically as the bloody 26-year civil war draws to a close, with the army pressing Tamil separatists into a tiny coastal... More »

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United Nations • civilian casualties • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • civilians • Mahinda Rajapaksa

(Newser) - Thousands more civilians flooded out of the final battlefield in Sri Lanka’s civil war today, bringing the total number of displaced to more than 80,000, Reuters reports. The UN said that number could be as high as 110,000, though only 7,500 had reached refugee camps clear... More »

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United Nations • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • refugee • civilians • military offensive • stronghold

 Iranian Prez Dropped Holocaust 
 Denial From UN Speech 

Ahmadinejad had called it 'ambiguous and dubious'

Apr 21, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(AP) - It didn't stop a mass walkout, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad actually toned down the speech he gave at a UN racism conference yesterday, the UN said today, dropping language denying the reality of the Holocaust. In the original text of his speech, he said of Western nations: "Following... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Holocaust • Switzerland • racism • conference • speech • Ban Ki-Moon • denial

(Newser) - Delegates stormed out of the United Nations conference on racism today in Geneva, protesting a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the New York Times reports. The Iranian president used his speech to criticize Israel for leaving “an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering,” in an effort... More »

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Iran • Israel • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Palestine • racism

Israel Yanks Ambassador
to Switzerland

Outraged as Iranian, Swiss leaders meet at UN racism conference

Apr 20, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has angrily called home its ambassador to Switzerland after that country's president met with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of a politically charged UN meeting on racism that began today, the Times of London reports. On Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day, Switzerland’s “guest of honor is a racist... More »

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Iran • Israel • United Nations • Australia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Germany • Poland • Holocaust • Canada • Italy • Switzerland • United States • Benjamin Netanyahu • Netherlands • New Zealand • racism • boycott • ambassador • Ban Ki-Moon

US Boycotts United Nations Racism Meeting

Obama bows out
over Israel critique;
black caucus upset

Apr 18, 09 8:10 PM CDT
(AP) - The Obama administration will boycott "with regret" a UN conference on racism next week over language in the meeting's final document that could single out Israel for criticism and restrict free speech, the State Department said today. The decision will likely please Jewish groups that lobbied against US participation,... More »

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Barack Obama • United Nations • African Americans • racism • Israel and Palestinians

UN Pressure Is 'Declaration of War': N. Korea

Outrage over rocket launch makes conflict
'a matter of time'

Apr 18, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea will consider pressure from Western nations over its recent rocket launch to be a  "declaration of war," Pyongyang said today. The nation is already increasing its "defense capability including nuclear deterrent in every way" due to US and UN criticism of the launch, which... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • sanctions • UN Security Council • DPRK • deterrent • declaration of war

(Newser) - Following a UN reprimand—and North Korea’s indignant exit from multilateral talks on its nuclear program—Pyongyang has expelled international inspectors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The International Atomic Energy Agency will announce the move shortly. North Korea called the UN statement an “unbearable insult,” but... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • International Atomic Energy Agency • expel • nuclear inspections • Kim Jong Il • inspectors

N. Korea Says It's Done With Nuke Talks

UN's 'unbearable insult' sparks threat to re-start plutonium production 

Apr 14, 09 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has vowed to never again take part in talks over its nuclear program after the "unbearable insult" of the UN Security Council's condemnation of its rocket launch, the BBC reports. A strongly worded statement from the country's foreign ministry also threatened to reactivate its partially dismantled nuclear... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • Yongbyon • missile • six party talks • UN Security Council

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 UN Condemns 
 N. Korea's Rocket Launch 

Statement demands end to nuclear program, proposes more sanctions

Apr 13, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A week after North Korea's rocket launch, the UN Security Council today condemned the action, demanding an end to missile tests and vowing to expand sanctions against the reclusive nation. The statement, agreed upon by all 15 members and read at a formal meeting of the UN's most powerful body,... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • sanctions • missile • UN resolution

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 Defiant 
 Ahmadinejad 
 Blasts US, UN 

