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Russia, China use double veto to block UN draft on Syria
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Russia, China use double veto to block UN draft on Syria
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russia and China on Saturday joined hands in vetoing an Arab-European draft resolution which backs an Arab League plan to promote a regime change in Syria. It was the second time since October 2011 that Russia and China used double veto to block a UN Security....Read Full Article ...
 
Russia and China block Syria action
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Russia and China block Syria action
The United Nations Security Council has failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution ...
 
Russia and China block Syria action
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Russia and China block Syria action
The United Nations Security Council has failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution ...
 
Russia and China block Syria action
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Russia and China block Syria action
The United Nations Security Council has failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution ...
 
Russia and China block Syria action
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Sunday, 05 February 2012
Russia and China block Syria action
The United Nations Security Council has failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution ...
 
UN team heads to Maldives to defuse crisis
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Saturday, 04 February 2012
UN team heads to Maldives to defuse crisis
COLOMBO: The United Nations is sending a delegation to the Maldives for talks after the government asked for international help to end a crippling staRead Full...
 
UN vetoes on Syria resolution 'disgust' U.S.
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Saturday, 04 February 2012
UN vetoes on Syria resolution 'disgust' U.S.
Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian president Bashar Assad to step down over a bloody 10-month crackdown on dissen...
 
Russia, China veto resolution
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Saturday, 04 February 2012
Russia, China veto resolution
The draft resolution before the U.N. Security Council would demand an end to the bloody crackdown on government opponents in Syria.Read Full Article ...
 
World › Russia, China block U.N. resolution as Syria shaken by massacre
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Saturday, 04 February 2012
World › Russia, China block U.N. resolution as Syria shaken by massacre
Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its lethal crackdown, hours after Syrian forces bombed the protest ...
 
Corruption: businesses have the power to effect positive change
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Saturday, 04 February 2012
Corruption: businesses have the power to effect positive change
Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC, has invited business leaders to intensify public-private partnerships to curb corruption. Delivering a keynote addre...
 
New UNODC initiative works with youth to address substance abuse
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Saturday, 04 February 2012
New UNODC initiative works with youth to address substance abuse
UNODC has launched an initiative for young people, particularly teenagers, to utilize social media to discuss and act against substance abuse. Through Facebook...
 
Clinton concedes to Russian adamance on Syria
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Saturday, 04 February 2012
Clinton concedes to Russian adamance on Syria
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has acknowledged that an accord with Russia on a Western-drafted UN resolution on Syria is unachievable given both sides'...
 
'Assad must halt campaign of killing'
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Saturday, 04 February 2012
'Assad must halt campaign of killing'
Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its lethal crackdown, hours after Syrian forces bombed the protest ci...
 
UN chief "deeply regrets" no agreement reached on Syria draft
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Saturday, 04 February 2012
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UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon expressed regret on Saturday that the UN Security Council was unable to reach agreement on...
 
Civilian casualty numbers in Afghanistan rise again, UN reports
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Friday, 03 February 2012
Civilian casualty numbers in Afghanistan rise again, UN reports
The number of civilian casualties resulting from the conflict in Afghanistan has risen for a fifth consecutive year, the United Nations reported today, blaming...
 
Syria: Ban voices deep regret after Security Council fails to agree on resolution
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Friday, 03 February 2012
Syria: Ban voices deep regret after Security Council fails to agree on resolution
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced deep regret after Security Council members were today unable to agree on a resolution backing an Arab League plan to resol...
 
UN says Somali famine over, but warns action needed to forestall new crisis
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Thursday, 02 February 2012
UN says Somali famine over, but warns action needed to forestall new crisis
The United Nations declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia today, but warned that the crisis in the Horn of Africa is not over and requires continued e...
 
UN backs vaccination campaign after yellow fever outbreaks hit Cameroon and Ghana
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Thursday, 02 February 2012
UN backs vaccination campaign after yellow fever outbreaks hit Cameroon and Ghana
The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people...
 
UN backs vaccination campaign after yellow fever outbreaks hit Cameroon and Ghana
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Thursday, 02 February 2012
UN backs vaccination campaign after yellow fever outbreaks hit Cameroon and Ghana
The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people...
 
For World Cancer Day, UN stresses early diagnosis to reduce mounting deaths
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Thursday, 02 February 2012
For World Cancer Day, UN stresses early diagnosis to reduce mounting deaths
Early diagnosis is the key to reducing the nearly eight million deaths caused by cancer across the globe annually, the United Nations World Health Organization...
 
UN-backed court sentences key Khmer Rouge figure to life in prison on appeal
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Thursday, 02 February 2012
UN-backed court sentences key Khmer Rouge figure to life in prison on appeal
The appeals chamber of the United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia trying cases of mass murder and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge regime today...
 
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