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Biodiversity loss is 'wake-up call', warns UN |
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| Jan.13 |
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U.N.: More than 100 staff missing |
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| Jan.15 |
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UN launches Haiti quake relief appeal |
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| Jan.17 |
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Top 2 U.N. officials in Haiti died in quake
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UN chief urges Haiti aid patience |
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| Jan.28 |
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Haiti memorial for UN quake victims |
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| Jan.30 |
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UN chief Ban urges Sudan unity |
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| Jan.31 |
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UN begins major food distribution program
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West pushing for sanctions against Iran |
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| Feb.8 |
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UN supports Olympic Truce |
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| Feb.17 |
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U.N. envoy: Reconciliatory efforts needed |
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UN seeks record quake aid donations
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| Feb.22 |
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U.N.: North Korea should get food aid
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| Feb.26 |
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UN presses for Gaza war investigation |
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Trial Karadzic resumed |
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| Mar.5 |
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U.N. chief visits as aftershocks shake |
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| Mar.6 |
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Rajapaksa dismisses human rights panel |
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| Mar.10 |
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Contractors divert Somalia aid
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| Mar.11 |
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UN critical of Israel over Gaza |
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| Mar.18 |
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Bluefin tuna ban proposal meets rejection |
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| Mar.19 |
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Quartet urges Israeli settlement freeze
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| Mar.25 |
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U.N. critical of Myanmar election process |
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| Mar.28 |
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UN call for new DRC strategy |
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| Mar.30 |
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Court: Srebrenica women cannot sue UN |
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U.N. delays Bhutto report release |
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| Mar.31 |
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UN chief urges support for $4bn Haiti plan
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UN Haiti donor pledges surpass targets The international community has pledged a total of $9.9bn in immediate and long-term aid to earthquake-hit Haiti at a UN donor conference
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UN envoy denies Afghan poll fraud |
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| Apr.8 |
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UN climate talks to resume |
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| Apr.15 |
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U.N.: Bhutto death probe mishandled U.N. commission: Pakistan's government failed to protect former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before her assassination
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| Apr.30 |
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UN's chief warns on early Congo pull-out |
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Clinton faces off with Iran's leader Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced off with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at UN nuclear conference, accusing Tehran of 'flouting the rules'
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| May.14 |
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UN head urges end to Bangkok clashes
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| May.16 |
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Thailand rejects UN-backed talks plan
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| May.17 |
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UN: Thais must step back from brink |
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| May.18 |
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New Iran sanctions being tabled
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UN push for nuclear-free Mid-East Signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty agree to hold a conference on a nuclear-weapons-free Middle East
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| May.29 |
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Israel rejects nuclear talks plan
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Security Council meets on Israeli raid
Israel faced condemnation and questions at an emergency meeting called by Turkey on the Israeli military's storming of a six-ship flotilla
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U.N. to vote on tougher Iran sanctions
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| Jun.9 |
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Libya orders U.N. agency to close |
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U.N. votes new sanctions on Iran
The Council voted to impose new sanctions on Iran to try to force it to suspend its nuclear program. President Ahmadinejad dismisses new sanctions
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UN chief alarmed by Kyrgyzstan clashes |
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| Jun.14 |
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Koreas meet over ship's sinking |
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UN calls for Kyrgyzstan aid corridor
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| Jun.18 |
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UN launches Kyrgyzstan appeal |
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| Jun.19 |
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U.N.: Afghan security remains unstable |
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| Jun.21 |
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Israel asks UN to shelve ship raid inquiry |
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| Jun.23 |
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Synthetic drugs use 'rising' |
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| Jun.28 |
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Militants attack U.N.-sponsored camp |
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| Jun.29 |
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UN: Dollar should be replaced as standard |
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Queen Elizabeth praises U.N. efforts Britain's Queen addressed the United Nations for the first time in more than 50 years, saying she has witnessed a change, much of it for the...
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U.N. to condemn sinking of S. Korean ship |
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N Korea in talks with UN Command North Korean officials have begun a rare meeting with members of the American-led United Nations Command
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| Jul.20 |
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Senior official chastises UN chief |
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UN announces Gaza flotilla probe| The secretary general has announced an investigation into an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid convoy on 31 May which killed nine Turkish activists | |
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U.N. removes 45 names from blacklist |
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Model tells court of 'dirty stones' gift Naomi Campbell has testified that she was given some 'dirty-looking stones' after a 1997 dinner attended by ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor
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Hiroshima brings U.N. call for disarmament
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used an appearance at the Peace Memorial ceremony to advocate for his plan for worldwide nuclear disarmament
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Taylor 'gave diamonds to model' Ex-Liberian President gave Naomi Campbell diamonds after a 1997 dinner in South Africa, the supermodel's former agent has told war-crimes tr...
