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By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
Sun Jan 4, 5:04 am ET
UNITED NATIONS – The United States has blocked approval of a U.N. Security Council statement calling for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, diplomats said.

Dan Savage on the Prop 8 aftermath, and the argument that religious bigots are simply expressing their heartfelt faith:
“In the wake of Prop 8 millions of gays and lesbians all over the country have decided that we’re no longer going to play by the old rules. We’re not going to let people kick our [...]

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The UN nuclear watchdog has unanimously agreed to put the issue of Israel’s nuclear capabilities on the agenda of its annual meeting.
After requests by the Non-Aligned Movement and the Arab League, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) agreed to put the issue of Israel’s nuclear capabilities on the agenda of the 52nd annual meeting [...]

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NEW YORK (CNN) — A key meeting of world powers to discuss a fourth U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran is unlikely because of a Russian boycott, according to a top U.S. official.

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Posted on Sep 3, 2008
Russia announced Wednesday its willingness to withdraw its remaining troops from Georgia if, and only if, some conditions were met: one, bring international peacekeepers in to replace Russian soldiers and, two, Georgia must sign nonaggression pacts with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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Jerome Starkey
The Independent
Fri, 16 May 2008 14:41 EDT
Secret Afghan death squads are acting on the orders of foreign spies and killing civilians inside Afghanistan with impunity, a senior UN envoy has claimed. Professor Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on illegal killings, said “foreign intelligence agencies” had used illegal groups of heavily armed Afghans in [...]

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by Simon Morgan
Fri Apr 25, 5:39 PM ET
The UN atomic watchdog agency said Friday it would probe US intelligence allegations that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea’s help.
But Syrian ambassador to the United States Imad Moustapha told reporters in Washington that the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “is already cooperating [...]

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Published: March 7, 2008 at 10:44 PM
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 7 (UPI) — A U.N. committee said Friday the United States should do more to help poor black New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

http://rawstory.com/…The United States Monday formally recognized Kosovo following the territory’s declaration of independence from Serbia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

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Thursday February 7, 2008
The Guardian
The UN’s chief torture investigator criticised the US government yesterday for defending the use of “waterboarding”, an interrogation method often described as a form of torture.Manfred Nowak, the special rapporteur on torture, said: “This is absolutely unacceptable under international human rights law. [The] time has come [...]