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The international community's top civilian and military advisers working with the Palestinians have urged the U.S. Congress to allow them flexibility in dealing with the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
15:38 Mar 15, 2006 PST
Culminating months of intensive negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly today voted overwhelmingly on a resolution setting up a new Human Rights Council to replace the much-criticized Human Rights Commission
12:12 Mar 15, 2006 PST
After a two-year wait, tens of thousands of students in war-torn Côte d'Ivoire have at last been able to take their final examinations and complete their education, thanks to a United Nations-backed initiative that used churches, mosques and tradit
11:59 Mar 15, 2006 PST
Expressing serious concern over the upsurge in violence in the West Bank and Gaza today, the United Nations Security Council called on the parties to exercise maximum restraint and to take urgent steps to restore calm.
08:03 Mar 15, 2006 PST
Comet samples returned to Earth in January by NASA's Stardust spacecraft have surprised scientists by indicating that the formation of at least some comets may have included materials ejected by the early sun to the far reaches of the solar system.
06:51 Mar 15, 2006 PST
Three deaths in Azerbaijan likely were caused by the H5N1 avian influenza virus, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) statement March 14, a finding that will push the global total of human deaths from bird flu to more than 100.
06:48 Mar 15, 2006 PST
How often we hear the phrase, 'There is no military solution' to Nepal's conflict. It's as if military measures have no role in solving our present challenge. This confuses the issue...
23:13 Mar 14, 2006 PST
Warning of 'difficult work ahead,' President Bush March 13 praised the progress made by the Iraqi people in the three years following the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
23:09 Mar 14, 2006 PST
Days after American President George W Bush departed India and a week before the Hindu festival of Holi, three bombs took a toll of 23 human lives and left 68 injured in Varanasi.
21:57 Mar 14, 2006 PST
MUQDADIYAH, Iraq - The ability to suppress the enemy and protect other forward operating bases from a great distance is key to coalition efforts for a free Iraq.
21:38 Mar 14, 2006 PST
U.K. Minister of Defense John Ried revealed he had instructed his department to examine strategic aspects related to energy, water resources and the availability and situation of arable land worldwide.
13:37 Mar 14, 2006 PST
The Maoists are holding talks with the agitating parties as well as running their violent activities in the country.
13:24 Mar 14, 2006 PST
After U.S. and British monitors left their posts at a Jericho jail fearing for their security Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces surrounded the facility to prevent the release of five Palestinian prisoners...
13:17 Mar 14, 2006 PST
A senior U.S. government official discounts the likelihood of Iraq slipping into a civil war and says the Iraqi people hold the solution to the sectarian violence that threatens the country's stability.
11:34 Mar 14, 2006 PST
A beef cow in the United States has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA.
11:32 Mar 14, 2006 PST
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