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04 Aug 2010
 
 
 
 
New cluster munitions ban seen as advancement in arms control
HUMANITARIAN ACTION
An international treaty banning the use of cluster bombs, which came into effect on Sunday, was seen as one of the most significant arms control advancements since the Mine Ban Treaty more than a...
 
 
16 Sep 2008
 
UN assembly opens door to enlarged Security Council
INTERNATIONAL
The U.N. General Assembly opened the door on Monday to expanding the Security Council by calling for full-scale negotiations on adding new members to the United Nations' most powerful body. After...
 
 
02 Apr 2008
 
Bush presses NATO on Ukraine and Georgia
NATO
U.S. President George W. Bush set the stage for a clash at his final NATO summit on Wednesday by pressing reluctant west European allies to set former Soviet republics Georgia and Ukraine on a path...
 
 
15 Feb 2008
 
Serbian president Tadic vows to preserve Kosovo
SERBIA - KOSOVO
Boris Tadic will be sworn in as president of Serbia on Friday, two days before Kosovo declares independence in Serbia's most traumatic moment since it was bombed by NATO in 1999 to end...
 
 
14 Feb 2008
 
Fifteen enter contest to head UN patent agency
UNITED NATIONS
Fifteen governments have put up candidates to take over the leadership of the United Nations' patent agency WIPO later this year from its outgoing Sudanese chief Kamal Idris, WIPO said. In a...
 
 
06 Feb 2003
 
Powell fails to sway world opinion
News
US Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation Wednesday to the UN Security Council apparently failed to budge world opinion on Iraq, with most countries reaffirming their earlier positions.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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