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UN special envoy stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Bill Clinton has officially been named UN special envoy to Haiti, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon awarded Clinton the $1-per-year post today, noting that “No one is better placed for this mission. He knows the country, he loves the people, and they love him.... More »

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United Nations • Bill Clinton • Haiti • Ban Ki-Moon • UN special envoy

(Newser) - Bill Clinton will be named the United Nation’s special envoy to Haiti this week, Foreign Policy reports. Clinton’s popularity in the deeply impoverished nation remains high from his presidential tenure, when he intervened to restore Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the presidency after his 1994 ouster. The announcement, expected tomorrow,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • United Nations • Bill Clinton • Haiti • UN special envoy

 Kosovo 
 Mediator 
 Wins Nobel 

Former Finnish president has supervised peace talks for decades

Oct 10, 08 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland who mediated peace talks in Indonesia and Kosovo. Ahtisaari has also mediated conflicts in Namibia, Northern Ireland, and Iraq, often working on behalf of the United Nations. In its citation the Norwegian committee praised his... More »

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Kosovo • Finland • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Aceh • Free Aceh Movement • mediators • Martti Ahtisaari • UN special envoy

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