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Afghanistan’s neighbors begin talks on ending war
January 25, 2010China, Iran, Pakistan and the U.S. are among the countries meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday, to try to agree on a path to ending the Afghanistan war.
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January 18, 2010United Nations, Britain, Mongolia, Argentina, Iraq, Cuba
Read moreUN Gaza report becomes political football
November 4, 2009The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution opposing any "endorsement or further consideration" of the UN Goldstone report, but the action is unlikely to have long-term significance.
Read moreWe Charge Genocide: The cry rings true 52 years later
February 21, 2003Paul Robeson and William L. Patterson, two giants of the struggle for African-American equality, delivered to the United Nations a petition titled “We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People.”
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