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Israeli incursion in Palestine Authority controlled area

Following repeated suicide bombing attacks, including a bombing in the coastal city of Netanya which killed 22 Israelis and injured over 100, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the most penetrating military incursion into areas under the control of the PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) since the outbreak of the second infitada....

President elected in Sierra Leone starts office

President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was officially nominated to run in Mays election, becoming the first of seven candidates to be registered for the closely watched ...

Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council to implement resolutions calling for a meaningful ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians and an ...

Afghanistan: Loya Girga to meet June 10-16

A UN sponsored commission announced that a loya jirga, or grand council, would meet June 10-16 to decide the next phase of the countrys political future....

Religious leaders asked to endorse international interfaith peace declaration

The recent deterioration of peace negotiations, escalation of violence in the Middle East and challenges associated with the global war against terrorism has...

Switzerland voted to become the UNs 190th member state

Switzerland formally voted to become the UNs 190th member state, with 54% of the country supporting the move....

UN checks on independence of judges in Italy

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Dato Param Cumaraswamy, will visit Italy from March 12 to14. The Special Ra...

As we mark the start of the 2002 Olympic games in Salt Lake City, the shadow of September 11 and recent biosecurity attacks against the United States contribu...

World treaty set to ban children in combat

A ban on the use of children as soldiers, a human rights violation suffered by nearly a half million minors worldwide, has been approved by nearly a hundred co...

Global Exchange against child slavery in production of chocolate

San Francisco - As the world celebrated the Valentine’s Day, the international human rights organisation, Global Exchange, launched a grassroots Fair Tr...

After renewed violence in the West Bank left six Israeli soldiers dead, Israel responded with a large scale retaliatory raid on Palestinian areas which killed ...

Argentina: citizens should remain patient, President Duhalde says

President Eduardo Duhalde urged citizens to "have a little patience" as the government continued to grapple with a beleaguered financial picture.....

Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai reassured his country and the international community that his administration remained "fully united" despite last weeks ass...

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