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UN says peacekeeper killed in shelling in Sudan oil region
ReutersNEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) - A United Nations peacekeeper was killed on Friday in Sudan's main oil region when shells struck a United Nations logistics base, a U.N. spokesman said. The slain peacekeeper was from Ethiopia, U.N. spokesman Kieran Dwyer...Tags: United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Sudan, Ethiopia
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WRAPUP 3-U.S. considers no-fly zone after Syria crosses nerve gas "red line"
Reuters* Moscow says U.S. evidence of poison gas "does not look convincing" * France says no-fly zone would need U.N. resolution * Rebel and opposition leaders seek sophisticated weaponry * Bashar al-Assad's forces making gains on ground * Cities of Aleppo...Tags: NATO, Science and Technology, Weaponry, Government, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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World Bank, U.N. join hands in conflict zones but face hurdles
Reuters(Reuters) - When the heads of the World Bank and the United Nations flew into the violence-wracked African city of Goma on a cloudy day last month, it was the first time the giants of international development had joined forces in the struggle to help the...Tags: United Nations, Trips and Vacations, Brookings Institution, Politics, World Bank Group
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Sudan rebels say hit area where peacekeeper killed
ReutersKHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels said they attacked a city where a United Nations peacekeeper was killed on Friday but that they hit only government military targets in the oil-rich area. The Sudanese government blamed the attack on the Sudanese...Tags: United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Blue Nile Incorporated, Wars and Interventions, Sudan
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UN says more accountability needed on Afghanistan's Kabulbank scandal
Reuters* Kabulbank collapsed in 2010 after $935 million stolen * UN says jail sentences in case were "relatively light" By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, June 13 (Reuters) - More people must be held accountable for the 2010 collapse of Afghanistan's...Tags: United Nations, Theft, Government, National Government, Politics
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U.N. says more accountability needed on Afghanistan's Kabulbank scandal
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More people must be held accountable for the 2010 collapse of Afghanistan's Kabulbank and robust action on asset recovery and financial regulation is essential to ease foreign donor worries and ensure continued aid, the United...Tags: United Nations, Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, National Government, Politics
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U.S. says Syria used chemical weapons, will send arms to rebels
WASHINGTON — The White House declared Thursday that Syria had crossed a "red line" by using chemical weapons in that country's civil war, and in response, U.S. officials said, President Obama had authorized sending arms to some rebel groups. The...
Tags: United Nations, Weaponry, Government, Barack Obama, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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Special Report: Iran, the United States and 'the cup of poison'
ReutersNEW YORK/ANKARA (Reuters) - Five months ago Iran's foreign minister sent an unusual letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It was time, Ali Akbar Salehi wrote according to two sources who read the letter, to reach out to Tehran'...Tags: Government, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel, Nuclear Weapons
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UN says Syrian government and rebels recruit children to fight
Reuters* UN shames countries where child soldiers recruited * Some Syrian children fight after families killed By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (Reuters) - Syrian troops and rebels are recruiting children to fight in the country's civil war and...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Chad, United Nations, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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ONU dice Gobierno y rebeldes sirios reclutan niños para combatir
ReutersPor Michelle Nichols NACIONES UNIDAS (Reuters) - Las tropas del Gobierno sirio y los rebeldes están reclutando menores para combatir en la guerra civil del país y algunos de ellos han sido torturados por las fuerzas gubernamentales por estar vinculados... -
ACTUALIZA 1-ONU dice violencia en Golán pone en riesgo cese del fuego entre Israel, Siria
Reuters(Actualiza con citas de Ban, detalles sobre UNDOF) Por Michelle Nichols NACIONES UNIDAS, 12 jun (Reuters) - La propagación de la violencia de la guerra civil siria hacia los Altos del Golán, ocupados por Israel, está poniendo en riesgo un cese del...Tags: Israel
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ONU dice violencia en Golán pone en riesgo cese del fuego entre Israel, Siria
ReutersPor Michelle Nichols NACIONES UNIDAS (Reuters) - La propagación de la violencia de la guerra civil siria hacia los Altos del Golán, ocupados por Israel, está poniendo en riesgo un cese del fuego de cuatro décadas entre el Estado judío y Siria,...Tags: Israel
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