UN authorizes intervention force for Congo

Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council authorized a new 'intervention brigade' for Congo on Thursday with an unprecedented mandate to take military action against rebel groups to help bring peace to the country's conflict-wracked east...

Stevie Wonder cancels concert for group backing Israeli military

Adam Howard

WASHINGTON (AP) - Stevie Wonder is calling off a concert for a group that raises money for the Israeli military...

Obama addresses UN on Muslim rage

Ben Feller, Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Barack Obama told world leaders Tuesday that attacks on U.S. citizens in Libya "were attacks on America," and he called on them to join in confronting the root causes of the rage across the Muslim world...

Beyoncé performs and films music video at UN

Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Superstar singer Beyonce has serenaded a different New York City venue: The United Nations...

Scientists are trying figure out how cholera got to Haiti

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Many had thought that United Nations peacekeeping soldiers brought cholera to earthquake ravaged Haiti in October 2010...

Canada quits UN group over Mugabe pick

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGrio REPORT -- Canada has chosen to formally remove itself from The UNWTO (United Nation World Tourism Body)...

UN: 18 million in West Africa to go hungry in 2012

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GENEVA (AP) - U.N. officials say they expect 18 million people in West Africa will go hungry this year, including three million young children whose lives or health will be at risk...

NAACP to take voter ID laws to the UN

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The NAACP hopes that international pressure will help to reverse legislation in 31 U.S. states that has changed access to voting...

Groundhog Day for black unemployment

Dr. Boyce Watkins

OPINION - I feel like Bill Murray every single month when I receive the monthly unemployment reports...

New prime minister would end Haiti quake panel

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Daniel-Gerard Rouzier said the 27-member commission is "dysfunctional" and he would replace it with a new government agency...

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UN authorizes intervention force for Congo

Stevie Wonder cancels concert for group backing Israeli military

Obama addresses UN on Muslim rage

Beyoncé performs and films music video at UN

Scientists are trying figure out how cholera got to Haiti

Canada quits UN group over Mugabe pick

UN: 18 million in West Africa to go hungry in 2012

NAACP to take voter ID laws to the UN

Groundhog Day for black unemployment

New prime minister would end Haiti quake panel

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