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U.N. committee slams Iran over human rights record (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Reuters - A U.N. General Assembly committee Tuesday accused Iran of serious human rights violations in a move that an incensed Iranian delegate said was orchestrated by the United States…

Haiti Protesters Blame U.N. for Cholera; Presidential Election at Risk? (Time.com)

November 16th, 2010

Time.com - Haitians demonstrate and riot as they blame U.N. troops from Nepal for the cholera outbreak. Is there a scheme to disrupt the Nov. 28 presidential vote?

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U.N. panel cuts gay reference from violence measure (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Reuters - Arab and African nations succeeded Tuesday in getting a U.N. General Assembly panel to delete from a resolution condemning unjustified executions a specific reference to killings due to…

“Spoilers” trying to sabotage Haiti elections: U.N. (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

A combination photograph shows Haitians passing near a damaged clothing store after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, on February 13, 2010 (bottom) and seven months later on September 30, 2010 (top). REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/FilesReuters - The United Nations on Tuesday blamed political and criminal “spoilers” in Haiti for attacks on U.N. peacekeepers, saying those agitators sought to sabotage elections this month by manipulating…

Haiti rioters attack U.N. troops, one protester killed (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

A Haitian resident holds his relative who is suffering from cholera at St-Catherine hospital in the slum of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince November 12, 2010. REUTERS/St-Felix EvensReuters - Protesters in Haiti, blaming United Nations troops for a cholera epidemic that has killed hundreds of people, attacked U.N. peacekeepers in two cities on Monday.


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Nigeria reports Iran arms seizure to U.N. (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - Nigeria has reported the seizure of an illegal arms shipment from Iran intercepted by its secret service in Lagos last month to the U.N. Security Council, Foreign Minister…

Nigeria reports Iran arms seizure to U.N. Security Council (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - Nigeria has reported the seizure of an illegal arms shipment from Iran intercepted by its secret service in Lagos last month to the United Nations Security Council, Foreign…

Nigeria will report Iran if arms broke U.N. sanctions (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Reuters - Nigeria will report Iran to the U.N. Security Council if it finds any evidence that an illegal arms shipment it seized two weeks ago violated U.N. sanctions, Nigerian…

U.N. council gets Sudan report that infuriated China (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Sudan's Minister of Defence Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein talks to South's minister for the SPLA (the southern army) Nhial Deng Nhial after a joint news conference at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Khartoum November 11, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahReuters - After weeks of delays due to Chinese objections, the U.N. Security Council on Friday received a report on violations of the arms embargo in Sudan’s western Darfur region…

Some 200,000 at risk of cholera in Haiti, U.N. says (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

A Haitian resident suffering from cholera waits for help on a street at the slum of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince November 10, 2010. REUTERS/St-Felix EvensReuters - Up to 200,000 Haitians could contract cholera as the outbreak which has already killed 800 is set to spread across the battered Caribbean nation of nearly 10 million,…