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29 August 2008

Women

Links between Gender Violence and HIV/AIDS
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Today's Features

Nutrition and exercise may be key to fighting cancer
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Russia’s recognition of breakaway Georgian regions discussed
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Today's News

UN envoy condemns fighting in DR-Congo
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Secretary-General welcomes lifting of aid agency restrictions in Zimbabwe
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UN group concerned over growing disappearances worldwide
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Over 2,000 people flee homes in buffer zone in Georgia
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Floods affect thousands in India and Pakistan
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Adoption study calls for protection of children in Nepal
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Independent tests confirm no radioactive leaks at IAEA facility
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Caribbean News

The UN World Tourism Organization says prospects for international tourism remain positive
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UN Calling Asia

UN officials express concern after military air strikes kill 90 people in Afghanistan
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28 August 2008

Today's Features

Organized crime and peacekeeping operations
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WHO calls for social equity for better health
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Today's News

WHO report finds national wealth does not guarantee access to health care
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Situation remains tense around Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone
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Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur takes up his new post
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FAO concludes food security project in Madagascar
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UN Human Rights officer criticizes Afghanistan for freeing two rapists
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UNHCR urges Malta to provide medical care to survivors of capsized boat
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UNHCR says “Winning is Giving Campaign” is a resounding success
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Secretary-General salutes 15th anniversary of Vienna Human Rights Conference
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ITU Asia Youth Forum participants get laptops
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Other Asian Languages

BANGLA # 34: Jati Shongher Protidhoni
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HINDI #36: Antar Rashtriya Patrika
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URDU #35: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama
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UN and Africa

UNAMID continues to face challenges in Darfur
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27 August 2008

Today's Features

World Cancer Congress says face of cancer is changing
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Fresh approach needed to end conflict in Somalia
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Today's News

Security Council extends mandate of UN Mission in Lebanon
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UN food agency feeds 50,000 flood victims in Nepal
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World Bank says there are more poor people around the world
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Human rights chief calls for probe of Kashmir killings
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Security Council discusses its working methods
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UNAMID Sends assessment team to Kalma
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Israel and Lebanon accuse each other of violations
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Police experts assess impact of organized crime on peacekeeping operations
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Joint Chief Mediator is on his way to Darfur
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Unilever and WFP join forces to feed children in Pakistan
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Climate Change Talks in Accra end on positive note
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26 August 2008

Today's Features

UN environment agency on fossil fuel subsidies
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Georgia and Russia - accusations of war crimes
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Today's News

Human rights panel urges Liberia to re-consider death penalty
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People return home as situation improves in Georgia
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UN envoy is concerned about death of civilians in Afghanistan
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Implementing 2006 Ceasefire Accord is crucial for peace in Burundi
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Opium production decreases in Afghanistan
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Red Cross remains concern about displaced people in Pakistan
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UN spokesperson says states decide on recognition of states
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25 August 2008

Today's Features

The role of IAEA in food security
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South Asia nations on food security and climate change
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Today's News

Ban congratulates China on successful Olympics
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Guinea-Bissau meeting to consolidate UN peacekeeping in West Africa
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UNAMID investigating reported attack on Darfur camp
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Meeting to help South Asia adapt agriculture to climate change
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Africa regional meeting to assess progress against racism
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UN calls for release of child soldiers in Nepal
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UN Envoy calls for investigation of civilian casualties in Afghanistan
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22 August 2008

Women

UNFPA says 700 thousand girls a year are missing in India
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Today's Features

Hepatitis B update
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Slow progress on sanitation threatens development
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Today's News

ICRC says violence has displaced over 200,000 people in Pakistan
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Climate change hot-spots identified
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Fighting forces thousands to flee homes in southern Colombia
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Deminers in south Lebanon out of funds
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UN Envoy to Myanmar extends visit
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UNICEF alarmed over malnutrition in Somali children
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UNHCR Chief visits Georgia and Russia
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21 August 2008

Today's Features

Latest climate change talks underway in Ghana
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ICRC aid workers reach South Ossetia
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Today's News

