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31 December 2008

Today's Features

UN agency launches flash appeal for Gaza
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Change at the helm of UNAIDS
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Today's News

Ban calls for an end to the crisis in Gaza
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Palestinians facing a criminal campaign: Palestinian Observer
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Israel says it was compelled to resort to military action in self-defense
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Begging a new phenomenon in Gaza due to unrest
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Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Welcomed but More is Needed – USG Holmes
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Special envoy for children calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
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WFP expands operations to reach displaced in Dungu, Orientale Province
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UNICEF deeply concerned about impact of Gaza violence on children
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UNICEF urges world not to turn a blind eye on situation of children in DRC
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WHO expresses concern about targeting medical teams in Gaza
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More calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
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UN urges an end to hostilities in Gaza to allow delivery of humanitarian aid
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Ban strongly condemns atrocities committed by LRA
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Red Cross concerned about deteriorating health conditions in Gaza
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UN Calling Asia

The late Benazir Bhutto is awarded a UN Human Rights prize
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UN and Africa

An exclusive interview with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa
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30 December 2008

Women

A Women’s Expedition Climbs Mount Everest
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Today's Features

Gaza update from UN Relief and Works Agency
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Musician teaches importance of sanitation in his music
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Today's News

Humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in Gaza: UNRWA
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Arab Ambassadors urge Security Council to stop Israel violence
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UNCTAD chief urges new resolve and solidarity among nations
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UN chief reiterates call for financial and logistical support for AMISOM troops in Somalia
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Tourism key to economic recovery: UN WTO
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Outgoing UNAIDS chief sees big challenges for the future
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Zimbabwe cholera numbers continue to climb: WHO
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29 December 2008

Today's Features

UN humanitarian office concerned about Gaza violence
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In Aceh “Guerilla” tourism helps former combatants reintegrate
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Today's News

Killing and destruction in Gaza follows weeks of tight blockade: UNRWA
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This is unacceptable: Ban on violence in Gaza
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Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Concerned About Civilian Casualties in Gaza
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Ban urges Arab foreign ministers to act swiftly to end violence in Gaza
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Security Council urges an immediate end to violence in Gaza
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UN rights chief condemns Israel’s ‘disproportionate use of force’
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UN envoy welcomes Somali president’s resignation
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African Union suspends Guinea after last week’s coup
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Cholera death toll continues to rise in Zimbabwe
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UN chief joins calls for end to military activities in Gaza
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UN Calling Asia

Secretary-General takes stock of 2008
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28 December 2008

Today's News

Security Council calls for a halt to violence in Gaza
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26 December 2008

Today's Features

Musician Daniel Barenboim on his mission of peace
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Al Gore says road to a climate treaty in 2009 is clear
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Today's News

DRC government declares Ebola outbreak in the south
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UN steps up border patrols in Lebanon
New report on prevention of injuries to children
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UN accepts request to jointly mediate political dialogue in Fiji
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Israel opens border crossings to Gaza
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Ban assures Pakistan of commitment to search for justice in Bhutto assassination
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Caribbean News

The Alliance of Small Island States demanded an immediate reduction in emissions
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UN Calling Asia

Indonesia's efforts to rebuild on the fourth anniversary of the Tsunami
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25 December 2008

Today's News

Special Christmas Day programme
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24 December 2008

Today's Features

WFP names Somalia as one of the world’s hunger hotspots
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UN seeks new rules on activities of mercenaries
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Today's News

GA concludes substantive session early Wednesday
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IOM provides support to Haitian communities affected by storms
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Global meltdown to affect Latin America and the Caribbean region: ECLAC
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Nine die, dozens infected by suspected haemorrhagic fever
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WFP identifies hunger hotspots for 2009
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UN chief gravely concerned about situation in Gaza and southern Israel
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Report tells of hardship I occupied Palestinian territory
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Other Asian Languages

URDU #52: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama
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INDONESIAN #52: Fokus Fokus Kita
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BANGLA #51 - Jati Shongher Protidhoni
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UN and Africa

Africa Liberation Day Celebration
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23 December 2008

Today's Features

Red Cross launches appeal for Zimbabwe cholera outbreak
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Reconstruction continues four years after Indian Ocean tsunami
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Today's News

