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North and South Korea clash on the high seas
US envoy to visit Pyongyang for rare one-on-one talks with reclusive communist regime
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Britain rules out climate treaty at summit
Friday, 6 November 2009
Officials say major powers too far apart for legal deal in Copenhagen.
Frustration mounts over Obama's fatal indecision
Friday, 6 November 2009
As Gordon Brown defends Britain's Afghan mission as US comes under pressure to decide on strategy
UN to pull its staff out of Afghanistan
Friday, 6 November 2009
Insurgent attacks see 600 workers evacuated – and they may never come back
Fifty UN peacekeepers punished for sex abuses
Thursday, 5 November 2009
At least 50 peacekeepers have received punishments ranging from reduction in military rank to eight months imprisonment for committing sexual abuses on United Nations missions since 2007, the UN said today.
UN chief defends dismissal of official
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, has defended his sacking of a top UN official who accused the organisation of turning a blind eye to fraud in the Afghan elections.
Sworn enemies across the disarmament table
Friday, 23 October 2009
Iran and Israel 'questioned each other' at nuclear conference
Afghan run-off may force US hand on troops
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Obama ponders reinforcements as Kabul authorities face struggle to ensure fair vote
Hague tells Clinton not to fear Tories' EU allies
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Links with far-right European parties 'a risk to good relations with US'
Tehran edges towards nuclear deal
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Atomic watchdog 'crossing fingers' that Iran will heed Friday deadline
The accidental diplomat in Kabul
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Kerry told Karzai: 'There are times when country comes before self'
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