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  UN, US condemn Kenya attack

  World | December 03, 2014 12:34 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the US have strongly condemned an attack against civilian workers in Kenya that left at least 36 people dead.The attack took place at a stone quarry in

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  UN General Assembly urges India, Pakistan and Israel to give up nuclear weapons

  World | December 03, 2014 11:29 IST

  United Nations: India, backed by the United States, opposed a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on New Delhi to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapons. The resolution that also targeted Israel and Pakistan, however, passed

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  Rally to mark World AIDS Day in Nagpur today

  India | December 01, 2014 8:26 IST

  Nagpur: A rally has been organized on December 1 to mark World AIDS Day. The rally started at 8 am from Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (Mayo).It will cover areas of Hansapuri, Daga Hospital,

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  UN slams terrorist attack in Kenya

  World | November 23, 2014 10:35 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the terrorist attack on a bus in northern Kenya that left at least 28 people dead."The secretary-general condemned the attack Saturday on a commuter bus in Mandera, Kenya,"

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  UN agency starts relocation of South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia

  World | November 19, 2014 7:21 IST

  United Nations: The UN refugee agency UNHCR has begun relocating nearly 15,000 South Sudanese refugees who had been stranded for months at a station in western Ethiopia after the refugee camp where they were due

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  Afghan refugees in Pakistan to be repatriated by end-2015

  World | November 18, 2014 12:44 IST

  Islamabad: Afghanistan has promised to take adequate steps to repatriate over 1.3 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan by the end of next year.The refugees are registered with the Pakistani government and the UN.According to

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  UN Ebola mission official dies in Guinea

  World | November 18, 2014 7:56 IST

  Accra: The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) here on Monday announced the sudden death of Marcel Rudasingwa, assistant secretary general and the Mission's emergency crisis manager in Guinea.Rudasingwa, a Rwandan national, passed

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  Ebola death toll rises to 5,177: WHO

  World | November 15, 2014 11:08 IST

  Geneva: The World Health Organisation said today that 5,177 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 14,413 cases of infection, since late December 2013.On Wednesday, the UN health

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  IS uses extreme violence against civilians: UN

  World | November 15, 2014 9:52 IST

  Geneva: The Islamic State (IS) used extreme violence against both civilians and captured fighters in Syria, the UN has said in its latest report.The report said the abuses, violations and crimes committed by the Islamic

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  UN: Nearly 5 million in Mali are hungry

  World | November 15, 2014 7:26 IST

  United Nations: A convergence of droughts, harvest failures, locust invasions and political conflicts in Mali have left 4.75 million people without enough to eat, U.N. officials said on Friday.UNICEF Emergency Director Afshan Khan said the

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  Deaths of women in Indian sterilisation camp worrying: Ban Ki-Moon

  World | November 13, 2014 13:05 IST

  United Nations:  UN chief Ban Ki-Moon said that the death of 11 women in India due to sterilisation surgeries is “worrying” and the government should take appropriate care to ensure such medical procedures are conducted

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  UN expresses concern over Rajasthan incident

  India | November 12, 2014 10:59 IST

  United Nations: A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban KiMoon said Tuesday the incident in which a woman was stripped and paraded on a donkey in a Rajasthan village was a matter of concern and hoped

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  Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi - world's most dreaded terrorist

  World | November 12, 2014 10:12 IST

  Osama Bin Laden was once the world's most feared terrorist. But now it's his follower Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi who is claiming this title.Baghdadi is a man of few words and many names. The UN

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  Indian named on UN probe panel on Gaza

  World | November 11, 2014 9:11 IST

  United Nations: An eminent Indian official has been named on a UN inquiry panel set up by the world body's chief Ban Ki-Moon to probe the presence of arms in UN premises in the Gaza

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  Fully committed to zero tolerance policy against terror: India

  India | November 08, 2014 11:05 IST

  United Nations: Asserting that there can be no justification for terror acts, India has said it is fully committed to the policy of zero tolerance against terrorism.Participating in the 9th meeting of the Advisory Board

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  India to stay on as Advisory Board Member of UNCCT

  World | November 08, 2014 10:47 IST

  United Nations: India has agreed to UN chief Ban Ki-moon's offer to remain a member of the advisory board of a UN centre on counter-terrorism for an additional three years."We would like to express our

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  Global Ebola death toll hits 4,960: WHO

  World | November 08, 2014 9:41 IST

  Geneva: The World Health Organisation said today that 13,268 people had been infected with Ebola across eight countries, and 4,960 of them had died.On Wednesday, it had reported 13,042 cases and 4,818 deaths.The UN health

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  UN Human Rights head criticises Sri Lanka's attacks on probe of violations

  World | November 08, 2014 6:19 IST

  United Nations: UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has condemned Sri Lanka for attacking his organisation's investigations into human rights violations there and "creating a wall of fear" to prevent people from

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  UN wants $173 mn for winter in Iraq

  World | November 05, 2014 7:10 IST

  Geneva: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has called for 173.1 million dollars to address the immediate needs of 1.26 million people across Iraq in need of assistance over the winter.As

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  Ban Ki-moon asks Pakistan to act against Wagah attackers

  World | November 04, 2014 9:42 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Pakistan to act against the terrorists who carried out the attack last week at the Wagah border.Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Monday, "The Secretary-General condemns in