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September 7, 2010
KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) - Fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has killed more than 230 people in the past…
August 30, 2010
JUBA, Sudan (AP) - The U.N.'s top humanitarian official in Southern Sudan said the task of transforming a rebel movement…
August 23, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - More than three weeks later, the U.N. mission has issued no statement about the atrocities and said…
June 25, 2010
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Today, the West African country is on the verge of putting half a century of coups…
June 9, 2010
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Iran's decision to turn its back to White House overtures convinced the world of the need…
June 7, 2010
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner announced the appointment, saying that Cheadle would help raise green awareness…
May 11, 2010
GENEVA (AP) - Arizona's new law on illegal immigration could violate international standards that are binding in the United States,…
May 3, 2010
OPINION - If the United Nations is willing to elevate black unemployment as an egregious human rights concern, I say…
April 1, 2010
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Haiti's President Rene Preval asked donors to focus on education and help the country's 9 million…
March 31, 2010
OPINION - It is a chillingly candid - some would say arrogant - document from U.S officials who see little…
March 31, 2010
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In the first minutes of a day-long donors conference, the US and the European Union pledged…
March 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama is asking Congress for $2.8 billion in emergency funding for the reconstruction effort in Haiti...
February 9, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to…
February 2, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE(AP) - Twenty armed men blocked a road and tried to hijack a convoy of food for earthquake victims, but…
January 25, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The collapse of much of Haiti's capital has a large part of the nation struggling just…
October 23, 2009
OPINION - The Congo is plagued by a horrific civil war in the east where tens of thousands of women…
September 25, 2009
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The Clinton Global Intiative is announcing $258 million worth of aid projects for this impoverished country...
September 24, 2009
VIDEO - President Obama wrapped up his visit to the United Nations with a commitment from nations to rid the…
September 23, 2009
VIDEO -- President Obama today addressed the U.N. General assembly in New York where he took on world issues from…
September 23, 2009
OPINION - Right here in the United States, there are serious climate issues that need to be addressed, and these…