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The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today condemned the 'heinous' attack on a school which killed six children and wounded 14 other people. He called for the end of such atrocities against the youngsters of the violence-torn country.
08:29 Apr 11, 2006 PST
With 1.3 million people in the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan still suffering from the effects of almost 40 years of nuclear tests and the local economy still reeling from the collapse of the Soviet Union, an exhibition has opened at United Nati
08:21 Apr 11, 2006 PST
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began investigating a deadly shooting near one of its food convoys in central Somalia, in which at least one militiaman was killed and a number injured when gunmen attacked the convoy on the road t
07:28 Apr 11, 2006 PST
The recent arrest of former Liberian President Charles Taylor marks a 'great moment for international criminal justice and the victims who suffered so tragically' under his rule, says David Crane, the former prosecutor for the United Nations Speci
07:28 Apr 11, 2006 PST
Restoring tens of thousands of lost and degraded wetlands around the world could go a long way towards reducing the threat of bird flu pandemics by keeping disease-carrying wild birds away from infecting domestic poultry
07:28 Apr 11, 2006 PST
A major United Nations meeting on the Asia-Pacific region today discussed a two-track approach to cooperation focusing on both cross-border infrastructure development, such as highways and railways, and infrastructure investment like bonds and a dev
06:38 Apr 11, 2006 PST
The U.S. private sector donates to international causes at a level nearly four times the amount spent by the U.S. government on official development assistance (ODA), according to a report about to be published by the Hudson Institute's Center for G
06:38 Apr 11, 2006 PST
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across the United States April 10 to make their opinions heard about immigration reform.
05:36 Apr 11, 2006 PST
President Bush will welcome Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Washington for an April 28 meeting, the White House announced April 10.
05:12 Apr 11, 2006 PST
Praising countries of the Middle East for their charitable and humanitarian work, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator called today for them to work more closely with the world body and channel more development aid through it, saying by d
05:03 Apr 11, 2006 PST
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint a Jordanian Major-General with extensive peacekeeping experience as Force Commander of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).
04:46 Apr 11, 2006 PST
With virtual stagnation on the disarmament front despite heightened global concern over the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and the risk of them falling into terrorist hands, a senior United Nations official today called for urge
04:42 Apr 11, 2006 PST
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora will visit President Bush at the White House April 18 to discuss economic development, democratic reform in Lebanon and progress in the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq
04:25 Apr 11, 2006 PST
Concurrently and prior to entering the safe house, the troops engaged and killed one armed female terrorist who was inside and shot and wounded one other as he ran from the same building
04:10 Apr 11, 2006 PST
Two terrorists were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device they were constructing detonated prematurely April 8.
03:55 Apr 11, 2006 PST
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