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US: 200 teens have been detained in Afghan war
December 8, 2012 12:04 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States says the U.S. Army has detained more than 200 Afghan teenagers captured in the war for about a year at a time at a prison next to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The U.S. State Department calls the detainees "enemy combatants" in a report... more » -
Russia to discuss Syria with Kofi Annan
March 22, 2012 3:21 PM
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian official says U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan will visit Moscow this week to discuss his efforts to mediate a cease-fire in Syria. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov also said Thursday that his country will meet with a Syrian opposition delegation, including members of the... more » -
Israel condemns UN settlement probe
March 22, 2012 3:14 PM
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister has rejected a vote by a U.N. body to send a team to investigate Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Benjamin Netanyahu issued his statement Thursday after the U.N. Human Rights Council voted for the inquiry. "This is a hypocritical council with an automatic... more » -
UN, French fire on Ivory Coast Gbagbo's residence
April 10, 2011 3:07 PM
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Residents say that United Nations and French helicopters have fired rockets on the residence of Ivorian strongman Laurent Gbagbo, who is holed up in a bunker. Two residents from nearby neighborhoods reported seeing two Mi-24 attack helicopters and one French helicopter open fire on... more » -
Arab League asks for no-fly zone from U.N.
March 12, 2011 1:17 PM
CAIRO (AP) - The Arab League has asked the U.N. Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. The statement came after the 22-member organization held an emergency meeting in Cairo. The Arab League can't impose a no-fly zone itself, but its approval gives the U.S. and other Western... more » -
U.N. Security Council meets on Korea tensions
December 19, 2010 1:28 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Russia called for the meeting and diplomats say Moscow wants the U.N.'s most powerful body to adopt a statement Sunday calling on both North and South Korea to exercise... more » -
US pledges $1.15 billion to Haiti
March 31, 2010 12:11 PM
A senior U.S. official says the Obama administration will pledge $1.15 billion in taxpayer dollars over the next two years to help with Haiti's post-earthquake reconstruction. The official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will announce the pledge on Wednesday at a U.N. donors conference that is expected... more » -
U.N. criticizes construction for 2014 games in Russia
March 15, 2010 2:36 PM
The United Nations has criticized Russia for ignoring the ecological impact of construction projects for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. In a report obtained Monday by The Associated Press, the United Nations Environment Program says government assessments do not take into account the effects the various projects will have on... more » -
UN report: Much of Somalia's food aid diverted
March 10, 2010 12:35 PM
A U.N. diplomat blames the lack of security in Somalia for problems in distributing food to the millions of hungry people. A U.N. Security Council report says up to half the food aid is being diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamic militants and local U.N. workers. Trucks carrying food... more » -
UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015
March 8, 2010 11:05 AM
The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Michel D. Kazatchkine, the Global... more » -
Puebloan will help coordinate relief efforts in Haiti
January 22, 2010 2:33 PM
A Pueblo man who's an expert in digital mapping and analyzing satellite images will be lending his expertise to help the relief effort in Haiti. Chris Markuson, the Geographic Information Systems Director for Pueblo County, will volunteer for two weeks at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Markuson was... more » -
UN climate chief: hacked e-mails are damaging
December 6, 2009 7:51 AM
The top U.N. climate official says hacked e-mails from climate scientists that appear to cast doubt on their research do look bad, but studies of global warming are solid. Yvo de Boer says the review process by some 2,500 scientists of climate change research is thorough and credible. He acknowledged... more » -
Envoys scale back U.N. climate pact ambitions
November 6, 2009 9:59 AM
Negotiators and diplomats were working Thursday on a scaled-back version of a global climate change treaty that could be agreed by next month's deadline, without firm U.S. commitments. The idea of forging a political agreement, instead of a legally binding treaty, was becoming a more accepted possibility as negotiators... more » -
3,000 may be trapped under Indonesia quake rubble
October 2, 2009 11:17 AM
Indonesia's Health Ministry says nearly 3,000 people may still be trapped under rubble after a powerful earthquake two days ago. A spokesman for the ministry's Disaster Management Agency says 715 people have been confirmed dead and 2,400 hospitalized. A United Nations spokeswoman says the with thousands still trapped under collapsed... more » -
Leaders warn time running out for climate deal
September 28, 2009 10:03 AM
Leaders at the U.N. climate talks that are kicking off Monday, in Thailand, warn that failure to act will leave future generations fighting for survival. They called on delegates to break the deadlock over a global warming deal that has been bogged down by a broad unwillingness to commit to... more » -
UN confronts climate change
September 22, 2009 8:11 AM
A day before world leaders start talking politics at the U.N. General Assembly, they'll confront global climate change. The U.N. climate chief says China may be leapfrogging ahead of the United States on legislation to address climate change. As the U.N. opens a one-day climate summit today, Yvo de Boer... more »
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