Water experts urge for major cuts in food waste
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Timor Leste makes progress in human rights, but challenges remain
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Secretary-General Condemns Pakistan explosion
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Climate change talks open in Ghana
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Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in Pakistan
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Security Council considers competing draft resolutions on Georgia conflict
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ICRC re-establishes operations in South Ossetia
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Caribbean News

Haiti is among 16 hunger spots to benefit from a World Food Programme cash roll out of more than $200 million
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UN Calling Asia

The Security Council takes up the latest UN report on Timor Leste, six months after assassins tried to kill the country’s top leaders
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UN and Africa

Ethiopian engineers join UN-AU mission in Darfur
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20 August 2008

Today's Features

A record heroin seizure is made in the Gulf
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Security Council hears latest report on Timor-Leste
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Today's News

Asian regional meeting against sexual exploitation of children
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UNODC hails record heroin seizure by UAE
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ICC Prosecutor monitoring situation in Georgia
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Russia objects to French proposal for ending hostilities in Georgia
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Russia submits proposal for ending conflict in Georgia
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Inter-Palestinian violence has increased: Pascoe
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Red Cross is given go ahead to enter South Ossetia
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UN Envoy visits Myanmar
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Other Asian Languages

BANGLA # 31: Jati Shongher Protidhoni
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HINDI #33: Antar Rashtriya Patrika
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URDU #32: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama
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BANGLA # 32: Jati Shongher Protidhoni
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HINDI #34: Antar Rashtriya Patrika
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URDU #33: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama
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BANGLA # 33: Jati Shongher Protidhoni
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HINDI #35: Antar Rashtriya Patrika
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URDU #34: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama
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INDONESIAN #34: Fokus Fokus Kita
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19 August 2008

Today's Features

Author Samantha Power, biographer of Sérgio Vieira de Mello
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Song without Borders dedicated to UN staff
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Today's News

Secretary-General supports Pacific Islands deal with climate change
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Secretary-General is saddened by death of Zambian president
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UN envoy appeals for funds help Afghans cope with food crisis
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Floods raise health risks in West Africa
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Timor-Leste makes progress in reviewing security sector
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UNAMID condemns attacks against its helicopters
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Head of political affairs says number of locations now accessible in Georgia
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Security Council condemns bomb attack in Algeria
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Georgia
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UN Commemorates fifth anniversary of Baghdad bombing
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Security Council condemns coup in Mauritania
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18 August 2008

Today's Features

UNHCR/WFP convoy reaches Georgian city
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World Water Week focuses on sanitation
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Ethiopian army engineers arrive in Darfur
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Today's News

World Water Week focuses on sanitation
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UNMIK to hand over assets to EULEX
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WFP mourns killing of staff in Somalia
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Peace agreement in Sudan on track despite cease-fire violations
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UN aid agencies reach Gori in Georgia
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UN launches appeal for Georgia
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15 August 2008

Women

Three women aid workers killed in ambush in Afghanistan
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Today's Features

IRC suspends Afghanistan projects following attack
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UN Mission in Kosovo to downsize drastically
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Xenophobic violence victims get reprieve in South Africa
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Today's News

Court delays South Africa’s plans to close camps housing thousands of foreigners
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UN hails power of sports as Olympics reach mid-point
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ICRC says security concerns hindering its operations
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UN agencies call for security and access to wounded and displaced in Georgia conflict
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UN refugee chief to visit Georgia and the Russian Federation
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UN Mission in Kosovo to be significantly downsized
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Caribbean News

Caribbean public health authorities propose to eliminate vertical transmission of HIV and syphilis by 2015
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UN Calling Asia

Greening the Olympics
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14 August 2008

Today's Features

Peacekeepers and sexual exploitation in DR Congo
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Bakassi Peninsula handed over to Cameroon
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Today's News

Second UNHCR humanitarian flight arrives in Georgia
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Recent months have been challenging for UNMIS: UN envoy
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Transfer of Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon completed
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Georgia’s military action in South Ossetia "clearly ethnic cleansing": Russia
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Russia violating international humanitarian law: Georgia
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UN rights experts concerned about growing number of displaced civilians in Georgia
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UN chief “extremely concerned” by humanitarian impact of Georgian conflict
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Secretary-General concerned about humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe
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UN and Africa

UN Peacekeepers and sexual exploitation in DR Congo
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Perspective

No peace without justice
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