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UN panel exonerates Guatemalan president in bizarre murder-suicide
January 14, 2010On Jan. 12, there was a bizarre twist in the investigation by a special UN panel of the death of a right-wing attorney last year. According to the UN sponsored International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala,...
Read moreRome Food Summit is a flop
November 20, 2009There was little good news for the world's billion hungry people at the UN World Food Organization (FAO) Summit held November 16 - 18 in Rome.
Read moreUN General Assembly denounces U.S. blockade of Cuba
October 30, 2009For the 18th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to condemn the economic blockade that the United States has maintained against socialist Cuba.
Read moreWorld Notes: Chile, UK, Gilbraltar, UN, Afghanistan, Cuba
October 23, 2009Chile and indigenous rights; UK and privatization; United Nations and food aid; Gibraltar and worker rights; Afghanistan and stress; Cuba and children.
Read moreOne in six of world are going hungry
June 23, 2009The UN has warned that the global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record 1 billion. UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) officials reported at the weekend that, because of...
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