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Daily podcast - August 16, 2010

In today's podcast, the DA and the ID are to "marry"; the UN pleads for humanitarian access to a Darfur refugee camp; and, ANCYL leader Julius Malema calls for more radical leadership.

Daily podcast - July 22, 2009

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in today's podcast, the DTI says that it needs assistance from investors if government is to reach its goals of job creation and halving poverty by 2014; the UN reveals a record $4,8-billion...

UN: Ban: Briefing by the secretary-general of the UN at a press conference in New York (05/05/2009)

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Date: 05/05/2009

Source: United Nations, office of the secretary-general

Title: UN: Ban: Briefing by the secretary-general of the UN at a press conference in New York

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Congo's east improving but don't expect miracle

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A top U.N. aid official said on Saturday the situation in Congo's war-torn east was beginning to change but the thousands of displaced should not expect "miracles" from the United Nations. U.N....

UN: Ban: Opening remarks by United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-Moon at a press conference in Gaza (20/01/2009)

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Date: 20/01/2009

Source: United Nations

Title: UN: Ban: Opening remarks by United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-Moon at a press conference in Gaza.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

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Daily podcast - November 20, 2008

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The UN requests a record $7-billion in aid for people in Africa and the Middle-east; the AU's Jean Ping says the increase in piracy off the coast of Somalia is aggravated by the country's feuding...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe says war vets ready for battle

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says liberation war veterans are ready to take up arms to prevent the opposition winning a June 27 presidential run-off. The state-owned Herald newspaper...

West dismayed over Suu Kyi detention

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Western governments lashed out at the extension of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest, but the outrage at Myanmar's generals was tempered by concern over disrupting aid flows...

SA: Pahad: Foreign Affairs Dept Budget Vote 2008/09 (13/05/2008)

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Statement by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aziz Pahad at the Department of Foreign Affairs Budget Vote 2008/09

UN says Darfur death toll may be 300 000

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As many as 300,000 people may have died in the five-year conflict in Darfur, a dramatic increase over earlier estimates of 200,000, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday. Sudan's U.N....

Worsening conditions could wreck Mideast talks

MIDDLE EAST

Worsening conditions for people in the Palestinian territories and southern Israel risk fatally undermining Middle East peace talks relaunched late last year, two senior U.N. officials said on...

Sudan army attacks rebel-held area near Chad border

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The Sudanese army began an offensive in the mountainous Jabel Moun area on Tuesday in its latest attempt to reclaim the West Darfur district from insurgents who took up arms five years ago. The...

UN council demands end to Kenya ethnic violence

UNITED NATIONS

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday demanded an end to what it described as "ethnically motivated attacks" in Kenya, where a wave of post-election violence has left over 1,000 people...

UN: Ban: Security Council briefing on visit to Africa (05/02/2008)

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Opening remarks at press encounter following Security Council briefing on visit to Africa

UN aide played down attacks on Israel - envoy

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Israel's ambassador to the United Nations criticized the organization's humanitarian affairs chief on Thursday for failing to acknowledge the suffering caused by Palestinian rocket...

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