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Iran
118 UN members reaffirm support for Iran’s N-program
As the West pushes for new sanctions against Iran, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) moves to issue a new statement, voicing its support for Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.
US: Healthcare
Support from his own party in doubt, President Barack Obama summoned more than a dozen House Democrats to the White House [...]
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Private armies worry U.N. peacekeepers
Spacewar
Armed militias and mercenaries are at the center of urgent discussions convened by the United Nations in Ethiopia, to explore ways of containing their unlawful activities in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
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Falklands
Washington refused to endorse British claims to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands yesterday as the diplomatic row over oil drilling in the South Atlantic intensified in London, Buenos Aires and at the UN.
Despite Britain’s close alliance with the US, the Obama Administration is determined not to be drawn into the issue. It has also declined [...]
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Iran might be seeking to develop nuclear weapons capability, inspectors say
Joby Warrick and Scott Wilson/WashPo
19 Feb 2010
U.N. nuclear inspectors, citing evidence of an apparently ongoing effort by Iran to obtain new technologies, publicly suggested for the first time Thursday that the country is actively seeking to develop a weapons capability.
U.N. Rejects ‘Militarization’ of Afghan Aid
Rod Nordland/NYT
KABUL, Afghanistan — Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan on Wednesday criticized NATO forces for what one referred to as “the militarization of humanitarian aid,” and said United Nations agencies would not participate in the military’s reconstruction strategy in Marja as part of its current offensive there.
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Israel
As Israel keeps threatening the regional countries with war, Egyptian maritime sources say the Israeli navy has deployed two missile ships to the Persian Gulf.
Citing the sources, Yediot Ahronot reported Saturday that two Israeli missile ships passed through the Suez Canal en rout to the Red Sea on Thursday morning.
The United Nations is likely to [...]
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Exclusive: Israeli commander: ‘We rewrote the rules of war for Gaza’
Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem/Independent
Civilians ‘put at greater risk to save military lives’ in winter attack – revelations that will pile pressure on Netanyahu to set up full inquiry
A high-ranking officer has acknowledged for the first time that the Israeli army went beyond its previous rules of engagement on the protection of civilian lives in order [...]
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The ‘explosive admission’ in Israel’s Gaza report
Paul Wood, BBC News, Jerusalem
Buried in paragraph 108 of the Israeli foreign ministry’s report to the UN on Gaza is the key fact of the document.
Two senior officers – one the commander of the Gaza ground operation, no less – were reprimanded for failing to follow their own rules of engagement.
The document was slipped out [...]
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Zimbabwe
A secret airstrip is being built in a diamond field illegally seized by the Zimbabwean army 14 months ago which would enable clandestine weapons shipments.
Diplomats and analysts believe that the mile-long runway is intended for arms shipments, probably from China, for which troops loyal to President Robert Mugabe would pay on the spot with gemstones [...]
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Middle East Quartet condemns Israeli settlement plan