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UN says Number of hungry down to 868 million

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The United Nations’ food agencies have revised down a projection that the number of hungry people in the world had topped one billion in the wake of the global economic crisis, announcing a new estimate of 868 million for the 2010-12 period. The statistical revision brought the international community much closer to halving the proportion of More >

Four Nigerian UN peacekeepers killed in Darfur

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Four Nigerian peacekeepers have been killed and eight wounded in an ambush in Sudan’s restive western Darfur region, the United Nations says.

UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said the ambush on a United Nations-African Union peacekeeping patrol in El-Geneina took place on Tuesday night.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Sudan to conduct a full More >

Rebels in Syria kill 18 soldiers in car bomb

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International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is to head to Damascus on Thursday to meet Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, an Arab diplomat in Cairo says, as fresh bloodshed grips the north of the country. In a single incident, rebels killed at least 18 soldiers in a car bomb and ground attack on a military position in Idlib province of northwest More >

Beyonce talk about World humanitarian day + Video

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“The World Humanitarian Day 2012 campaign has made social media history by sharing more than one billion messages of hope,” the UN said in a statement.

It is not only a day that made history,  but  shows Beyonce’s effective contribution to humanitarian day.   The YouTube video below show her and Valrie Amos, UN Under Secretary for Humanitarian More >

UN discord on Syria China puts blame on the West

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CHINA has accused some Western countries of seeking regime change in Syria and blamed their increasing support for rebel forces in the civil war there as hurting the solidarity of the UN Security Council. The remarks in the official People’s Daily newspaper on Wednesday came as China hosted an envoy of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for talks. More >

UN General Assembly ask Syria Assad to step down

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UNITED NATIONS—Arab countries pushed ahead Wednesday with a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that tells Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government. It also demands that the Syrian army stops its shelling and helicopter attacks and withdraw to its barracks. A vote is set for Thursday More >

Argentina said Britain has a duty to negotiate the future of the Falkland Islands

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ARGENTINA said Britain has “a duty” to negotiate the future of the Falkland Islands ahead of a UN meeting on the disputed territory on today’s 30th anniversary of the end of war between the two countries.

President Cristina Kirchner will lead a delegation of more than 90 Argentine diplomats and officials at the UN decolonisation committee’s annual More >

Learning that Russia is sending attack helicopter to Bashar Al-Assad’s murderous regime

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The people of Syria must be going through the nightmare of their life, learning that Russia is sending attack helicopter to Bashar Al-Assad’s murderous regime. This is no cause for concern as stated by Hilary Clinton, this is an outrage.

Russia has been a member of the United Nation Security Council and is one of its permanent members. As such More >

US voiced fears Syria planning new massacre

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The United States voiced fears that Syria’s government is planning a new massacre, as regime helicopters fired on rebel stronghold towns and raging violence killed over 100 people.

On the political front, the newly elected leader of Syria’s exiled opposition urged President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy, in line with a plan More >

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