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Yahoo! News: United Nations Copyright (c) 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2177 United Nations en-us Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:56:03 GMT 5 Yahoo! News 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2177 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif U.N.: Malnutrition on the rise in Darfur (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_re_af/un_darfur ap/20070901/un_darfur Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:56:03 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_re_af/un_darfur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t070747_450x293_us_sudan_darfur.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=fCMmJ.xIiz.zOmFgB6qqVw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An internally displaced Sudanese man rides on a donkey at the Abu Shouk refugee camp in Darfur region, March 24, 2007. The leaders of France and Britain on Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming political talks. (Michael Kamber/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Malnutrition is increasing in Sudan's violence-wracked Darfur region along with lawlessness and the number of people fleeing their homes, a senior U.N. official said Friday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_re_af/un_darfur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t070747_450x293_us_sudan_darfur.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=fCMmJ.xIiz.zOmFgB6qqVw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="An internally displaced Sudanese man rides on a donkey at the Abu Shouk refugee camp in Darfur region, March 24, 2007. The leaders of France and Britain on Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming political talks. (Michael Kamber/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (AP) US First Lady urges UN to act on Myanmar crackdown (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/ts_afp/usmyanmarprotest afp/20070901/usmyanmarprotest Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:56:44 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/ts_afp/usmyanmarprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070901/capt.sge.pxr77.010907025616.photo00.photo.default-512x386.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=WqobBw33lFTZfTWBnwcDiQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="US First Lady Laura Bush, seen here in July, on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC. The First Lady urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday to condemn Myanmar's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and to push the Security Council to act, the White House said.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US First Lady Laura Bush urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday to condemn Myanmar's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and to push the Security Council to act, the White House said. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/ts_afp/usmyanmarprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070901/capt.sge.pxr77.010907025616.photo00.photo.default-512x386.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=WqobBw33lFTZfTWBnwcDiQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="US First Lady Laura Bush, seen here in July, on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC. The First Lady urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday to condemn Myanmar's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and to push the Security Council to act, the White House said.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) UN chief calls Kosovo elections (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_afp/kosovoserbiaunvote afp/20070831/kosovoserbiaunvote Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:06:38 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_afp/kosovoserbiaunvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pwg07.310807185844.photo00.photo.default-512x282.jpg?x=130&y=71&sig=g5LS4yXprTM3j4a8pZIRQw--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="KFOR soldiers march during KFOR change of command ceremony in Pristina. The United Nations chief for Kosovo, Joachim Rucker, on Friday called parliamentary and local elections for November 17, amid ongoing talks on the future status of the breakaway province.(AFP/Ermal Meta)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United Nations chief for Kosovo called Friday parliamentary and local elections for November 17 amid ongoing talks on the future status of the breakaway province in southern Serbia. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_afp/kosovoserbiaunvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pwg07.310807185844.photo00.photo.default-512x282.jpg?x=130&y=71&sig=g5LS4yXprTM3j4a8pZIRQw--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="KFOR soldiers march during KFOR change of command ceremony in Pristina. The United Nations chief for Kosovo, Joachim Rucker, on Friday called parliamentary and local elections for November 17, amid ongoing talks on the future status of the breakaway province.(AFP/Ermal Meta)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) Top U.N. staff begin probe of chemical warfare agent (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/us_nm/un_chemicals_dc nm/20070831/un_chemicals_dc Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:52:46 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/us_nm/un_chemicals_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t145723_271x450_us_un_chemicals.jpg?x=78&y=130&sig=J_Ip60evcbC1xsF7kGqjHA--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="Two workers stand outside a building near the United Nations after a scare involving chemicals found in the building in New York August 30, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday summoned to New York top U.N. officials from a meeting abroad to find out how a potentially lethal chemical warfare agent was stored in U.N. offices in Manhattan. