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Posted On: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:14:30 GMT+00:00

UN condemns Iran's response to post-election unrest
BBC News
A key UN committee has voted to approve a non-binding resolution condemning Iran for its crackdown on protesters following June's disputed elections. The resolution also repeated annual criticism of Iran's human rights record, including the use of ...
UN panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdownReuters
N. Korea Slams UN Human Rights Resolution, KCNA SaysBloomberg
UN General Assembly Condemns Post-Election Abuses in IranVoice of America
The Associated Press -AFP -Times of India
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Posted On: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:50 GMT+00:00

China says 31 dead, 82 trapped in mine explosion
The Associated Press
BEIJING â A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 31 people and trapping 82 others nearly a third of a mile under ground, government authorities said. A total of 528 people were working in the Xinxing mine in ...
China Coal-Mine Explosion Kills 31 People, Traps MoreBloomberg
Scores missing after China mine blastCNN International
Deadly mine blast traps dozens in north-eastern ChinaBBC News
Reuters India -AFP -RIA Novosti
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Posted On: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:37 GMT+00:00

UN official urges countries to learn from Cuba on children's protection
Xinhua
HAVANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The representative of UNICEF, or the UN Children's Fund, in Cuba said here Friday that Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that countries in the world ...
Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After ConventionVoice of America
UN marks 20 years of Convention on Rights of the ChildBBC News
Adopting the right attitude to our nation's children and young peopleWalesOnline
The Associated Press -Aljazeera.net -Bloomberg
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Posted On: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:17:49 GMT+00:00

Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan
The Associated Press
PESHAWAR, Pakistan â An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said. It was the ninth attack in two weeks in and around Peshawar, ...
FEER(11/6) Doing More With Less In AfghanistanWall Street Journal
Bomb blast injures one in NW Pakistan's PeshawarXinhua
ANALYSIS-Pakistan worries over new us Afghan strategyReuters
Voice of America -New York Times -BBC News
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Posted On: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:34 GMT+00:00

U.N. Official Seeks Global Action on Iran
Wall Street Journal
BERLIN -- Mohamed ElBaradei, the departing chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency, said Iran's continued refusal to accept tighter scrutiny of its nuclear activities would likely force the ...
Major World Powers Dislike Nuclear Response From IranVoice of America
France rejects Iran's new demand on nuclear programXinhua
Frustration as Iran Stalls on DealNew York Times
The Associated Press -CNN International -BBC News
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Posted On: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:52:10 GMT+00:00

Cumbria flood areas forecast rain
BBC News
Flood-stricken parts of the UK are bracing themselves for more rain after an "unprecedented" deluge swamped homes and brought down bridges. Forecasters predict Saturday will bring 15mm (0.5in) to 40mm (1.6in) of rain to Cumbria, where police said 100 ...
'Rain like this happens once every 1000 years'Times Online
Policeman dies as devastating deluge strikes Britainguardian.co.uk
Cumbria floods: residents braced for more rainTelegraph.co.uk
Reuters -The Associated Press -Bloomberg
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Posted On: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:18:35 GMT+00:00

Profile: First EU President Herman van Rompuy
BBC News
The eu's first permanent president, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, is a camera-shy man who has been catapulted from relative obscurity. After his selection at a Brussels summit, he stressed his credentials as a consensus politician and made ...
Hymn to Belgium's EU presidentguardian.co.uk
Belgian King Starts Premier Search After Van Rompuy EU ChoiceBloomberg
New EU president raises fears in aspirant TurkeyReuters
Voice of America -The Associated Press -New York Times
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Posted On: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:38:15 GMT+00:00

Obama, 'First Pacific President,' Turns to Asia
Voice of America
President Obama is back from his first trip to Asia since becoming what he called "America's first Pacific president." The president, born in Hawaii, began his eight-day trip in Japan, then visited Singapore, China and South Korea. ...
US envoy pans media coverage of Obama China visitThe Associated Press
In China, Obama leaves more questions than he takesWashington Post
Manufactured failure: press coverage of Obama in AsiaAtlantic Online (blog)
Los Angeles Times -BBC News -Reuters
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Posted On: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:16 GMT+00:00

Obama's warning to Israel: Your emails
BBC News
BBC readers respond to the US president's warning to Israel that expanding the settlement of Gilo in East Jerusalem would embitter the Palestinians and make peace harder to achieve. As a resident of Gilo for many years I find it ridiculous that Gilo is ...
Palestinians Say Israeli Move Could Kill Peace ProcessVoice of America
Palestinians accuse Israel settlements of diverting waterChristian Science Monitor
Going green on both sides of big blueJerusalem Post
Ha'aretz -Telegraph.co.uk -Reuters
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Posted On: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:54:18 GMT+00:00

More than three dozen Taliban killed across Afghanistan
Daily Times
KABUL: Local security forces backed by NATO troops killed more than three dozen Taliban in a series of military operations across Afghanistan, Afghan authorities said on Wednesday. The raids were announced on the eve of President Hamid Karzai's ...
EXTRA: Karzai wants tribal council for reconciliation with TalibanEarthtimes (press release)

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