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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Thousands 
 Flee as Congo 
 Ceasefire Fails 

Heads of state meet as army, rebels kill dozens

Nov 7, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The ceasefire in eastern Congo crumbled yesterday as Tutsi rebels and Hutu militias did battle, leaving dozens of bodies lying in the streets of a town near the Rwandan border and forcing 35,000 residents to flee, the Guardian reports. Hutu residents have accused the rebel army of Laurent Nkunda... More »

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Democratic Republic of Congo • Rwanda • Tutsi • rebel fighters • Goma • Ban Ki-Moon • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

 UN Boss Jets 
 to Congo Amid 
 New Fighting 

Fears of a wider conflict grow as rebel leader threatens to take Goma

Nov 5, 08 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - UN chief Ban Ki-Moon is traveling to the Democratic Republic of Congo to press for a peace deal just as new fighting breaks out, the Guardian reports. The Congolese government has rejected peace talks with the rebels, who have vowed to attack the provincial capital of Goma and continue a... More »

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United Nations • peacekeeping force • Democratic Republic of Congo • humanitarian crisis • Rwanda • Ban Ki-Moon • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

 Burma Still 
 Cleaning Up 
 6 Months Later 

Cyclone killed more than 80,000, with more than 50,000 others listed as missing

Nov 2, 08 7:18 PM CST
(AP) - Six months after Cyclone Nargis smashed into Burma's coastline, killing tens of thousands of people, aid groups say once-lagging relief efforts have picked up pace but the task of rebuilding and recovery is far from finished, the AP reports. Foreign aid staffers were initially barred from cyclone-affected areas and the... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • disaster recovery • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta • Ban Ki-Moon

UN Chief Urges 50% Boost
in Food Production

Ban warns of further riots, starvation if high prices aren't contained

Jun 3, 08 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN chief Ban Ki-Moon today called for a 50% rise in world food production by 2030 to fight starvation and civil unrest as the population grows. He spoke at the World Food Security conference in Rome, where world leaders are working to address the highest commodity prices in decades. Such... More »

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United Nations • Rome • starvation • food prices • Ban Ki-Moon • world food summit • food production

UN Head: Drop Policies That
Up Food Prices

Ban urges global response to avert
mass starvation

Jun 2, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will plead with world leaders at a food summit in Rome tomorrow to suspend trade restrictions, agricultural taxes, and other price controls that have helped create the highest food prices in 30 years, reports the Washington Post. Ban will also urge the US and other... More »

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food • United Nations • agriculture • Robert Zoellick • farmer • food prices • Ban Ki-Moon

 China Says Toll May Hit 80,000 

UN chief visits hard-hit region, praises recovery

May 24, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Up to 80,000 people may have been killed in Sichuan earthquake, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said today, suggesting that hopes of rescuing any of the approximately 20,000 people listed as missing are just about extinguished. The revision came as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited some of the hardest... More »

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China • death toll • China earthquake • Ban Ki-Moon

 Burma Agrees to Accept All Aid 

Junta drops opposition to aid workers entering country

May 23, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burma has agreed to let international disaster relief workers into the country to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, Bloomberg reports. The junta's about-face came after  UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who flew in yesterday, met the nation's  reclusive military leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe. The UN hopes to ramp... More »

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cyclone • relief • aid workers • Myanmar • Burma • Than Shwe • military junta • disaster zones • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta • Ban Ki-Moon

 Burma Relents
 on Foreign Docs,
 Aid Workers

But only from ASEAN member nations

May 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two and a half weeks after cyclone Nargis hit, Burma finally agreed today to allow foreign medics and disaster experts into the battered country, reports the BBC—but only from ASEAN member nations. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon also plans to jet to Burma on Wednesday to bring additional pressure to... More »

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United Nations • aid workers • Myanmar • Yangon • ASEAN • Than Shwe • military junta • Save the Children • World Food Program • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta • Ban Ki-Moon

 Rain Lashes Cyclone
 Survivors, UN Lashes Junta 

UN chief 'immensely frustrated' by Burmese junta's lack of swift action

May 13, 08 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two more American relief planes were scheduled to take off for Burma today, but the nation's military junta came in for another UN pounding for refusing to allow more desperately needed supplies to cyclone-stricken regions. "We are at a critical point. Unless more aid gets into the country very... More »

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United Nations • cyclone • aid • relief • Myanmar • Burma • junta • Cyclone Nargis • Ban Ki-Moon

 Burmese Junta
 Still Blocking
 Cyclone Aid 

'Second disaster' looms if aid is not allowed in

May 9, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Emergency supplies for some 1.5 million Burmese desperately in need of help are ready to be flown into the cyclone-stricken regions—but the military junta is still blocking delivery. Only two UN planes have been allowed to land in Burma. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tried unsuccessfully to telephone Burma's... More »