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/us_nm/un_chemicals_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t145723_271x450_us_un_chemicals.jpg?x=78&y=130&sig=J_Ip60evcbC1xsF7kGqjHA--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="Two workers stand outside a building near the United Nations after a scare involving chemicals found in the building in New York August 30, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (Reuters) Agreement reached on greenhouse gas curb (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_re_eu/un_climate_conference ap/20070831/un_climate_conference Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:48:03 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_re_eu/un_climate_conference"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t162356_450x290_us_climate.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=FXt5uRtOMmEIx9vWztNdlg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An iceberg in Ilulissat fjord in Greenland, August 16, 2007. Industrial nations agreed to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a small step towards a new climate pact to replace the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. (Michael Kappeler/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement Friday on rough targets aimed at getting some of the world's biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_re_eu/un_climate_conference"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t162356_450x290_us_climate.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=FXt5uRtOMmEIx9vWztNdlg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="An iceberg in Ilulissat fjord in Greenland, August 16, 2007. Industrial nations agreed to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a small step towards a new climate pact to replace the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. (Michael Kappeler/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (AP) UN chief calls Kosovo elections for Nov 17 (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_afp/kosovounvote afp/20070831/kosovounvote Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:26:39 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_afp/kosovounvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pwg07.310807185844.photo00.photo.default-512x282.jpg?x=130&y=71&sig=g5LS4yXprTM3j4a8pZIRQw--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="KFOR soldiers march during KFOR change of command ceremony in Pristina. The United Nations chief for Kosovo, Joachim Rucker, on Friday called parliamentary and local elections for November 17, amid ongoing talks on the future status of the breakaway province.(AFP/Ermal Meta)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United Nations chief for Kosovo, Joachim Rucker, on Friday called parliamentary and local elections for November 17, amid ongoing talks on the future status of the breakaway province. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_afp/kosovounvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pwg07.310807185844.photo00.photo.default-512x282.jpg?x=130&y=71&sig=g5LS4yXprTM3j4a8pZIRQw--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="KFOR soldiers march during KFOR change of command ceremony in Pristina. The United Nations chief for Kosovo, Joachim Rucker, on Friday called parliamentary and local elections for November 17, amid ongoing talks on the future status of the breakaway province.(AFP/Ermal Meta)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) UN agency asked to cooperate in probe (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_re_us/un_nkorea_whistleblower ap/20070831/un_nkorea_whistleblower Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:32:46 GMT AP - The U.N. Staff Council urged Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to order the U.N. anti-poverty agency to cooperate in an investigation of claims that a former agency staffer in North Korea suffered retaliation for being a whistleblower. Taiwan move to join UN 'perplexing:' White House (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinapoliticsun afp/20070831/ustaiwanchinapoliticsun Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:04:44 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinapoliticsun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pnt62.310807010421.photo00.photo.default-512x377.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=ysK7Zk0M9SECBWhmMcCi9g--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte answers a question during a press conference in Tokyo, on 03 Aug. On Thursday Lin Chia-lung, secretary general of Taiwan's ruling DPP, hit back at an earlier condemnation of the referendum plan by Negroponte, who called it a provocative step toward declaring full independence -- a highly sensitive issue, as China insists Taiwan is part of its territory.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A senior White House official Thursday called Taiwan's planned referendum on joining the United Nations "perplexing," saying it adds unnecessary tension to regional relations. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/wl_asia_afp/ustaiwanchinapoliticsun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.pnt62.310807010421.photo00.photo.default-512x377.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=ysK7Zk0M9SECBWhmMcCi9g--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte answers a question during a press conference in Tokyo, on 03 Aug. On Thursday Lin Chia-lung, secretary general of Taiwan's ruling DPP, hit back at an earlier condemnation of the referendum plan by Negroponte, who called it a provocative step toward declaring full independence -- a highly sensitive issue, as China insists Taiwan is part of its territory.