Security Council recognizes expiration of mandate of US-led multinational force in Iraq
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Cholera continues to spread in Zimbabwe as death toll rises
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IFRC launches ten-million-Swiss franc appeal to fight cholera in Zimbabwe
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Up to 6,000 child soldiers recruited in Darfur: UNICEF
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UNHCR aid arrives in Dungu
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22 December 2008

Today's Features

UN Experts welcome intention to close Guantanamo Bay detention center
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Cholera takes its toll in Zimbabwe
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Today's News

Zimbabwe government and international community must do more: rights experts
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UN experts welcome announcement to close Guantanamo detention facility
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Security Council renews MONUC mandate for one year
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Security Council imposes sanctions in Eastern Congo and renews mission mandate
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South Africa regrets lack of success in council’s work on long-standing conflicts
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UNICEF airlifts critical emergency supplies to Zimbabwe
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No fuel, humanitarian aid, commodities able to get into Gaza Monday: UNSCO
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Security Council welcomes Final Peace Agreement between Ugandan Government and LRA
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19 December 2008

Women

“Gimme Shelter” film helps raise awareness for the work of UNHCR in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Today's Features

Declaration reaffirms equal rights for homosexuals
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UN nuclear agency helps to improve cassava in Africa
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Today's News

UNHCR seeks emergency assistance for Somalis in Kenya’s Dadaab camp
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Situation in Darfur has not improved: Le Roy
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Cholera epidemic continues to spread in Zimbabwe
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Staffing situation in health facilities in Zimbabwe worrying: WHO
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UNHCR urges Nkunda’s rebel forces to ensure protection of civilians
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ICRC disinfecting homes, clothing to control spread of cholera in Zimbabwe
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Japan to introduce resettlement programme for Myanmar refugees
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Caribbean News

A Jamaican is among the recipients of the 2008 United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
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18 December 2008

Today's Features

Mastermind of genocide receives life in prison
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Actor Ben Affleck helps the world's refugees
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Today's News

One year later, UNAMID still without mission-critical capabilities: Ban
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Serry urges sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian peace process during period of transition
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Rwandan tribunal sentences three senior military officers to life in prison
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UN holds first-ever high-level discussion on human rights and sexual orientation
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Migrants especially vulnerable to financial downturn: Ban
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UN envoy expresses continued concern for foreign workers stranded in Iraq
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High-Level meeting calls for increased public expenditure on education
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UNRWA suspends food distribution in Gaza
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UN and Africa

European Union escorts WFP ships to Somalia
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17 December 2008

Today's Features

Social stock exchanges make giving easier
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Secretary-General says 2008 was a difficult year
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Today's News

2008 record: a mixed one for the UN system: Ban
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Zimbabwe on brink of economic, social and political collapse: UN chief
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Migrants make enormous contribution to economic social and cultural life: UNHCR
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Ban welcomes lifting of state of emergency in Bangladesh
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Human rights Chair expresses regret over detention of human rights expert
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Norway contributes $159 million to UNICEF
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Trade agreements fail to solve problem of hunger: UN expert
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Africa to develop its water resources for agriculture, energy development
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Other Asian Languages

INDONESIAN #51: Fokus Fokus Kita
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INDONESIAN #50: Fokus Fokus Kita
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HINDI #52 - Antar Rashtriya Patrika
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HINDI #51 - Antar Rashtriya Patrika
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URDU #51: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama
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URDU #50: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama
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Perspective

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 60
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16 December 2008

Protecting gains I education requires utmost vigilance: Ban
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Today's Features

Relief agencies battle cholera as rains approach in Zimbabwe
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Harness Africa’s water resources—time for talk is over:Diouf
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Today's News

UN Security Council supports Israeli-Palestinian peace process
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Ban urges a stabilization of the situation in the West Bank and Gaza
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IFRC concerned about upcoming rains in Zimbabwe plans to scale up activities
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Piracy a symptom of state of anarchy in Somalia: Ban
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UNHCR worried over rebels preventing displaced people from seeking refuge
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Security Council adopts new resolution to combat piracy off Somalia
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Human Rights chief critical of Israel’s action against UN rights expert
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Sudanese refugees depart Iraq for resettlement
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U.S. supports peacekeeping in Somalia but U.S. forces doubtful – Condoleeza Rice
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A good day for Somalia: South Africa’s UN Ambassador Kumalo
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2008 among the ten warmest shaping on record
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WFP forced to cut rations to Zimbabweans
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WFP calls for rescue package for world’s hungry
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15 December 2008

