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Affirming the importance of basic freedoms as well as the need for sensitivity towards other cultures, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today told a major Islamic diplomatic meeting that the crisis over the caricatures of the Prophet Moha
08:19 Apr 12, 2006 PST
With the head of the United Nations Atomic Energy Agency (<''>IAEA), Mohammed ElBaradei, on his way to Tehran for talks with Iran on resuming cooperation with the nuclear non-proliferation regime, Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed today for al
08:14 Apr 12, 2006 PST
A major United Nations meeting on the Asia-Pacific region today adopted a series of resolutions towards closing an annual $180-billion financing gap in crucial infrastructure development to improve the lives of nearly 700 million of the area's most
08:07 Apr 12, 2006 PST
Fourth Iraqi Army Division soldiers and Delta Company Soldiers have found challenges with insurgents traveling through their operating area, avoiding Iraqi Army checkpoints.
07:19 Apr 12, 2006 PST
United Nations human rights officials have called on the Nepalese Government to end its 'deplorable' excessive use of force against demonstrators, including severe beatings, indiscriminate attacks on bystanders, some of them women and children, an
04:57 Apr 12, 2006 PST
'These attacks are particularly heinous,' UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura said in a statement citing the recent attack on the Shia Mosque of Buratha in Baghdad in which nearly 100 people were killed and some 160 others injured in a suici
04:55 Apr 12, 2006 PST
UNHCR has offices in the Russian Federation republics of North Ossetia and Ingushetia, also in the North Caucasus, but security restrictions limit access for its staff to Chechnya, although the agency maintains protection monitoring functions throug
03:51 Apr 12, 2006 PST
The Crown Princess is planning to generate more attention and support for young people living with and affected by HIV, and will work to raise awareness on the stigma surrounding people living with the virus, the agency said.
03:38 Apr 12, 2006 PST
Two Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb south of Baghdad at approximately 9:20 a.m. April 12.
03:09 Apr 12, 2006 PST
Despite some progress in controlling atmospheric pollutants such as lead, ozone-depleting substances and some greenhouse gasses, urgent action is needed to provide clean energy to reduce poverty, promote development and tackle climate change, accord
02:53 Apr 12, 2006 PST
The Security Council today called on 'all parties' to ensure a smooth and successful transfer to a United Nations operation in the violence-wracked Darfur region of Sudan, while also commending the African Union's (AU) mission in the region and e
02:38 Apr 12, 2006 PST
Bastogne Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, killed one insurgent and detained four suspects during combined combat operations in and around Kirkuk, Iraq, April 8.
17:13 Apr 11, 2006 PST
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has named the former director of the office for democratic institutions of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to be his envoy for the Côte d'Ivoire election process.
12:17 Apr 11, 2006 PST
The United Nations today voiced deep concern at the recent intensification of fighting along Chad's eastern border with Sudan and the extension of the armed confrontations to the southern border with the Central African Republic (CAR), particularly
12:17 Apr 11, 2006 PST
On Thursday, April 13, 2006, Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman will visit the Department of Energy's (DOE) Yucca Mountain site. Following a tour of the site, Secretary Bodman will host a press conference at Yucca Mountain's north portal to dis
12:17 Apr 11, 2006 PST
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