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August 2008
- Bush Doctrine Enabled Putin's Georgia War
  
  Salon | Aug 14, 08 1:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush's "howls of outrage" at Russia's unilateral action and calls for regime change in the Caucasus ring more than a little hollow to Juan Cole of Salon, who remembers all too well a similar situation not long ago. "Vladimir Putin's invoking Bush's Iraq adventure points directly to the way in which Bush has enabled other world powers to act impulsively," Cole writes. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Russia • Georgia • Vladimir Putin • South Ossetia • UN Security Council • unilateralism
- World to Iran: More Sanctions in Store
  
  Associated Press | Aug 4, 08 6:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Iran faces new global sanctions after ignoring an offer designed to halt its uranium enrichment program, the AP reports. In a move intended to boost international pressure, the UN Security Council's permanent members, plus Germany, agreed today that their only option is to turn up the heat. "Iran has a clear choice: engagement or isolation," a US State Department spokesman said. More »
  
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  Iran • nuclear weapons • sanctions • nuclear enrichment • UN Security Council
- Iran Refuses to Cede Nuclear Rights
  
  Associated Press | Aug 3, 08 12:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected an informal deadline from the UN Security Council to halt its uranium enrichment program, the AP reports. In talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Ahmadinejad refused to cede "a single iota of its nuclear rights" despite threats of more sanctions. Tehran maintains its nuclear program is aimed at producing power, and says it's open to international talks. More »
  
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  Iran • United Nations • Syria • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear weapons • UN Security Council • uranium enrichment • Bashar al Assad • international sanctions
July 2008
- Iranian Official Balks at Start of 6-Nation Talks
  
  Associated Press | Jul 19, 08 7:40 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - Tehran has ruled out freezing its uranium enrichment program, casting doubt over the value of talks between Iran and six world powers less than an hour after they started. The Geneva talks—with the US in attendance for the first time—had raised expectations of possible compromise on a formula under which Iran would agree to stop expanding its enrichment activities, which can produce either fuel for nuclear power stations or the material used in warheads. More »
  
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  Iran • United States • nuclear enrichment • UN sanctions • UN Security Council • uranium enrichment • six party talks
- So-Called 'New Powers' Are Acting Spineless
  
  New York Times | Jul 16, 08 10:03 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
- Russia, China Nix UN Embargo on Zimbabwe
  
  Reuters | Jul 11, 08 6:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
June 2008
- South African Prez to Plead With Mugabe to Save Race
  
  Times (UK) | Jun 24, 08 4:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
- UN Takes Up Zimbabwe Action Today
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 23, 08 9:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The UN Security Council today will address the struggle for power in Zimbabwe, one day after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dropped out of the presidential race because of violent intimidation, the Guardian reports. The US, Britain, and France hope to convince China and Russia to condemn Robert Mugabe's government. The EU, meanwhile, is pushing for penalties of its own, and African countries are considering how to proceed. More »
  
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  Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Zimbabwe elections • UN Security Council • international sanctions
- UN Boosts Members' Powers to Fight Africa Piracy
  
  CNN | Jun 3, 08 12:56 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 • piracy • Security Council • Somalia • pirates • UN Security Council • Horn of Africa
May 2008
- US Must Seize Chance to Make Impact on Darfur
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 15, 08 11:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US will take over as president of the UN Security Council next month, and, in the Wall Street Journal, Mia Farrow and Nancy Soderberg say that ending the Darfur genocide should be a key goal during its term. Sudan is denying entry to all non-African UN peacekeepers, the actress and the ex-ambassador explain, so the US must coordinate support and training. More »
  
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  Sudan • Darfur • Crisis in Darfur • UN Security Council • peacekeeper • Mia Farrow • peacekeeping mission
April 2008
- 300,000 Dead in Darfur: UN
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 23, 08 6:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The UN's humanitarian chief has painted a grim picture of the situation in Darfur, estimating that disease, war, and famine have claimed 300,000 lives in the region since conflict broke out in 2003—100,000 of them since 2006. People are continuing to die as efforts to solve the crisis have stalled, he warned the Security Council. More »
  
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  United Nations • Sudan • Darfur • genocide • UN Security Council • humanitarian crisis
- Talks Don't Yield New Nuclear Offer for Iran
  
  Reuters | Apr 16, 08 5:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A meeting in Shanghai of permanent UN Security Council members and Germany failed to produce a new set of incentives to offer Iran for cessation of its nuclear activities, Reuters reports. "We can say we agreed on the main content of a plan to restart negotiations, but not all the problems have been resolved," a senior Chinese diplomat said today. More »
  
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  China • Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • sanctions • nuclear enrichment • UN Security Council • nuclear arsenal • six party talks • incentive plans
- Mugabe Didn't Win: Brown
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 16, 08 1:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gordon Brown said today Robert Mugabe lost Zimbabwe’s March 29 election, implying that Mugabe means to change the results while delaying their release, the Guardian reports. "No one thinks, having seen the result at the polling stations, that President Mugabe has won. … A stolen election would not be an election at all," Britain's prime minister told the UN Security Council. More »
  
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  Great Britain • Zimbabwe • Gordon Brown • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Zanu-PF • Movement for Democratic Change • MDC • UN Security Council • labor strike
- US Military to Finally Release AP Photog
  
  Associated Press | Apr 15, 08 3:20 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer detained in Iraq for two years will finally be released tomorrow, the US military has announced. Bilal Hussein, 36, was held on suspicion of having links to insurgents but was never brought to trial, and the military has now determined he's not a threat to security, AP reports. More »
  
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  US Marine Corps • Human Rights Watch • UN Security Council • Committee to Protect Journalists