Gaza power plant turned off: UNSCO
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Today's Features

European Union escorts ships carrying WFP food to Somalia
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Mia Farrow: DR Congo is “worst situation” she’s ever encountered
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Today's News

Middle East Quartet Meets at UN Headquarters
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Ban urges world community to alleviate suffering in Zimbabwe
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UK foreign secretary reacts to secretary-general’s report on Zimbabwe
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International Contact Group on Somalia to meet Tuesday
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More than 18,000 cases of cholera reported in Zimbabwe
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UN envoy condemns Taliban’s use of child as suicide bomber
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UN rights expert denied entry to Israel
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The financial crisis already proving contagious: Migiro
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Urgent needs still to be met for cyclone-affected people of Myanmar
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EU providing long-term protection for WFP humanitarian aid to Somalia
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Poznan conference comes up with real action to fight climate change
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Reviving agriculture production only lasting solution to fight against hunger: Diouf
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12 December 2008

Women

Film documents struggle for peace of Liberian women
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Today's Features

European climate change deal applauded by some, criticized by others at Poznan talks
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Rebel group in the Philippines agrees to release children from its ranks
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Today's News

Poznan Climate Change Conference reaches agreement on payment for adaptation fund
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Security Council urges intensified negotiations between Cyprus parties
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UN disagrees that Zimbabwe cholera epidemic is over
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UN climate chief welcomes EU agreement on climate change
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Poznan Climate Change Conference expected to conclude
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UN agencies working to ease the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe
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EU says climate deal a truly historic accomplishment
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Ban urges Human Rights Council to rise above partisan posturing
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Climate talks close to agreement
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Nobel laureate challenges world leaders to ensure a successful climate treaty
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Other Asian Languages

URDU #49: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama
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HINDI #50 - Antar Rashtriya Patrika
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BANGLA #50 - Jati Shongher Protidhoni
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Caribbean News

Antigua and Barbuda on the current financial and economic crises;
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UN Calling Asia

Reintegrating ex-combatants in Aceh, Indonesia
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11 December 2008

Today's Features

Secretary-General calls for a “Green New Deal” at Climate Change Talks
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“Pray the Devil Back to Hell” Film documents Liberian women’s peace initiative
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Today's News

UN chief sees climate summit next September
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Ban calls for “Green New Deal”
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UN pays tribute to lives lost in Algiers bombing
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UN concerned about plight of foreign workers in Baghdad
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Japan invests $92 million to help Africa weather climate change
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Mixed progress in talks on rules for dialogue between DRC and CNDP
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Poznan conference doing “a blue collar job”: de Boer
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UN envoy says Somali pirates rake in $120 million in 2008
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UN and Africa

Human Rights Day is observed on 10 December
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10 December 2008

Today's Features

A look at the history of the UDHR
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Progress is made in promoting human rights
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Today's News

World observes Human Rights Day
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Ban urges collective responsibility to uphold rights in Universal Declaration
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UNHCR hosting international dialogue on refugees
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EU promises to deliver on plans to reduce green house gas emissions
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WHO/UNICEF report says more child injuries can be prevented
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Negotiators reach deal on forests at climate talks
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Reform urgently needed in Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak control and health sector
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World Bank forecasts significant slowdown in 2009
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Changes in human rights policies may be difficult but are critical:Robinson
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New Report Urges Fresh Look at Latin American Solutions
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Agreement reached on set of goals for new climate treaty in 2009
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9 December 2008

Today's Features

Relief agencies respond to cholera crisis in Zimbabwe
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UN Spearheads Global Anti-Corruption Campaign
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Today's News

UN has responsibility to lead efforts to confront terrorism: Ban
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Corruption severely undermines human rights of millions: UN expert
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60th anniversary of the Convention against Genocide
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Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe greater than estimated
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UNODC launches anti-corruption campaign: Your ‘NO’ counts
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Outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe “staggering”
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WHO team in Zimbabwe to offer assistance in combating cholera outbreak
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Ban urges all to play by the rules and turn the tide against corruption
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Report from Arni Snaevarr of UNIC Brussels.
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UN to host conference on piracy off Somalia
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Rights expert says collective punishment of Gazans violate international humanitarian law
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Number of hungry people rises to 963 million: FAO
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Other Asian Languages