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) Suspect material found in U.N. office (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_re_us/un_chemical_agents ap/20070830/un_chemical_agents Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:49:24 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_re_us/un_chemical_agents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070830/capt.f8a61436169941aba5d3839947c544a7.un_chemical_agents_nysf101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=z5vu0Z4YtyTmbm0Jd2iIBQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Police officers and U.N. security officers stand in front of the U.N. Plaza office near U.N. headquarters, after potentially hazardous chemical agents were discovered by weapons inspectors, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.N. weapons inspectors discovered a potentially hazardous chemical warfare agent that was taken from an Iraqi chemical weapons facility 11 years ago and mistakenly stored in their offices in the heart of midtown Manhattan all that time, officials said Thursday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_re_us/un_chemical_agents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070830/capt.f8a61436169941aba5d3839947c544a7.un_chemical_agents_nysf101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=z5vu0Z4YtyTmbm0Jd2iIBQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Police officers and U.N. security officers stand in front of the U.N. Plaza office near U.N. headquarters, after potentially hazardous chemical agents were discovered by weapons inspectors, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada)" border="0"/></a> (AP) Judge allows Saddam link in Wyatt oil trial (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/ts_nm/un_iraq_trial_dc nm/20070830/un_iraq_trial_dc Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:28:28 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/ts_nm/un_iraq_trial_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t142804_450x358_us_un_iraq_trial.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=i5CcMdxhYLYpBMSSA5AQAA--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Texas oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt, former chairman and founder of Coastal Corp, departs from Federal Court in New York after a pre-trial hearing August 30, 2007. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that prosecutors can introduce evidence in the trial of Oscar Wyatt that suggests the Texas oil tycoon tipped off Iraq about the impending 2003 U.S. invasion. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/ts_nm/un_iraq_trial_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t142804_450x358_us_un_iraq_trial.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=i5CcMdxhYLYpBMSSA5AQAA--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="Texas oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt, former chairman and founder of Coastal Corp, departs from Federal Court in New York after a pre-trial hearing August 30, 2007. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (Reuters) Palestinian economy ever further shackled to Israel: UN (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_mideast_afp/unpalestinianseconomy afp/20070830/unpalestinianseconomy Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:18:30 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_mideast_afp/unpalestinianseconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.ply56.300807181416.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=1HtXrqyGREvwmGEZz.KshA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Palestinian workers crowd as they wait to receive financial assistance from Ismail Haniya's Government in Gaza City in July 2007. The economy of the Palestinian territories is increasingly tied to Israel as poverty, violence and occupation restrict the prospects for independent growth, a United Nations report said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The economy of the Palestinian territories is increasingly tied to Israel as poverty, violence and occupation restrict the prospects for independent growth, a United Nations report said on Thursday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_mideast_afp/unpalestinianseconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.ply56.300807181416.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=1HtXrqyGREvwmGEZz.KshA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Palestinian workers crowd as they wait to receive financial assistance from Ismail Haniya's Government in Gaza City in July 2007. The economy of the Palestinian territories is increasingly tied to Israel as poverty, violence and occupation restrict the prospects for independent growth, a United Nations report said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) ETimor president wants UN presence until 2012 (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_asia_afp/timoraustralia afp/20070830/timoraustralia Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:57:02 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_asia_afp/timoraustralia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.pjt66.300807145656.photo00.photo.default-512x446.jpg?x=130&y=113&sig=EZRHCxxEIjTFJ6A2q8Il2w--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta(L) shakes hand with Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer after a meeting in Dili. Ramos-Horta wants the United Nations to maintain a presence in the tiny nation until 2012, he told Downer on Thursday.(AFP/Mario Jonny Dos Santos)" border="0" /></a>AFP - East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta wants the United Nations to maintain a presence in the tiny nation until 2012, he told visiting Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer on Thursday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_asia_afp/timoraustralia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.pjt66.300807145656.photo00.photo.default-512x446.jpg?x=130&y=113&sig=EZRHCxxEIjTFJ6A2q8Il2w--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="photo" title="East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta(L) shakes hand with Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer after a meeting in Dili. Ramos-Horta wants the United Nations to maintain a presence in the tiny nation until 2012, he told Downer on Thursday.(AFP/Mario Jonny Dos Santos)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) UN Envoy: Revived Mideast talks possible (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_mideast ap/20070830/un_mideast Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:51:41 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_mideast"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070823/capt.a130db3c273f46378e2c396ad2063295.mideast_israel_palestinians_u_n_jrl112.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=fw8uGdDUCfwCJEZMEe8M3Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this photo made available by the Palestinian Authority, United Nations's Middle East Envoy Michael Williams, left, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, during a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007. Israel must provide more freedom of movement in the West Bank and open crossings into Gaza to avoid driving even more Palestinians into poverty after Hamas seized the coastal strip two months ago, Williams said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority, Omar Rashidi, ho)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.N.'s top Middle East envoy said there are "signs of hope" that Israel and the Palestinians can agree to revive the stalled peace process in time for a related U.S.