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Palestinians To Appeal To UN For State, As Peace Talks Stall

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian drive to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a state unilaterally, put forward by a top negotiator Sunday, appear...

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Copenhagen Goals Scaled Back: World Leaders Put Off Climate Change Treaty

TIME | Bryan Walsh Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

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Confirming doubts that had been growing for months, the world leaders in attendance at APEC -- along with Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen -...

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UN: Illegal Music Sharers Should Not Be Jailed

Reuters | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology

Read More: Music Piracy, Music Sharing, Piracy, Wipo, World Intellectual Property Organization, United Nations, UN Music Sharing, UN Internet Piracy, Illegal Music Sharing, UN Piracy, File Sharing, UN File Sharing, Un, Illegal Music Downloading, UN Copyright, Technology News

The heavy punishment of illegal file sharers on the web will be counter-productive in the global fight against Internet piracy and copyright infringem...

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UN: 200 Million Kids Have Stunted Growth

AP | ARIEL DAVID and MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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ROME — Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published ...

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An Open Letter to President Obama About Afghanistan From William R. Polk

The Nation | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Afghanistan War, Nato, Afghan Election, Tribes, Durand Line, Kabul, Middle East, Taliban, Policy, Hamid Karzai, Afghan War, Chicago, Afghan Strategy, Un, South Waziristan, Soviet Union, Pentagon, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Troop Levels, Terrorism, Pashtun, Foreign Policy, Kashmir, Insurgency, Al Qaida, State Department, Pashtunwali, Soviet Afghan War, Counterinsurgency, World News

I was an early supporter of yours. So I hope you will accept the following analysis and proposals as being from a friend as well as a person with cons...

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North Korea And South Korea Navy Boats Exchange Fire

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Kim Jong Il, Korea Navys, Soeul, Pyongyang, Korea Navy Battle, Korea News, Sea Border, South Korea, Korea Navy Fight, Un, North Korea, Korean Navies, World News

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's troops went on high alert Wednesday for possible retaliation by North Korea after one of its navy ships was n...

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CBS News: Obama Has Decided To Send Almost 40,000 Troops To Afghanistan

CBS News | Font Size Print E | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Dod, Afghanistan War, Combat Brigades, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Kabul, Support Troops, Obama, Hamid Karzai, Pashtun, Afghan War, Mike Mullen, Mcchrystal, Nato, White House, Un, Mullen, Robert Gates, Stanley McChrystal, World News

President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more tro...

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Women Farmers in the Developing World

Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Unifem, Developing World, Women in Agriculture, Agra, World Bank, Tom Vilsak, Agribusiness, Micro-Finance, Department of Agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, African Development Bank, Gender Governance, Women, Grameen Bank, UNDevelopment Program, Food and Agricultural Organization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Decade for Women, Beijing Conference, Un, Green Heron Tools, Catherine Bertini, Gender Mainstreaming, Usaid, World Food Program, Dfid, World News

In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.

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El Salvador Floods: 91 Dead After Mudslides, Flooding

AP | DIEGO MENDEZ | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes ...

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McClatchy: Obama Leaning Toward 34,000 More Troops For Afghanistan

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it unti...

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Kabul: Video Shows Inside Burnt-Out UN Hostel

Times Online | Jerome Starkey | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Un Hostel, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Kabul-Afghanistan, U.N., Kabul, u.n. Hostel Attack, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News

The charred remains of the UN's Bakhtar guesthouse bear testimony to the gruesome events that unfolded here last week. ...

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5 British Troops Killed By Afghan Cop, Says UK Military

AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

KABUL — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and po...

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Taliban Claims That Canceled Afghan Election Proves Its Success

AP | ROBERT H. REID and KATHY GANNON | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Kabul, White House, Obama, Taliban, Afghan Election, Insurgency, Runoff, Un, Counterinsurgency, World News

KABUL — President Hamid Karzai promised to stamp out corruption. The image suggested otherwise. Standing at Karzai's side on Tuesday were his tw...

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Al Gore Explains How Call For Climate Change Action Is Similar To Civil Rights Movement (Video)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

The push for government action on climate change is like the US civil rights movement, according to former Vice President Al Gore. Both causes depende...

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Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement c...

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Karzai Effectively Handed 2nd Term After Abdullah Drops From Afghan Election

AP | HEIDI VOGT and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

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KABUL — President Hamid Karzai effectively secured a second term Sunday when his only challenger dropped out of the race, and the Obama administ...

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Abdullah Withdraws From Afghan Election

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, White House, Voter Fraud, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Afghan Election, Elections, Military, Nato, Runoff, Un, Us, Stanley McChrystal, World News

President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election has announced that he is withdrawing from the poll....

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Afghan Election Runoff Not Affected By Abdullah Abdullah's Call For Boycott: Hillary Clinton

AP | Posted 10.31.2009 | Home

JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah's call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in Afghanist...

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Afghan Police: 7 Killed In Attack On UN In Kabul

AP | ROBERT H. REID and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan Election, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Elections, Suicide Vests, Guest House, Taliban, Terrorism, Un, Karzai, Guesthouse, World News

KABUL — Terrified U.N. workers scrambled over the roof or leaped from windows to escape choking smoke and gunfire after being awakened at dawn W...

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U.N. Vote to Condemn (Obama's?) Embargo on Cuba

Sarah Stephens | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba, Cuba Embargo, U.N., Obama Cuba Embargo, Obama Cuba, World News

On October 28th, the United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote on a resolution condemning the US embargo against Cuba. The vote this year has special significance because it takes place on Obama's watch.

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UN Nuclear Inspectors In Iran To Visit Site

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: France, Russia, Iran, Negotiations, Nuclear Weapons, Qom, Tehran, Nuclear Proliferation, Un, Iaea, Nukes, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — U.N. inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection tha...

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J Street Conference To Open Amid Controversy

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

J Street, an advocacy and lobbying firm created 18 months ago, is holding its first annual conference beginning Sunday, with participation from about ...

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Karzai Rules Out Afghan Power Share Before Afghan Election Runoff

Washington Post | Joshua Partlow and Pamela Constable | Posted 10.25.2009 | World

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President Hamid Karzai's team shifted aggressively into campaign mode Saturday and ruled out any possibility of a power-sharing deal with challenger A...

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Benjamin Netanyahu On Iranian Threat: "The Issue Is Not The Security Of Israel But Of The World"

Newsweek | Posted 10.24.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Holocaust, Gaza, Palestinian, Fatah, Iran, Obama, Human Rights Abuses, Hamas, Nukes, War Crimes, West Bank, Jerusalem, Nuclear Weapons, Two State Solution, Human Rights, Barack Obama, Geneva, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas Fatah, Goldstone Report, Red Cross, Israel, Un, Gilad Shalit, War Crime, World News

NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth spoke to Netanyahu in Jerusalem last week. Excerpts: WEYMOUTH: What did you think of the Goldstone report? NETANYAHU: I tho...

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Karzai Appears Set To Agree To Runoff In Afghan Election

New York Times | SABRINA TAVERNISE and HELENE COOPER | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai appears set to concede as early as Tuesday that he fell short of a fi...

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