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Saturday, 23 February 2002 |
A train caught fire outside of Cairo on Wednesday Feb. 20, 2002, killing over 350 people and injuring scores more. In other news, the government signed an agre... |
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Saturday, 23 February 2002 |
The government of President Isayas Afewerki criticized the European Parliaments resolution, adopted on February 7, which criticized Asmara for human rights vio... |
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Read more... [Eritrean President rejects criticsms on human rights violations]
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Saturday, 23 February 2002 |
Secretary General Kofi Annan presented a bleak report to the Security Council on the stalled peace process in Western Sahara. Annan also asked the Security Cou... |
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Saturday, 26 January 2002 |
Geneva -- The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) recently released
a report on human trafficking from and through the Balkans, calling for steppe... |
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Read more... [Human trafficking in the Balkans]
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Saturday, 26 January 2002 |
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) will launch its "Red Card to Child
Labour" campaign this week to coincide with the start of the 2002 African Cup ... |
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Read more... ["Red Card to Child Labour" campaign]
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Saturday, 26 January 2002 |
International donors pledged $4.5 billion over five years for rebuilding efforts at a Tokyo conference attended by dozens of nations and international organiza... |
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Read more... [International pledges for Afghanistan]
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Saturday, 26 January 2002 |
Following last weeks eruption of Mount Nyiragongo and the damage caused by lava flows to the nearby city of Goma, aid began to trickle into the area, with Cana... |
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Read more... [Aid arriving to the area of Mount Nyiragongo (Congo)]
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Saturday, 26 January 2002 |
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan attended talks with leaders in Japan, Thailand and Pakistan. Mr. Annan also announced he was nominating former German diplomat ... |
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Read more... [UN Round-up]
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Saturday, 26 January 2002 |
10 MILLION ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED IN FOOT AND MOUTH CULL - STATISTICS HEIGHTEN
IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY
Biodefense Reference Library: In The S... |
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Read more... [Agricultural Biosecurity]
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Sunday, 30 December 2001 |
UN peacekeepers have begun patrolling the streets of the Afghan capital Kabul today, despite continued disagreement over the exact size and shape of the force ... |
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Read more... [UN peacekeepers in Kabul]
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Friday, 21 December 2001 |
EUROPEAN UNION (EU) FOREIGN MINISTERS APPROVED a new European-wide tariff scheme this week, in a bid to encourage imports from developing countries. ... |
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Read more... [New European-wide tariff scheme to encourage imports from developing countrie]
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Friday, 21 December 2001 |
The 12th international conference on aids and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa opened in Burkina Faso, with 6,000 delegates discussing ways to improve a... |
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Read more... [12th international conference on aids]
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Friday, 21 December 2001 |
The IMF scaled back global growth prospects this year and next, projecting a modest 2.5% increase for both years. An IMF team visiting Moscow reported strong p... |
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Read more... [The IMF scaled back global growth prospects this year and next]
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Friday, 21 December 2001 |
Secretary-General Kofi Annan formally accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the UN at an awards ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. ... |
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Read more... [Kofi Annan formally accepted the Nobel Peace Prize]
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Friday, 21 December 2001 |
"The days are dying out when some people got upper hands over others by engaging in a lopsided work, fawning on the authority or fishing in troubled water. "... |
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Read more... [Chinas formal induction into the World Trade Organization (WTO)]
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Monday, 17 December 2001 |
Japan -- Advances in technology and trafficking are posing serious new threats in the fight against the commercial sexual exploitation of children, a key organ... |
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Read more... [Child sex exploitation forum to focus on it, trafficking]
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Wednesday, 12 December 2001 |
THE UN NEEDS YOUR BYTES!!!
Contest deadline: Friday, 5 October 2001
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme announces its multimedia
contest ... |
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Read more... [Voluntary bytes - Multimedia contest]
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