-sponsored international conference in November. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_mideast"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070823/capt.a130db3c273f46378e2c396ad2063295.mideast_israel_palestinians_u_n_jrl112.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=fw8uGdDUCfwCJEZMEe8M3Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo made available by the Palestinian Authority, United Nations's Middle East Envoy Michael Williams, left, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, during a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007. Israel must provide more freedom of movement in the West Bank and open crossings into Gaza to avoid driving even more Palestinians into poverty after Hamas seized the coastal strip two months ago, Williams said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority, Omar Rashidi, ho)" border="0"/></a> (AP) U.N. police chief calls for more Darfur peacekeepers (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/wl_nm/un_darfur_police_dc nm/20070830/un_darfur_police_dc Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:25:03 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/wl_nm/un_darfur_police_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t022143_450x375_us_un_darfur_police.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=pydQZO3cbw1PbsjlUbDcMg--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Sudanese riot police stand guard outside the French embassy during a student's protest in Sudan's capital Khartoum April 13, 2005. Major Western nations must offer more police for Darfur to end four years of violence, the retiring U.N. police chief said on Thursday as the world body struggles to find enough officers for the Sudanese province. (Staff/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Major Western nations must offer more police for Darfur to end four years of violence, the retiring U.N. police chief said on Thursday as the world body struggles to find enough officers for the Sudanese province. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/wl_nm/un_darfur_police_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t022143_450x375_us_un_darfur_police.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=pydQZO3cbw1PbsjlUbDcMg--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sudanese riot police stand guard outside the French embassy during a student's protest in Sudan's capital Khartoum April 13, 2005. Major Western nations must offer more police for Darfur to end four years of violence, the retiring U.N. police chief said on Thursday as the world body struggles to find enough officers for the Sudanese province. (Staff/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (Reuters) UN Security Council action sought over Myanmar crackdown (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_afp/usmyanmarcongressun afp/20070830/usmyanmarcongressun Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:19:30 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_afp/usmyanmarcongressun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.pds82.300807021907.photo00.photo.default-512x382.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=1uHAdMnUNFOdXPe9mb0UsA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Myanmar protesters hold a portrait of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) during a protest against a massive hike in fuel prices in front of Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, 26 August. US lawmakers on Wednesday called on President George W. Bush's administration to demand an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the Myanmar military junta's crackdown on dissent.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US lawmakers on Wednesday called on President George W. Bush's administration to demand an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the Myanmar military junta's crackdown on dissent. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_afp/usmyanmarcongressun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.pds82.300807021907.photo00.photo.default-512x382.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=1uHAdMnUNFOdXPe9mb0UsA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Myanmar protesters hold a portrait of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) during a protest against a massive hike in fuel prices in front of Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, 26 August. US lawmakers on Wednesday called on President George W. Bush's administration to demand an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the Myanmar military junta's crackdown on dissent.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) New U.N. envoy in Sudan to be named (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_re_af/un_sudan ap/20070829/un_sudan Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:47:32 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_re_af/un_sudan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t070747_450x293_us_sudan_darfur.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=fCMmJ.xIiz.zOmFgB6qqVw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An internally displaced Sudanese man rides on a donkey at the Abu Shouk refugee camp in Darfur region, March 24, 2007. The leaders of France and Britain on Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming political talks. (Michael Kamber/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ashraf Qazi, the top U.N. envoy in Iraq, is tipped to be the next U.N. representative in Sudan if the government approves, diplomats said Wednesday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_re_af/un_sudan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t070747_450x293_us_sudan_darfur.