AFP - More Christian families have quit their homes in Mosul, a local official said on Monday, as the United Nations voiced concern at the community's plight in the northern Iraqi city.

AP - Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is hosting a high-profile conference uniting former U.N. chief Kofi Annan and other dignitaries this week — a rare visit seen as a reformist effort to position him for a comeback ahead of crucial elections.

AP - The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg.

AP - Martti Ahtisaari was a primary school teacher who became a peacemaker.

Reuters - The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday approved Serbia's request to ask a U.N. court if Kosovo's secession was legal, a move many Western states fear will slow down Kosovo's integration into the world community.

AP - The U.N Security Council will likely keep peacekeeping troops in Haiti for another year, but will not heed Haitians' calls to shift their focus to economic development in the storm-ravaged nation, the chief U.N. envoy to the country said Wednesday.

AFP - The Democratic Republic of Congo's envoy to the United Nations called on the Security Council to intervene to stop what he called an "imminent" Rwandan attack on the eastern DRC city of Goma.