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UN chief urges global leadership to combat food crisisAFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Monday for global leadership against the global food crisis as a United Nations task force met for the first time to design an action plan to curb soaring prices.
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U.S. businessman who bribed U.N. official gets probation
Reuters - An Indian-born U.S. businessman who testified he bribed a former United Nations procurement official in return for at least $50 million in U.N. contracts was sentenced to five years' probation on Monday.
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Reuters - An Indian-born U.S. businessman who testified he bribed a former United Nations procurement official in return for at least $50 million in U.N. contracts was sentenced to five years' probation on Monday.
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UN food agency says rice prices surging in Myanmar
AP - Rice prices in Myanmar's capital have surged 50 percent since deadly cyclone Nargis, which flooded entire rice-growing areas, a United Nations food agency said Monday.
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AP - Rice prices in Myanmar's capital have surged 50 percent since deadly cyclone Nargis, which flooded entire rice-growing areas, a United Nations food agency said Monday.
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China expert to head Taiwan national security councilAFP - Taiwan's president-elect Ma Ying-jeou named a China expert to head the national security council which coordinates the island's major policies, Ma's office said on Monday.
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Zimbabwe may bar some observers from run-off: state mediaAFP - Zimbabwe's government has said it will bar Western countries and the United Nations from observing a runoff election unless sanctions against the country are removed, state media reported Monday.
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Developing countries eye nuclear power: report
Reuters - More than 40 developing countries have recently approached United Nations officials to express interest in starting nuclear power programs, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
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Reuters - More than 40 developing countries have recently approached United Nations officials to express interest in starting nuclear power programs, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
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Rice production to reach record high in 2008, but prices to continue climbing - UN
Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America will reach record highs in 2008, but prices could also continue to soar in the short term, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today.
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Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America will reach record highs in 2008, but prices could also continue to soar in the short term, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today.
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Pledging UN help, Ban Ki-moon voices sorrow after deadly earthquake hits China
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his sorrow and sympathy for the victims of the earthquake that struck south-western China today, killing thousands of people, and pledged the support of the United Nations in any humanitarian efforts following the disaster.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his sorrow and sympathy for the victims of the earthquake that struck south-western China today, killing thousands of people, and pledged the support of the United Nations in any humanitarian efforts following the disaster.
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Secretary-General convenes inaugural meeting of food crisis task force
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today convened the inaugural meeting of a high-level task force of senior United Nations officials aimed at addressing the food crisis, noting that there was an urgent need to help the millions of people already suffering.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today convened the inaugural meeting of a high-level task force of senior United Nations officials aimed at addressing the food crisis, noting that there was an urgent need to help the millions of people already suffering.
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Response to cyclone in Myanmar ‘unacceptably slow' - Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today registered his "immense frustration" with the pace of relief efforts following the cyclone in Myanmar last week, and called on the Government to do everything it could to prevent the disaster from becoming even more serious.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today registered his "immense frustration" with the pace of relief efforts following the cyclone in Myanmar last week, and called on the Government to do everything it could to prevent the disaster from becoming even more serious.
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