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=fCMmJ.xIiz.zOmFgB6qqVw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="An internally displaced Sudanese man rides on a donkey at the Abu Shouk refugee camp in Darfur region, March 24, 2007. The leaders of France and Britain on Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming political talks. (Michael Kamber/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (AP) Iran warns against new sanctions (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_re_eu/nuclear_iran ap/20070829/nuclear_iran Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:10:30 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_re_eu/nuclear_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.pmp75.300807194921.photo05.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=CoQaUQJu1tXrc7K23bC_9w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A general view of a heavy water plant in Arak, 320 kms south of Tehran, in August 2006. The United States insisted on Iran suspending uranium enrichment in order to win international confidence, downplaying a UN report Thursday that Tehran is answering questions about its nuclear work.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AP - A senior Iranian envoy warned the United States and its allies on Wednesday against pushing for new U.N. Security Council sanctions on his country, suggesting Tehran could retaliate by ending cooperation with U.N. experts probing its nuclear program. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_re_eu/nuclear_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070830/capt.sge.pmp75.300807194921.photo05.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=CoQaUQJu1tXrc7K23bC_9w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A general view of a heavy water plant in Arak, 320 kms south of Tehran, in August 2006. The United States insisted on Iran suspending uranium enrichment in order to win international confidence, downplaying a UN report Thursday that Tehran is answering questions about its nuclear work.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a> (AP) U.N. chief ready to fill top posts in Sudan and Iraq (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070829/wl_nm/un_sudan_iraq_dc nm/20070829/un_sudan_iraq_dc Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:47:59 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070829/wl_nm/un_sudan_iraq_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_29t202055_450x330_us_un_sudan_iraq.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=6TNGK4M2ZFnFgRqeXsOH6Q--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon U.N. looks on during a news conference at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva July 2, 2007. Ban is considering transferring his envoy in Iraq to Sudan, a post that has been vacant for nearly a year, diplomats said on Wednesday. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is considering transferring his envoy in Iraq to Sudan, a post that has been vacant for nearly a year, diplomats said on Wednesday. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070829/wl_nm/un_sudan_iraq_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_29t202055_450x330_us_un_sudan_iraq.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=6TNGK4M2ZFnFgRqeXsOH6Q--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon U.N. looks on during a news conference at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva July 2, 2007. Ban is considering transferring his envoy in Iraq to Sudan, a post that has been vacant for nearly a year, diplomats said on Wednesday. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)" border="0"/></a> (Reuters) Taiwan president defends UN referendum (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/wl_asia_afp/taiwanusdiplomacyun afp/20070829/taiwanusdiplomacyun Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:19:48 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/wl_asia_afp/taiwanusdiplomacyun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070829/capt.sge.pad04.290807151943.photo00.photo.default-359x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=Ix7ipaB.4TXOwEnusRmFXA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, seen here on 27 August 2007, on Wednesday refuted US criticism that his plans for a referendum on joining the United Nations are provocative.(AFP/File/Miguel Alvarez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Wednesday refuted US criticism that his plans for a referendum on joining the United Nations are provocative. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/wl_asia_afp/taiwanusdiplomacyun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070829/capt.sge.pad04.290807151943.photo00.photo.default-359x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=Ix7ipaB.4TXOwEnusRmFXA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, seen here on 27 August 2007, on Wednesday refuted US criticism that his plans for a referendum on joining the United Nations are provocative.(AFP/File/Miguel Alvarez)" border="0"/></a> (AFP) US casts doubt on global carbon market (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/pl_afp/usunclimateaustria afp/20070829/usunclimateaustria Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:16:34 GMT <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/pl_afp/usunclimateaustria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070829/capt.sge.pbn42.290807173710.photo00.photo.default-512x392.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=vszsKBzvUwxWu2SvwteX6w--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Senior climate negotiator Harlan Watson addresses a press conference in Vienna. The US delegate to a United Nations conference on climate change cast doubt Wednesday about the creation of a global carbon market to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US delegate to a United Nations conference on climate change cast doubt Wednesday about the creation of a global carbon market to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/pl_afp/usunclimateaustria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070829/capt.sge.pbn42.290807173710.photo00.photo.default-512x392.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=vszsKBzvUwxWu2SvwteX6w--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="Senior climate negotiator Harlan Watson addresses a press conference in Vienna. The US delegate to a United Nations conference on climate change cast doubt Wednesday about the creation of a global carbon market to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)" border="0"/></a> (AFP)