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Liberians mourn UN worker killed in Afghanistan (AP)
AP - Hundreds of people jammed into a Monrovia church to mourn a Liberian United Nations worker killed in an October attack by Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan's capital.
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U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged.
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WHO investigating Norway swine flu mutations (AP)
AP - The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.
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UN committee targets Iran's rights violations (AP)
AP - A United Nations committee has approved a resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of disputed presidential elections.
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20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer (AP)
AP - EDITOR'S NOTE — The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents around the globe interviewed children who illustrate the remaining …
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U.N. committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights (Reuters)
Reuters - A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries.
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UN committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights (Reuters)
Reuters - A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries.
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UN committee criticizes NKorea rights violations (AP)
AP - A key United Nations committee is expressing very serious concern at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea.
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UN urges help for 1 billion deprived children (AP)
AP - UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care — and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence — two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.
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UN climate chief holds out hope for global pact (AP)
AP - The U.N. climate chief has a message for naysayers about the Copenhagen climate conference next month: It will succeed.
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Afghanistan is world's worst place to be born: UN (Reuters)
Reuters - Eight years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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Afghanistan is world's worst place to be born: U.N. (Reuters)
Reuters - Eight years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban (AP)
AP - Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy.
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UN presses for freedom for Sri Lanka war-displaced (AFP)
AFP - The United Nations on Thursday stepped up pressure on Sri Lanka to free thousands of war-displaced civilians held in state-run internment camps.
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UN says more children in school and fewer dying (AP)
AP - Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, fewer youngsters are dying and more are going to school — but an estimated 1 billion still lack services essential to their survival and development, UNICEF said Thursday.
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North Korea maneuvers to evade U.N. sanctions: experts (Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea appears to be taking elaborate measures to evade U.N. sanctions aimed at its nuclear and missile activities, arms trading and import of luxuries, U.N. experts say in a new report.
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U.N. rights experts call for proper toilets in prisons (Reuters)
Reuters - People held in jails and other detention centres around the world frequently have no access to clean toilets; a violation of their basic human rights, three United Nations investigators said Wednesday.
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US warns against paying ransom to pirates (AP)
AP - The United States is calling for intensified efforts to combat piracy and warning against paying ransom.
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Petition seeks release of 3 hikers held in Iran (AP)
AP - The families of three American hikers detained in Iran have filed a petition with the Iranian mission to the United Nations.
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UN official questions world's hunger commitment (AP)
AP - The director of a U.N. food agency questioned Wednesday how world powers could commit so much money to fighting the financial crisis and not to feeding the 1 billion hungry.
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