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November 27, 2012

Republican senators continue to criticize Susan Rice

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three Republican senators who have just met with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice say they are more troubled…
October 1, 2012

State Department rejects call for UN ambassador Susan Rice to quit

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is rejecting a demand from a senior Republican lawmaker for the U.S. ambassador to…
September 25, 2012

President Obama and the first lady visit 'The View'

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visited 'The View' on Monday for a taping that aired…
September 25, 2012

President Barack Obama urges United Nations to confront roots of Muslim rage

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Barack Obama told world leaders Tuesday that attacks on U.S. citizens in Libya "were attacks…
August 20, 2012

Beyoncé unveils 'I Was Here' video for World Humanitarian Day

theGRIO REPORT - Earlier this month Beyoncé made an appearance at the United Nations in New York City, where she…
August 11, 2012

Beyoncé performs and films music video at UN

NEW YORK (AP) - Superstar singer Beyonce has serenaded a different New York City venue: The United Nations...
August 3, 2012

Kofi Annan quits as Syrian envoy, blames lack of unity

BEIRUT (AP) - Kofi Annan announced his resignation Thursday as peace envoy to Syria and issued a blistering critique of…
August 2, 2012

Beyoncé joins UN's global humanitarian campaign

NEW YORK (AP) - Beyonce is teaming with the United Nations and humanitarian aid organizations on a global campaign to…
July 25, 2012

Hunt for Joseph Kony lacks funding, troops and equipment

The head of a planned African Union force to hunt warlord Joseph Kony said on Wednesday that he can't start…
June 19, 2012

Scientists are trying figure out how cholera got to Haiti

Many had thought that United Nations peacekeeping soldiers brought cholera to earthquake ravaged Haiti in October 2010...
June 13, 2012

Mogadishu is losing 'Most Dangerous City' label

MOGADISU, Somalia (AP) - Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous…
June 6, 2012

7 siblings graduate high school together with honors (VIDEO)

VIDEO - They look like a gathering of the United Nations, but you can just call them the Seitz Senior…
June 4, 2012

Canada withdraws from UN group over Mugabe tourism pick

theGrio REPORT -- Canada has chosen to formally remove itself from The UNWTO (United Nation World Tourism Body)...
May 29, 2012

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

GENEVA (AP) - U.N. officials say they expect 18 million people in West Africa will go hungry this year, including…
March 12, 2012

NAACP to take voter ID laws to the United Nations

The NAACP hopes that international pressure will help to reverse legislation in 31 U.S. states that has changed access to…
January 17, 2012

Dikembe Mutombo caught up in $10 million gold scam

According to a U.N. report, Mutombo was in New York on a more personal cause -- trying to interest a…
January 11, 2012

Few major Haiti reconstruction projects have begun

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The billions of dollars in aid that flowed into Haiti after its shattering earthquake were meant…
December 2, 2011

Gender-based violence and HIV linked

theGRIO REPORT - Women make up 50 percent of the 34 million people living with HIV-AIDS globally, and new reports…
December 2, 2011

Dec. 2 marks the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

theGRIO REPORT - In case you've forgotten, slavery continues to thrive throughout the world- mainly in the form of human…
November 21, 2011

UN: AIDS epidemic stabilizing, still work to do

LONDON (AP) - Critics say that the body's aim of wiping out the disease is overly optimistic, however, considering there…