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Three other peacekeepers, all from the Nepalese unit, were wounded. After being immediately evacuated to MONUC's Moroccan hospital in Bunia, there were now out of danger, the mission said.
04:57 May 31, 2006
Desertification is a process of land degradation in dryland areas, which is caused by poverty, unsustainable land management and climate change. Experts say it affects women and men differently due to their 'strictly gendered division of labour.'
15:34 May 30, 2006
The United States has increased funding to $5 million for disaster relief efforts through the U.S. Agency for International Development in response to the May 27 earthquake that struck Indonesia and has killed nearly 5,700 people as of May 30.
15:34 May 30, 2006
The United States says the Colombian government and armed forces are fulfilling U.S. requirements regarding human rights and the severance of ties to Colombian paramilitary groups in order for the Andean nation to continue receiving American foreign
15:30 May 30, 2006
A meeting of experts on the Alliance of Civilizations - an initiative aimed at bridging the gap between Islam and the West - concluded today in Dakar, Senegal, having advanced preparations for a report on actions to tackle the problem that will be p
15:30 May 30, 2006
With a senior United Nations official on the ground in Timor-Leste today seeking to defuse the violence that has torn through the small country in recent weeks, UN agencies have resumed food distributions to camps holding 100,000 internally displace
15:05 May 30, 2006
Fellow Americans, recently President Bush declared that the 21st century would be a time for America's renewed effort to explore the cosmos. What better way to show your support for our Commander and Chief's magnificent plan than by hosting a fabu
15:05 May 30, 2006
'After a tragically late and slow start, the world's response has gathered strength - as we saw at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS five years ago,' Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in the preface to the 630-page r
15:03 May 30, 2006
The Dixie Chicks latest album, Taking the Long Way, is a very listenable compilation of songs, with great harmonies, good writing skills and beautiful melodies. It is the first album where they have co-written all tracks, and it was also the first
15:00 May 30, 2006
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Donald Yamamoto ended a two-day visit to Ethiopia May 29 that included 'very positive' talks with the Ethiopian government on settling the border dispute with Eritrea and on political an
14:55 May 30, 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today vowed to continue working for the release of Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest the authorities have extended.
14:53 May 30, 2006
The Defense Department's latest quarterly report to Congress on progress in Iraq cites continued momentum on the political, economic and security fronts and evidence that those attempting to derail it are failing, senior defense officials told Pent
14:50 May 30, 2006
As the sun rises above the horizon, the silence of a neighborhood is shattered by the roar of armored vehicles. The convoy kicks up dust and rocks, tearing along the makeshift road. It passes two U.S. vehicles burning from a roadside bomb earlier th
14:43 May 30, 2006
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on the government of Burma to return the country to democracy in a May 29 statement commemorating the 16th anniversary of Burma's thwarted 1990 multiparty elections.
14:40 May 30, 2006
Culinary specialists assigned to the amphibious transport dock USS Ogden (LPD 5) are cooking four daily meals aboard Iraq 's Al Basrah (ABOT) and Khawr Al Amaya (KAAOT) Oil Terminals for the Sailors assigned to Mobile Security Detachment (MSD) 71.
14:34 May 30, 2006
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