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United Nations • hunger • disease • Myanmar • Burma • junta • Save the Children • World Food Program • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta • emergency aid • Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance • Ban Ki-Moon

S. Africa Blocks Sending UN Envoy to Zimbabwe

Security Council
hits stalemate

Apr 30, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A closed-door session of the Security Council failed to make progress on Zimbabwe after South Africa led a successful effort to block a plan to send a UN envoy to Harare. The US, Britain, and France pushed for dispatching an observer—and for a moratorium on arms sales. UN Secretary-General... More »

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United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • South Africa • Zimbabwe elections • UN Security Council • Ban Ki-Moon

UN Ready to Tackle Hunger

Ban plans task force, calls on donors to deliver on sorely underfunded pledges

Apr 29, 08 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is putting together a task force to deal with an "unprecedented" world crisis that's left 100 million without enough food, the BBC reports. Ban also called on donors to follow through on pledges for the World Food Program, saying only 62% of the... More »

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United Nations • hunger • malnutrition • World Food Program • Ban Ki-Moon

 End Malaria Deaths by 2010: UN 

Providing Africa with nets, spray could save 1M lives a year

Apr 25, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world must take action now to end malaria deaths—currently at 1 million per year—by 2010, UN chief Ban Ki Moon said today. "We have the resources and the know-how, but we have less than 1,000 days" to meet the goal, said Ban on the first... More »

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Africa • United Nations • disease • malaria • mosquito • Ban Ki-Moon

UN Aid to Gaza Blocked by Israeli Embargo

Negotiations fall apart after Libyan compares Strip to Nazi camp

Apr 24, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United Nations announced today that it will have to suspend its humanitarian aid program in the Gaza Strip because of the Israeli fuel blockade. The UN can't distribute food or collect sewage in the Hamas-controlled territory now that its fuel supply has run out. A Security Council meeting was... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • embargo • Gaza blockade • Ban Ki-Moon

More Notables Stay Away From Beijing Olympics

Nobel laureate scraps torch relay; UN chief won't attend opening

Apr 11, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The controversy around the Olympic flame continued as Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate, announced she was dropping out of the torch relay. Maathai was to carry the torch this weekend in Tanzania but pulled out in protest of China's human rights record. Maathai also told the Los ... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • Wangari Maathai • Olympic boycotts • Olympic protests • torch relay • Ban Ki-Moon

Israel Vows to Press Offensive

Five more killed in strike on Hamas prime minister's offices

Mar 2, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - In the face of blistering UN condemnation, defiant Israeli officials vowed to continue the Gaza offensive as five more people were killed in an air strike on the offices of the Hamas prime minister today. "Israel has no intention of stopping the fight against the terrorist organizations even for... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • Gaza City • Ban Ki-Moon

Kenya Leaders Agree to Peace Talk Structure

Immediate issues could be resolved within 15 days, Annan says

Feb 1, 08 2:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Kenya's rival leaders have agreed on an outline for peace talks, Kofi Annan said today. Larger problems could take a year to iron out, but the ex-UN chief said the most pressing issues--ending the killings, aiding those hit by the turmoil, and fixing "immediate" political woes--could be solved within... More »

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Kenya • United Nations • Kofi Annan • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • peace talks • Ban Ki-Moon

Kenya Upheaval Could Reach 'Catastrophic Levels'

As violence continues, UN boss will join predecessor in talks

Jan 31, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Kenya's political turmoil continues to wreak havoc, and it is "threatening to escalate to catastrophic levels," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. After the killing of another member of Raila Odinga's opposition party yesterday, the country faced renewed violence, Reuters reports. The death toll has reached 850 since... More »

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Kenya • United Nations • protests • Kofi Annan • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenyan elections • ethnic violence • Kenya's economy • Ban Ki-Moon

Israeli Court to Rule on Gaza Blockade

Egypt border remains open, but humanitarian concerns grow

Jan 24, 08 7:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel's highest court will conduct an emergency hearing Sunday on suits filed by Palestinian organizations over the blockade that has cut Israeli shipments of fuel and gas to Hamas-controlled Gaza. The border to Egypt remains open, reports Haaretz, after militants in the Gaza Strip blasted open the fence and thousands... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • Tzipi Livni • Shimon Peres • Gaza Egypt border • Ban Ki-Moon

Last-Minute US Compromise Saves Bali Talks

Officials agree to reach accord in 2009—after end of Bush term

Dec 15, 07 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The Bali climate summit averted failure at the eleventh hour today when the US capitulated under sharp criticism and agreed to further talks to forge a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol in 2009 that will include the US and developing nations. The deal came after the US dropped opposition... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • United Nations • Al Gore • Kyoto Protocol • Bali • George W. Bush • Ban Ki-Moon

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