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• Obama pledges climate support

  
  ICM Commercial & Business News — Authority: 434
  US President Barack Obama has pledged his support for the war on climate change by announcing his attendance at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on 9 December. The White House announced yesterday that the President would be attending the conference and will unveil plans for the US to ...
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• UN commission probing BB assassination case seeks 3-month extension

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Islamabad, Nov.26 (ANI): The United Nations inquiry commission probing the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has sought a three-month extension from the Pakistan government. According to sources, Chile’s Ambassador to the UN, Heraldo Munoz, who is the chairman of the inquiry committee, ...
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• The Daily Habit: Environment

  
  The 115- Fear and Loathing in America: Random Babble from the Red-Eyed Counterculture — Authority: 141
  Climate Changing Faster http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/sci_climate_09_post_kyoto  
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• UN Combats Violence Against Women, with Help from Men

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 721
  On Wednesday, the 10th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced the creation of a network of men tapped to serve as male role models in the fight against gender-based violence. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries November 25, ...
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• Billions of climate aid cash unaccounted for

  
  propaganda press! freedom now — Authority: 135
  Large sums of money promised to developing countries to tackle climate change aid are unaccounted for, according to the BBC. A BBC investigation has found that it is not possible to verify whether the 410 million US dollars a year pledged by industrialised countries in the 2001 Bonn Declaration has actually been paid ...
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• Ending Violence Against Women: A Day At The U.N. [Just Say No]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women . Yesterday, I hung out at United Nations headquarters to learn about whats being done at the highest levels and on the ground. Heres what I found out. On this, the events tenth anniversary, two major developments have emerged: first, ...
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• Today: International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 666
        Today is United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Around the globe, workers are saying “No” to violence against women. Although we often limit discussions on violence against women to domestic violence, it also is a human rights issue and a workplace ...
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• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
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• Lanka government to release 130,000 Tamil refugees from Dec. 1

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Colombo, Nov.23 (ANI): Nearly six months after Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war came to an end, the government has announced plans to finally close the controversial civilian internment camps. The detainees will be allowed freedom of movement starting on December 1 and the camps will be permanently closed by January ...
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• Love of the Land: Obama to Israelis: Jerusalem Is a “Settlement”

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 164
  Obama to Israelis: Jerusalem Is a “Settlement” P.David Hornik FrontPageMag.com 20 November 09 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 ...
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• UN celebrates 20 years of child rights convention

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New York, Nov 20 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect “the youngest and most vulnerable members of society”.The convention was signed into international law in 1989 by the UN General Assembly and it took effect ...
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• Sarkozy, Ban Ki-moon to attend Commonwealth meet

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  By Paras RamoutarPort-of-Spain, Nov 20 (IANS) French President Nicholas Sarkozy and UN chief Ban Ki-moon will be attending the Commonwealth of Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29 as special guests, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke ...
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• One billion hungry people waiting for action on food security

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 521
  The world food security conference in Rome, Italy closed 18 November with promises to invest more in agriculture and “to eradicate hunger at the earliest date”, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), which hosted the three-day event. FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf expressed his ...
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• U.N Secretary General Ban Ki Moon Reported about Child Hunger kills

  
  UwidoNews - Submitted news — Authority: 171
  Somewhere in the world, a child dies of hunger every five seconds -- even though the planet has more than enough food for all.
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• Dream job or snake pit? UN appoints new spokesman

  
  Global News Blog — Authority: 517
  By Patrick Worsnip It’s not uncommon for journalists at some point in their careers to cross the barricades and become the people who dish out the news as spokespersons for an organization or firm, rather than being on the receiving end. It requires a different set of skills that can make the transition tough, and ...
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• Dream job or snake pit? UN appoints new spokesman

  
  MediaFile — Authority: 593
  By Patrick Worsnip Its not uncommon for journalists at some point in their careers to cross the barricades and become the people who dish out the news as spokespersons for an organization or firm, rather than being on the receiving end. It requires a different set of skills that can make the transition tough, and a ...
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• “Food Security and Climate Change Are Deeply Interconnected,” UN Secretary-General Says

  
  Circle of Blue | WaterNews — Authority: 546
  Farmers are hurt by erratic water supplies and underinvestment, according to summit speakers. Leaders weigh in on global agricultural investment during opening remarks of the FAO summit in Rome. Speakers at the opening session of the World Summit on Food Security, hosted by the United Nations’ Food and ...
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• Asking for the moon, Ban Ki-moon

  
  Doosra — Authority: 123
  The first Boer War was fought over Transvaal. The second Boer War was fought over the gold deposits of Orange Free State. And after a 108-year lemon break, the Poms and the Proteas are at it again. The Third Boer War is being thrust on us and it is being fought over Craig Kieswetter! And once again, that ...
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• Food summit turns down UN funding appeal

  
  EndrTimes — Authority: 446
  By ARIEL DAVID, AP posted: 7 HOURS 7 MINUTES AGO ROME -Pope Benedict XVI decried the steadily worsening tragedy of world hunger on Monday after a global summit rebuffed a U.N. call to commit billions of dollars a year for a new strategy to help poor countries feed themselves. The meeting at the U.N. Food and ...
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• South African Mercenaries Accused of Training Rebels in Guinea

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 453
  A Western diplomat on Sunday corroborated French media reports that mercenaries from South Africa are training forces loyal to the coup leader in Guinea, the the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) said. According to the diplomat, the mercenary training has sparked fears of an imminent return to violence in ...
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