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2013/05/23 05:19
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... FOREIGN TIPS U.S. Government Urges North Korea to Free Jailed American WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- The U.S. government called on May 15 for North Korea to release an American citizen jailed there,...
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2013/05/22 21:28
2013/05/22 21:28
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Speech Speech to the Plenary session Community Resilience: The Foundation of Resilient Nations, Geneva, SwitzerlandIntroduction Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, katoa.Good morning distinguished...
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2013/05/22 21:14
2013/05/22 21:14
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Submit Do It! listings to stcs.doit@sunmedia.ca by 9 a.m. the Monday before Thursday’s publication. You can also post your listings online. Scroll down to Events, click on Add an Event and follow the...
2013/05/22 16:57
2013/05/22 16:57
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BEIRUT (AP) � Syria's main opposition alliance on Wednesday urged fighters to come from around the country to reinforce a rebel-held town under attack by President Bashar Assad's troops and their...
2013/05/22 14:29
2013/05/22 14:29
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Windhoek — Namibia has joined the rest of the world to make Disaster Risk Reduction a national priority and speed up implementation of programmes and policies to shield Namibia from serious economic...
2013/05/22 05:39
2013/05/22 05:39
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Two teenagers have this week travelled to Switzerland to address the United Nations, and present their ideas about to reduce disaster risk. The pair were selected to attend the Geneva conference,...
2013/05/22 05:39
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UN global disasters forum condoles Oklahoma tornado victims New York, May 22 : A United Nations forum dedicated to building resilience to disasters and making communities safer opened Tuesday in...
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2013/05/22 05:39
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Syrian humanitarian aid rises to over 8 million: UN New York, May 22 : A senior United Nations humanitarian official reported Tuesday that the total number of people in need of assistance as a result...
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2013/05/21 20:16
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PARLIAMENT Government protects human rights of the Tamils Sandesan Marasinghe and Irangika Range Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa presided when Parliament met yesterday at 1 pm. After the presentation of...
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2013/05/21 13:13
2013/05/21 13:13
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... that it had chosen the Brazilian Roberto Azevedo, 55, as its next director general. In September he will take over from France's Pascal Lamy, who has served two four-year terms. It is...
2013/05/20 16:42
2013/05/20 16:42
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Bashar Assad's regime and Syrian opposition leaders should be held as soon as possible, telling MPs it must be focused on agreeing a full transitional body to take over running the...
2013/05/20 09:42
2013/05/20 09:42
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In a side event during the ongoing 14th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Prof. Philip Alston...
2013/05/19 09:31
2013/05/19 09:31
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... a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place “very soon,” possibly, at the beginning of June, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday. “As I have been asked by the...
2013/05/19 08:15
2013/05/19 08:15
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Last week saw a landmark split in the coalition, with Conservative ministers drawing up their own Bill designed to “lock in” David Cameron’s promise of an “in/out” referendum on Britain’s future...
2013/05/18 11:30
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Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the top United Nations human rights official...
2013/05/18 05:38
2013/05/18 05:38
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UN welcomes signing of Bangladesh work safety accord New York, May 18 : The United Nations human rights chief Friday welcomed the decision of dozens of international companies to sign on to a...
2013/05/18 05:38
2013/05/18 05:38
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UN condemns Papua New Guinea's plans to resume death penalty New York, May 18 : The United Nations human rights office Friday expressed serious concern over Papua New Guinea's announcement that it...
2013/05/17 23:52
2013/05/17 23:52
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Europe's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and a quarter have been victims of physical or verbal attacks, an EU report says. 'Fear,...
2013/05/16 23:29
2013/05/16 23:29
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Justice in Guatemala Vital For Preventing Heinous CrimesFriday, 17 May 2013, 11:25 amPress Release: UN NewsJustice in Guatemala Vital For Preventing Recurrence of Heinous Crimes, Say UN ExpertsNew...
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2013/05/16 18:34
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures during their joint news conference, Thursday, May 16, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in...