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    Iran nuclear talks stall, even with US at table (AP)

    EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana Javier Solana, left, shakes hands with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili before a meeting on nuclear issues at the Town Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, July 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment.


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    Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:46:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    Cambodia asks for UN help in Thai border stand-off: Thailand (AFP)

    Cambodian Buddhist monks sit alongside Cambodian soldiers on a road leading to Preah Vihear temple near Cambodia-Thai border on July 18. Cambodia has asked the United Nations to intervene in its border dispute with Thailand, a Thai official said, the fifth day of a tense stand-off between the neighbours.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)AFP - Cambodia has asked the United Nations to intervene in its border dispute with Thailand, a Thai official said on Saturday, the fifth day of a tense stand-off between the neighbours.


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    Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:44:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    Zimbabwe opposition may sign initial talks agreement (Reuters)
    Reuters - Zimbabwe's main opposition party could sign an agreement as early as Monday to begin substantive talks with President Robert Mugabe's party on ending a political impasse that has worsened the country's severe economic crisis, opposition officials said on Saturday. -- read full article
    Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:57:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    Arab foreign ministers hold crisis talks on Sudan (Reuters)
    Reuters - Algeria urged other Arab nations on Saturday to press the United Nations Security Council to prevent the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. -- read full article
    Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:44:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    UN to end Myanmar aid flights on Aug. 10 (AP)
    AP - A United Nations decision to end aid flights to Myanmar next month could hurt relief efforts already struggling to reach millions of survivors with adequate food and water, humanitarian groups said Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:31:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    South African to be named UN human rights chief (AP)
    AP - A South African judge who was the first black woman to serve on her country's highest court will be the next U.N. human rights commissioner, diplomatic and U.N. officials said Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:55:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    U.N.'s Ban pushing ahead with Kosovo handoff to EU (Reuters)
    Reuters - Despite Russian objections, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report made public on Thursday he was pushing ahead with a plan to hand over policing functions in Kosovo to the European Union. -- read full article
    Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:32:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    ICC prosecutor won't back down on Sudan's Bashir (Reuters)

    Supporters of Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir demonstrate outside parliament in Khartoum, July 16, 2008, against the decision by International Criminal Court's (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to charge Bashir. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahReuters - The International Criminal Court's top prosecutor said on Thursday he would not drop his call for the arrest on genocide charges of Sudan's president, but the United Nations said the court must weigh the impact of its work.


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    Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:00:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    Prosecutor looks at 3rd war crimes case in Darfur (AP)

    International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo listens to a question during a news conference regarding the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Rome Statute of the ICC Thursday, July 17, 2008 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.  Ocampo sought an arrest warrant Monday for Sudan President Omar al-Bashir on charges of waging a campaign of genocide and rape in Darfur.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - With an arrest warrant pending against Sudan's president, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday he was focusing on another war crime case in Darfur involving two suspected rebel commanders allegedly directing attacks against peacekeepers.


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    Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:28:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    UN appeals for $33.5 million for Myanmar (AP)
    AP - A U.N. food agency is appealing for $33.5 million to help small farmers and fishermen in cyclone-hit Myanmar. -- read full article
    Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:01:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    Sri Lanka gets tough on UN, aid visas (AFP)

    A Sri Lankan army soldier stands guard in Colombo in March 2008. Sri Lanka's government on Thursday unveiled new restrictions on how long United Nations and other foreign aid staff are allowed to work on the war-torn island.(AFP/File/Sanka Vidanagama)AFP - Sri Lanka's government on Thursday unveiled new restrictions on how long United Nations and other foreign aid staff are allowed to work on the war-torn island.


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    Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:26:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    Prosecutor denies political timing in Darfur case (AP)

    Darfur tribesmen demonstrate outside the republican palace in Khartoum Sudan, Thursday, July 17, 2008 in support of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who had genocide charges filed against him at the International Criminal Court on Monday July 14, 2008.  Posters show International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo who filed 10 charges Monday against al-Bashir related to a campaign of extermination the U.N. says has claimed 300,000 lives and driven 2.5 million people from their homes. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)AP - The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Thursday his request for a warrant to arrest the Sudanese president on genocide charges was not timed to the court's 10th anniversary celebration.


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    Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:22:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    World Health Organisation staff return to Iraq (Reuters)
    Reuters - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has for the first time since 2003 redeployed expatriate staff to Iraq, the United Nations agency said on Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:06:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    U.N. humanitarian chief to visit Myanmar next week (Reuters)

    A Myanmar activist holds a red rose next to a portrait of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration in June 2008. US President George W. Bush on Sunday renewed his call for Myanmar's military regime to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)Reuters - U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes said on Wednesday he would visit Myanmar next week to check on aid delivery to the isolated country that initially shut out foreign relief workers after a deadly cyclone in May.


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    Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:24:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
    World food crisis drives up U.N. aid funding need (Reuters)

    Farmers harvest paddy crops in a field at Katlamura village, about 35 km (28 miles) west of the northeastern Indian city of Agartala in this April 29, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jayanta DeyReuters - The global food crisis is largely responsible for driving up the United Nations' need for funding to confront disasters and emergencies around the world this year by one-fifth, the U.N. said on Wednesday.


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    Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:49:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: United Nations
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