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feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Violence against women includes sex trafficking, honor killings, domestic abuse, female genital mutilation, violence against migrant workers, rape, and torture. In recognition of the prevalence of these problems, in December 1999 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to create the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women , now celebrated every year on November 25. This...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the brutal killing of at least 39 Filipinos in violence-related elections in a southern province of the Philippines. Ban said in a statement that he condemns this heinous crime committ...
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Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
(November 24, 2009, New York) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should provide an analytic, evaluative report on Israeli and Hamas investigations into alleged laws-of-war violations during the Gaza conflict, as requested by the General Assembly, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the secretary-general made public today. read more
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computing (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Tom Young, Computing , Tuesday 24 November 2009 at 17:09:00 Cisco and Ericsson chief executives are understood to be keen, as well as UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon The international body that regulates telecommunications has succeeded in getting mention of ICTs into the draft climate agreement to be negotiated at Copenhagen next month. The International Telecommunications Union says that the move...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday expressed his sympathies to the family of Alec Collett, a staff member of the United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees who disappeared 24 years ago and whose remains have now been found in Lebanon. Collett, a former British journalist, was on assignment for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East(UNRWA) when he was abducted...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on African leaders and donors to make intensified efforts to fight against poverty in Africa. The secretary-general made the appeal as he spoke at the launch of a new UN report which outlines steps to be taken by Africa and its development partners to help lift millions of people across the continent out of poverty. The report by the Commission on Effective...
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Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
A street football from the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, made from paper, wrapped in plastic bags and tied with string – and signed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon – was the top scorer at a United
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Global Security (Free subscription) | yesterday
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to all those who serve on the front lines of the battle against piracy off the coast of Somalia, while stressing that this scourge will not be defeated by military means alone.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
23 November 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to all those who serve on the front lines of the battle against piracy off the coast of Somalia, while stressing that this scourge will not be defeated by military means alone.
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LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | yesterday
Obama to Israelis: Jerusalem Is a “Settlement” – by P. David Hornik Asked by Fox News in China what he thought of Israel’s plans to build 900 housing units in the Gilo neighborhood in southeastern Jerusalem, President Obama responded : “The situation in the Middle East is very difficult, and I’ve said repeatedly and I’ll say again, Israel’s security is...
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Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | yesterday
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is hoping to boost momentum for December's climate change conference in Copenhagen when he meets with political leaders at the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, his spokesperson has said.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Increased threats to international staff in Darfur, including "extremely alarming" kidnappings, ongoing military action by Chad, Sudan and rebels, and Government limits on peacekeepers' movements continue to hamper efforts to stabilize the Sudanese area torn apart by nearly seven years of war, says a new report by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tests confirm remains are those of Alec Collett, who was kidnapped in 1985 while working on an article for the UN The remains of a British journalist who was kidnapped almost 25 years ago have been found in Lebanon, the Foreign Office confirmed today. Experts found human bones in the Bekaa Valley last week and tests have now shown that they are Alec Collett's remains. He was kidnapped at gunpoint...
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CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
The body of a United Nations worker, who had been missing for 24 years, has been found in eastern Lebanon, a representative of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday.
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CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
The body of a United Nations worker, who had been missing for 24 years, has been found in eastern Lebanon, a representative of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday.
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coolgirl | 05/24/2009
After visiting a displacement camp in Sri Lanka on Saturday and flying over the site of the last battle in the country's recently ended civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the sites "appalling." Source: CNN
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sahilsimran | 02/24/2009
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will arrive here on a two-day visit on Thursday. more
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