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'We won't give up UN bid': Palestinians Yahoo! News 09/06/2011 | UN: Credible evidence Iran working on nuke weaponsGEORGE JAHN AP 09/04/2011 |
 The Palestinians will not be deterred from seeking United Nations membership, a senior official said here Sunday, after reports Washington was trying to head off their bid. |  The U.N. nuclear agency said Friday it is "increasingly concerned" about a stream of intelligence suggesting that Iran continues to work secretly on developing a nuclear payload for a missile and other components of a nuclear weapons program. |
U.N. agency warns of possible bird flu resurgenceCatherine Hornby Yahoo! News 08/31/2011 | UN security council to consider climate change peacekeepingSuzanne Goldenberg The Guardian 07/21/2011 |
 The United Nations warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus was spreading in Asia and elsewhere. |  A special meeting of the United Nations security council is due to consider whether to expand its mission to keep the peace in an era of climate change. |
Libya conflict: UN accuses both sides of war crimes BBC News 06/03/2011 | ‘Free’ Countries Once Again a Minority on U.N. Human Rights CouncilPatrick Goodenough CNS News 05/25/2011 |
 UN investigators have accused government forces in Libya of war crimes and crimes against humanity. |  This year’s election for the U.N. Human Rights Council has, once again, produced a body that has fewer “free” countries – 21 of a total of 47 – and has more than one-third of the seats held by members of the Islamic bloc. |
UN says close to 600 may be dead on migrant ship; Gadhafi may be complicit in flood from LibyaFrank Jordans Yahoo! News Canada 05/12/2011 | UN rights boss asks US for facts on bin Laden killing AlertNet 05/04/2011 |
 Almost everyone on an overcrowded ship carrying some 600 African migrants to Europe is believed to have died when the vessel broke apart within sight of the Libyan capital, the United Nations said. |  The United Nations' top human rights official called on the United States on Tuesday to give the U.N. details about Osama bin Laden's killing and said that all counter-terrorism operations must respect international law. |
UN document would give 'Mother Earth' same rights as humansSteven Edwards Canada.com 04/13/2011 | Ivory Coast: UN air strikes show West's new appetite for military actionJon Swaine Telegraph 04/09/2011 |
 Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving "Mother Earth" the same rights as humans — having just passed a domestic law that does the same for bugs, trees and all other natural things in the South American country. |  The UN air strikes in Ivory Coast suggest Libya was no fluke: the West's appetite for military action has recovered robustly from the diplomatic trauma of the Iraq war. |
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