BANGLA #49 - Jati Shongher Protidhoni
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BANGLA #48 - Jati Shongher Protidhoni
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HINDI #49 - Antar Rashtriya Patrika
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8 December 2008

Today's Features

Security Council hears latest report from Criminal Court prosecutor
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AIDS in the Caribbean: good news and bad news
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Today's News

UN authorities say DPRK cereals shortage will affect millions
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Asia-Pacific meeting on climate change and food, fuel and financial crises
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5 December 2008

Women

American UN Association Welcomes Nomination of a New US Ambassador
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Today's Features

UN Envoy secures release of child soldiers in Nepal
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Empowering the blind in St. Lucia
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Today's News

Secretary-General urges Myanmar to cooperate with UN on pro-democracy measures
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UN member states pledge $380 million to UN humanitarian fund
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WHO meeting establishes tolerable levels for melamine
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UNEP launches maps of high carbon and biodiversity areas
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Secretary-General welcomes conclusion of cluster bombs meeting
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Relief agencies battle cholera in Zimbabwe
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Nepal agrees to release child soldiers
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UNHCR finds three empty sites for displaced people in DR Congo
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Business schools adopt principles for responsible management
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Caribbean News

The state of AIDS in the Caribbean
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UN Calling Asia

UN Envoy secures release of child soldiers in Nepal
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4 December 2008

Today's Features

Security Council meets over Libyan vessel incident
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A call for more protection for civilians in DRC
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Today's News

Central Emergency Fund improves UN disaster response
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Secretary-General stresses need to respond to crisis in Zimbabwe
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Security Council Mission cautiously optimistic about Afghanistan’s future
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2009 will be dominated by climate change talks
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UN independent expert says Doha missed opportunity to address debt
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Measles deaths greatly reduced in all but one country
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Sustainable forestry can help combat climate change
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UN calls on donors to sustain support for mine action
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UN and Africa

Relief workers call for more protection for civilians in DRC
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3 December 2008

Today's Features

Internet accessibility for the disabled
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UN organizes annual media seminar on the Middle East
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Today's News

Senior UN official says 2008 is a make or break year for Somalia
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Secretary-General calls for accessibility for persons with disabilities
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Treaty banning cluster bombs opens for signature
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ICC Prosecutor says ruling on President Omar Al Bashir is imminent
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UN Mission says Liberia needs to strengthen its justice
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Wild life groups warn that oceans and seas are becoming noisier
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UN food agency announces commitment to feed children in Asia
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Conference on AIDS in Africa opens in Dakar
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2 December 2008

Today's Features

IAEA says radiation can improve crops
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Climate Change meeting in Poznan focuses on technology transfer
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Today's News

Secretary-General speaks with Prime Minister of India
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President of General Assembly wraps up Doha meeting
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International treaty on cluster munitions opens for signature
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UNICEF launches emergency response to cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe
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UNICEF calls on parties to stop recruiting child soldiers in DRC
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African trade ministers call for fair play in cotton trade
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UN report says human rights violations continue in Iraq
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Security Council adopts resolution on piracy in Somalia
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Climate change threatens food security in Pacific islands
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UN court sentences Rwandan musician to 15 years
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UN expert says “Slavery is the reality of modern life”
Doha conference a success: UN special envoy
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At least 20 North Africans drown off the coast of Yemen
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UN nuclear watchdog promotes use of science to improve food security
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1 December 2008

Today's Features

UNAIDS recommends sharpening prevention efforts
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Ban hopeful for strong outcome at Follow-up Conference on Financing for Development
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Today's News

UN human rights body condemns violence in DR Congo
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UN expert calls on Netherland to help Cote d’Ivoire after toxic waste dumping
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Year of the Gorilla is launched in Rome
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UN appeals for over $ 900 million for Somalia
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UN expert is concerned about freedom of expression in Burundi
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Climate change negotiations start in Poznan, Poland
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Doha Conference close to deal on Outcome Document
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Secretary-General calls for sustained leadership to fight AIDS
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World Bank to increase financial support to developing countries
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WHO study says public sector lacks essential medicines
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Secretary-General is saddened by violence in Nigeria
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UN report warns of a possible recession in 2009
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