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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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UN Security Council stories: 75 news summaries

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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

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

 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

(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

(Newser) - North Korea says it will view any punishment for its recent rocket launch as a threat to its very sovereignty and will take "necessary and strong steps" in response, the BBC reports. It did not specify what those steps might be. "Every country has the inalienable right to... More »

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North Korea • ICBMS • Pyongyang • rocket • Kim Jong Il • UN Security Council

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

 Korea Rocket 
 Never Made Orbit 

More evidence that 'satellite' rocket was missile test

Apr 5, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's launch early this morning of what officials said was a satellite rocket never made orbit, despite the nation's claims to the contrary, according to US and South Korean officials. The finding was further evidence that the launch was a ballistic missile test disguised as part of a space... More »

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North Korea • satellite • rocket • UN Security Council • President Obama • failure

North Korea Makes Threat Over Missile Launch

Vows to restart nuclear plants if sanctioned

Mar 26, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea said today it would reopen its nuclear facilities if the UN Security Council takes action over a planned missile launch, Reuters reports. If the UN adds sanctions against North Korea, Pyongyang said it would reverse the closing of both a nuclear reactor and its Yongbyon atomic plant, which... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • missile • satellite • rocket • Kim Jong Il • UN Security Council

 Iran Nears Nuke Breakthrough 

Iran could have nuclear weapon by 2010

Jan 28, 09 2:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran may be mere months away from amassing enough low-enriched uranium to begin the next step in developing nuclear weapons, reports the Daily Telegraph. If the regime overcomes certain technical hurdles and further enriches its uranium to weapons grade, it could potentially develop a nuclear warhead by next year, reports... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear weapons • Natanz • enriched uranium • UN Security Council • Obama administration • International Institute for Strategic Studies • Shahab-3

 Obama Out to Topple Mugabe 

US to lead push for UN sanctions

Jan 28, 09 1:49 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama is preparing to lead an international effort to crack down on the Mugabe regime with an aim to driving the controversial autocrat from office, reports the Times of London. The US will push for tougher UN sanctions against Zimbabwe, including a foreign investment ban, and press Russia and... More »

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China • Russia • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • sanctions • Susan Rice • Zanu-PF • UN Security Council • Obama administration • Southern African Development Community

 Stop Gaza 
 Fighting, UN 
 Boss Pleads 

'Society being destroyed' in Gaza, says Ban Ki-Moon

Jan 13, 09 2:13 AM CST
(Newser) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, where Israeli tanks and troops were driving even deeper into Gaza City today in search of Hamas positions. Ban Ki-Moon, preparing for a trip to the region to personally push for a ceasefire, mourned the loss of... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Gaza City • Palestinians • ceasefire • UN Security Council • Ban Ki-Moon • UN Secretary General

 Israel Rebuffs UN, 
 May Call in Reservists 

Cabinet mulls new phase to offensive as bombs rain on Gaza

Jan 9, 09 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel pushed ahead with its military operation in Gaza today, despite a unanimous Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. On the 14th day of the offensive, warplanes bombed the outskirts of Gaza City and tanks shelled a house in the north of the Strip, killing six Palestinians from... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Hamas • Tzipi Livni • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • UN Security Council

US Blocks UN Call
for Gaza Truce

Americans want Hamas labeled 'terrorist'

Jan 4, 09 7:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The US has blocked Libya’s push to issue a UN Security Council call for a Gaza ceasefire, Reuters reports. Libya, the only Arab member of the council, had circulated a draft statement expressing "serious concern"  and urging all parties to "observe an immediate ceasefire." American... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Hamas • United States • Libya • Israeli offensive • UN Security Council

 Israelis Mass 
 at Gaza Border 
 After Fresh Strikes 

Gaza death toll hits 300

Dec 29, 08 3:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli troops massed at the border today as Gaza's death toll hit at least 300 following fresh Israeli air strikes overnight. Bombs decimated a mosque and family home—reportedly killing 5 children—as well as a university Israeli officials said contained explosives labs that aid Hamas' insurgency, CNN reports. Israeli... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • Hamas • death toll • soldier • airstrike • UN Security Council

Pirates Step Up Attacks After UN OKs More Force

Security Council says foreign forces can pursue Somali miscreants onto land

Dec 17, 08 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Pirates attacked more vessels off the coast of Somalia today despite a UN Security Council decision green-lighting foreign military forces to pursue them on land, reports the BBC. Four ships were attacked, and three—a tugboat, merchant ship, and private yacht—were being held by the pirates. A Chinese ship... More »

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China • Somalia • Russia • pirates • UN Security Council • Ban Ki-Moon

Russia Blocks UN Effort to End Georgia War

Moscow refuses call
to withdraw troops
to pre-conflict lines

Aug 20, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has rejected a draft Security Council resolution seeking to end the violence in Georgia, reports the BBC, by rejecting the UN body's call to return to its pre-conflict positions. Russia, which wants to keep its troops inside South Ossetia, said that the clause contradicts last week's ceasefire. Moscow holds... More »

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Russia • United Nations • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia • ceasefire • NATO summit • UN Security Council • UN resolution

OPINION

Bush Doctrine Enabled Putin's Georgia War

Iraq action opened Pandora's box of unilateralism

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... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • unilateralism • George W. Bush • UN Security Council • South Ossetia

World to Iran: More Sanctions in Store

Move follows missed deadline concerning nuclear program

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... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • sanctions • nuclear enrichment • UN Security Council

Iran Refuses to Cede Nuclear Rights

President rejects deadline for halting uranium enrichment

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... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Syria • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Bashar al Assad • nuclear weapons • uranium enrichment • international sanctions • UN Security Council

Iranian Official Balks at Start of 6-Nation Talks

Delegate promises 'no chance' of suspension of uranium enrichment

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... More »

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Iran • United States • uranium enrichment • nuclear enrichment • six party talks • UN sanctions • UN Security Council

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