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U.N. to open inquiry into Israeli flotilla raid |
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UN ramps up Pakistan medical aid
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U.N. chief urges faster aid to Pakistan
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Pakistan's president, and both men urged the international community to step up effort...
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Flood aid builds up after UN appeals |
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World 'slow to give' to Pakistan
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| Aug.24 |
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DR Congo 'mass rape' investigated |
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| Aug.26 |
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UN review after Pakistan 'threat'
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UN cites 'genocide' in DR Congo |
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U.N. tackles discrepancies over rapes |
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U.N.: Congo sex attacks exceed 500
Map of Uvira Congo| U.N. officials on Tuesday put the number of rapes and other sexual attacks in eastern Congo since late July at more than 500 | |
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| Sep.9 |
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UN urges Kosovo and Serbia talks |
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| Sep.14 |
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World hunger down but still unacceptable |
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| Sep.18 |
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'Brave' Afghan voters hailed
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| Sep.20 |
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World leaders to discuss poverty fight
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| Sep.21 |
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Ahmadinejad blames capitalism for woes |
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Obama pledges foreign aid revamp |
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US protest at Iran leader's UN speech 
The US and other delegations walk out as Iran's President Ahmadinejad questions the events of 9/11
| Delegates from the United States and other nations walked out as Ahmadinejad delivered a fiery speech that criticized Washington, capitalism
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UN slams security forces over mass rapes |
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| Sep.25 |
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Abbas declares intent for peace |
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| Sep.27 |
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U.N. to Myanmar: Free political prisoners |
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Rwanda to keep its peacekeepers in place |
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| Sep.29 |
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Sanctions against Sierra Leone lifted |
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| Oct.1 |
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Congo atrocities report 'heartbreaking'
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| Oct.7 |
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U.N. delegation underscores Sudan vote
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| Oct.14 |
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DRC troops 'in rapes and murders'
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| Oct.16 |
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Sudan objects to UN troop plans |
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| Oct.20 |
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China 'opposes UN Darfur report'
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| Oct.24 |
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UN to start Benin floods airlift |
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U.N.: Cholera in Haiti's capital 'worrying'
Map of Port-Au-Prince Haiti The confirmation of five cases in Haiti's capital is a 'very worrying development'. In Port-au-Prince tens of thousands of are still living in tent cities
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Obama backs India's UN seat bid 
| US President Barack Obama has backed India's ambition for permanent membership of the UN Security Council | |
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| Nov.12 |
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New UN plea for Haiti cholera aid Medical workers expressed alarm over the increase in hospitalizations and deaths in Haiti's cholera outbreak
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| Nov.15 |
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Haiti cholera protests target UN
Map of Cap Haitien Haiti There have been violent protests in Haiti against peacekeepers, amid a continuing cholera epidemic that has killed more than 900 people
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| Nov.18 |
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Anti-U.N. protests erupt in Haitian capital
Haiti's protests against the U.N. spread to Port-au-Prince, as angry people took to the streets demanding the global body get out of their c...
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UN condemns 'unfair' Burma polls |
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U.N., EU to Ivory Coast: Release results
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| Dec.2 |
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Oceans failing the acid test, U.N. says |
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| Dec.3 |
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U.N. makes urgent appeal to fight cholera |
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| Dec.7 |
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Russia 'blocks UN on Ivory Coast' |
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| Dec.8 |
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UN backs Ivory Coast's Ouattara
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| Dec.11 |
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Climate summit agree on deal
Map of Cancun Mexico UN talks have reached a deal to curb climate change, including a fund to help developing countries, endorsing compromise by Mexico
| Bolivia government claimed rich nations 'bullied and cajoled' other countries into accepting a deal on their terms. The agreement includes creation a $100 billion fund to help developing nations deal with global warming and efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation
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UN chief rejects Ivorian pullout
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UN crisis talks on Korea tension At Russia's urging, the U.N. Security Council holds an emergency meeting aimed at defusing simmering tensions in the Korean peninsula
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| Dec.20 |
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U.N. peacekeepers to stay in Ivory Coast
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| Dec.21 |
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UN chief warns of Ivory Coast war
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| Dec.25 |
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UK gives £40m to UN disaster fund |
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Taliban dispute U.N. report on casualties |
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| Dec.29 |
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Ivory Coast TV 'inciting UN hate' |
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I Coast attack 'may restart war' UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned supporters of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo not to attack his rival Alassane Ouattara's HQ