In lengthy interview, Iranian Prez gives his opinions on Obama, Iraq, Europe

Apr 12, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The diminutive leader of Iran has a big ego and is a big talker: in a lengthy interview with Der Spiegel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talked a lot—about his feelings for President Obama, his beef with Iraq, and other international issues—but in the end, avoided answering many of the... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Iran • Barack Obama • United Nations • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • foreign policy • interview

 UN Powers Agree 
 to Slam N. Korean 
 Rocket Launch 

But critics question if pact is legally binding

Apr 11, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Key Security Council nations reached an agreement today on a statement that would condemn North Korea's rocket launch and toughen UN sanctions against it. The US, China, Russia, Britain, France and Japan approved the pact after Tokyo backed down from a demand for a new resolution, which is the strongest... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • sanctions • John Bolton • missile • Susan Rice • UN Security Council

Japan Tightens N. Korea Sanctions

UN fails to agree on punishment for
rocket launch

Apr 10, 09 2:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japan is punishing North Korea for its recent rocket launch with renewed and tightened sanctions, the BBC reports. Japan has lowered the cap on monetary transmissions to reduce the flow of money into the country. A ban on imports from North Korea remains in place, but a total ban on... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • Japan • sanctions • missile

 Somalia Piracy Hampers 
 Food Aid: UN 

Danger of hijacking has raised costs dramatically, WFP official says

Apr 9, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Piracy off the coast of Somalia is making relief organizations' work even more difficult, Reuters reports. The UN’s World Food Program  today decried both the hijacking of ships bearing aid supplies—the Maersk Alabama, for example, had 232 WFP containers on board when it was seized this week—and... More »

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Somalia • United Nations • piracy • shipping container • insurance • shipping • food aid • World Food Program • international aid

(Newser) - The US wants to be a direct party to nuclear talks between Iran and the UN, CNN reports. Washington had stayed away from earlier negotiations because it has no diplomatic relationship with the country, but the State Department said today it had asked an EU official to invite Iran to... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear power • Germany • European Union • State Department • nuclear weapons • United States • uranium enrichment • negotiations • UN Security Council

China Firm Sold Illegal Nuke Materials to Iran: Prosecutors

Company said to have sent tons of supplies, breaching UN rules

Apr 7, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York officials today charged a Chinese businessman with illegally selling tons of materials to Iran that could be used to make rockets and nuclear weapons, the New York Times reports. Sales in 2006-08 of tungsten and other metals, often through shell firms, break UN rules, prosecutors say. Li Fang... More »

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China • Iran • United Nations • nuclear weapons • nuclear • sales • indictment • rockets

 Attacks on Aid Workers 
 Hit Record in 2008 

It's more dangerous to distribute aid than fight as a UN peacekeeper

Apr 6, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A shocking number of fatal attacks on international aid workers made 2008 the most dangerous year yet to perform such work, Reuters reports. Last year, 260 workers were attacked on the job, 122 fatally; the majority were working in Somalia, Darfur, or Afghanistan. The Center on International Cooperation’s study... More »

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Afghanistan • United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • peacekeeper • aid workers • International Committee of the Red Cross

UN Split Over Response to
N. Korea Rocket

Russia, China resist
as US, Japan call
for punishment

Apr 6, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and Japan have hit international resistance as they push for a firm response to yesterday’s North Korean rocket launch over Japan, the Guardian reports. As the second day of emergency UN talks begins today, China and Russia aren’t backing a proposed statement condemning the move from... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • United Nations • Japan • sanctions • United States • punishment • rocket • UN Security Council

UN Picks Judge to Probe Israeli 'War Crimes'

Jewish South African will investigate allegations of abuses

Apr 3, 09 5:39 AM CDT
(AP) - The UN has named a Jewish judge from South Africa to lead a high-level mission to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, reports the AP. Richard Goldstone, the UN's former chief prosecutor for war crimes in Yugoslavia and Rwanda, will head the probe ordered by... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • war crimes • South Africa • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict

(Newser) - In another reversal of Bush policy, the Obama administration said today it would seek to join the UN Human Rights Council. The US will participate in May elections for one of three open seats on the 3-year-old body, the Washington Post reports. Bushies declined to join, arguing that the council... More »

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Hillary Clinton • United Nations • human rights • United Nations Human Rights Council • President Obama

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