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UN Problems: Sudan, Gaza Flotilla ... Bedbugs

(Oct. 28) -- New York City's bedbug epidemic has gone global, striking the United Nations with an onslaught of the creepy, crawly creatures. After biting their way through other Big Apple landmarks, from the Empire State Building to the Metropolitan Opera House, the tiny insects have made it to the U.N. A U.N. spokesman...

Rwanda Decries Genocide Reference in UN Report

UNITED NATIONS (Aug. 27) -- Rwanda has slammed the United Nations for a draft report that suggests Rwandan troops, who entered the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1994 to hunt down perpetrators of genocide in Rwanda, themselves committed massacres that could also be considered genocide. Describing the leaked draft as...

Missing Pilot, Abducted Aid Worker Add to Darfur Woe

UNITED NATIONS (July 28) -- The unknown fates of an abducted American aid worker and a missing Russian pilot have heightened concern over the deteriorating security situation in Darfur, where hundreds of civilians are dying in conflicts that put humanitarian workers and U.N. peacekeepers at risk. "It is with grave concern...

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05/26/12 UN chief welcomes talks on Iran nuclear program Source: New Kerala Dot Com UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the recent talks between Iran and six powers on Iran's nuclear program, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said here Friday.
05/23/12 UN envoy hails voter registration for elections in... Source: Sina Ian Martin, UN secretary- general's special representative for Libya, has welcomed the successful conclusion of the voter registration process for the upcoming elections to the National Congress in Libya earlier this week, a UN spokesman said here Wednesday.
05/18/12 U.N. chief calls for end to fighting in Myanmar Source: CitrusDaily - Homosassa, Fl U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to attacks by all parties in Myanmar on Thursday after receiving a letter from a rebel independence group in the country's Kachin State asking the United Nations to help end its conflict with the government.
05/15/12 Congolese mob opens fire on UN peacekeepers Source: Telegraph - London - UK The residents said the UN troops "did nothing to defend" the village against the attack, which was blamed on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, Mounoubai said.
05/14/12 UN chief has minor fracture in soccer match Source: China Daily UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon "has his left arm in a sling after suffering a minor fracture in his left hand from a tumble while playing in the UN diplomats' spring soccer tournament over the weekend," UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here Monday.