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UN in stand-off over access to victims
Saturday, 10 May 2008
The United Nations was in a tense stand-off with the Burmese junta last night over access to the victims of Cyclone Nargis.
Call for inquiry into US role in Somalia
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Amnesty International has called for the role of the United States in Somalia to be investigated, following publication of a report accusing its allies of committing war crimes.
Gordon and Tony meet again but it's the same old story for the PM
Friday, 2 May 2008
It was hardly an invitation that he could turn down but the Prime Minister cannot have relished being once again in the shadow of his predecessor Tony Blair when he joined guests at a Mayfair hotel for a conference on investment in the Palestinian territories.
The great debaters
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Britain seeks moratorium on arms sales to Zimbabwe
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Britain has proposed a temporary global moratorium on arms sales to Zimbabwe during the first UN Security Council discussion of the current crisis since the elections on 29 March.
Britain urges the UN to help bring down Mugabe
Sunday, 27 April 2008
Britain has called for a United Nations mission to investigate human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, saying opposition supporters were suffering an increase in violence a month after elections were held.
UN targets US over delay in Syrian nuclear evidence
Saturday, 26 April 2008
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has reacted with fury at the United States' delay in passing on intelligence, after Washington accused North Korea of helping Syria to build secretly a nuclear reactor.
Ban Ki-who? UN issues memo on name
Friday, 25 April 2008
The post of UN secretary general is not exactly a low-profile job.
US says North Korea helped Syria build nuclear reactor
Friday, 25 April 2008
US intelligence agencies have produced evidence which the White House says proves that North Korea helped Syria build a secret nuclear reactor before it was bombed by Israeli warplanes last year.
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