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Nine Iraqi civilians were injured when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in western Baghdad at approximately 1:55 p.m. March 5.
15:44 Mar 6, 2006
Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General, established the United nations Democracy Fund in July 2005. It was welcomed by Heads of State and Government at the UN World Summit in September.
11:37 Mar 6, 2006
A new study by the UN finds an increasing number of women now hold jobs in Latin America's urban areas, rising from 39 percent of the total working population in 1990 to 44.7 percent in 2002.
07:19 Mar 6, 2006
A region that was once ruled by the Taliban and another that lived under the threat of war have 'changed dramatically' in the last five years...
06:09 Mar 6, 2006
Terrorists attacked the oil pipeline and breached a 20-meter section of pipe. A fire ensued, covering the space of two soccer fields.
06:05 Mar 6, 2006
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that a draft U.N. report on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba that alleges torture of detainees contains no firsthand accounts of the detainees' conditions.
11:41 Mar 5, 2006
As the March 5 U.S. Academy Awards ceremonies honoring achievement in motion pictures remind us, Oscar, the award's nickname, is a fickle fellow.
11:12 Mar 5, 2006
The World Health Organization is bringing together health experts to hammer out a plan of action in case a form of highly virulent pandemic influenza begins to ripple through the human population.
11:03 Mar 5, 2006
The US increasingly is doubtful that the government of Belarus will tolerate a free and fair election March 19, according to a U.S. diplomat who also condemned the March 2 beating and jailing of an opposition candidate.
10:23 Mar 5, 2006
Two weeks ahead of a new round of voting for Tibet's exile government, Radio Free Asia's Tibetan service has begun a series of live broadcasts of election-related coverage.
17:44 Mar 4, 2006
In the last wwek of February, the village of Amal Shabi was denied their normal supply of propane gas, essential to the people for many needs including heating and cooking.
14:05 Mar 4, 2006
Members of the Security Council are deeply saddened by the death of a member of the Indian contingent of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea...
13:13 Mar 4, 2006
Soldiers from 3rd Brigade 1st Battalion 7th Division Iraqi Army discovered a significant weapons cache on March 1, 2006 in the Western area of Ramadi.
12:51 Mar 4, 2006
In democratic societies, the laws on defamation must deal with the tension between freedom of speech and an individual's right to personal dignity...
10:41 Mar 4, 2006
Students at a schoolhouse in Kirkuk were all smiles today when the Iraqi Army's 2nd Brigade showed up with truckloads of supplies for the kids.
10:28 Mar 4, 2006
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