News Topic - United Nations
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More incentives needed to attract qualified teachers worldwide, UN says
Low salaries, lack of job security, inadequate training and overcrowded classrooms have combined to deter many willing and eligible people from becoming teachers, the United Nations warned today as it marked World Teachers' Day with a call to improve the recruitment of candidates.
UN News Centre – Oct 5, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Low salaries, lack of job security, inadequate training and overcrowded classrooms have combined to deter many willing and eligible people from becoming teachers, the United Nations warned today as it marked World Teachers' Day with a call to improve the recruitment of candidates.
UN News Centre – Oct 5, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Walk Against Hunger
The United Nations estimates that more than 800 million people in the world go hungry every day. Most of those are in underdeveloped third world countries. Nearly 100 people in Billings participated in the Crop Hunger Walk Saturday morning, trying to help those who are hungry.
KULR-8 – Oct 5, 2008 12:52 AM [GMT] – comment?
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The United Nations estimates that more than 800 million people in the world go hungry every day. Most of those are in underdeveloped third world countries. Nearly 100 people in Billings participated in the Crop Hunger Walk Saturday morning, trying to help those who are hungry.
KULR-8 – Oct 5, 2008 12:52 AM [GMT] – comment?
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No place like home
No place like homeBy LISA NICELYnicely@crescent-news.comHome -- There's no place like it and everyone, regardless of income, should have one. But sometimes that's easier said than done.That's why the United Nations formed World Habitat Day, which is ce
The Crescent-News – Oct 4, 2008 2:10 PM [GMT] – comment?
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No place like homeBy LISA NICELYnicely@crescent-news.comHome -- There's no place like it and everyone, regardless of income, should have one. But sometimes that's easier said than done.That's why the United Nations formed World Habitat Day, which is ce
The Crescent-News – Oct 4, 2008 2:10 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Better security needed to protect displaced in Georgia – UN rights expert
Effective security is the key to ensuring the return home of tens of thousands of people displaced by the recent conflict in Georgia, a United Nations human rights expert said today, warning about the ongoing climate of fear faced by civilians in the region.
UN News Centre – Oct 4, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Effective security is the key to ensuring the return home of tens of thousands of people displaced by the recent conflict in Georgia, a United Nations human rights expert said today, warning about the ongoing climate of fear faced by civilians in the region.
UN News Centre – Oct 4, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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UN envoy says Congo fighting could escalate
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The top U.N. envoy to Congo warned Friday that renewed fighting in eastern Congo has heightened ethnic tensions and could lead to the renewal of a wider conflict in central Africa....
AP – Oct 4, 2008 04:23 AM [GMT] – comment?
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The top U.N. envoy to Congo warned Friday that renewed fighting in eastern Congo has heightened ethnic tensions and could lead to the renewal of a wider conflict in central Africa....
AP – Oct 4, 2008 04:23 AM [GMT] – comment?
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World Briefing | Middle East: Syria: Appeal for Drought Aid
The United Nations appealed for $20 million to help one million people in Syria cope with the worst drought in four decades.
New York Times – Oct 4, 2008 02:30 AM [GMT] – comment?
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The United Nations appealed for $20 million to help one million people in Syria cope with the worst drought in four decades.
New York Times – Oct 4, 2008 02:30 AM [GMT] – comment?
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U.N. wants more troops in Congo as violence mounts
Reuters - The United Nations' top official in the Democratic Republic of Congo asked the U.N. Security Council on Friday for extra troops to help halt the spread of violence in the country's eastern provinces.
Yahoo! – Oct 3, 2008 10:29 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Reuters - The United Nations' top official in the Democratic Republic of Congo asked the U.N. Security Council on Friday for extra troops to help halt the spread of violence in the country's eastern provinces.
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U.N. Resolution Curtails Free Speech, Critics Say
Religious groups and free-speech advocates are banding together to fight a United Nations resolution they say is being used to spread Islamic blasphemy law to the Western world and to intimidate people who criticize Islam.
Fox News – Oct 3, 2008 8:06 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Religious groups and free-speech advocates are banding together to fight a United Nations resolution they say is being used to spread Islamic blasphemy law to the Western world and to intimidate people who criticize Islam.
Fox News – Oct 3, 2008 8:06 PM [GMT] – comment?
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United Nations orders Labour to stop reality TV shows exploiting children
Highly critical UN report orders the Government to stop reality TV shows exploiting children.
Telegraph.co.uk – Oct 3, 2008 3:24 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Highly critical UN report orders the Government to stop reality TV shows exploiting children.
Telegraph.co.uk – Oct 3, 2008 3:24 PM [GMT] – comment?
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UN: 80 dead, 100 wounded in Somalia fighting
AP - The United Nations says fighting has killed at least 80 civilians in Somalia's capital over the last two weeks. More than 100 people have been injured.
Yahoo! – Oct 3, 2008 2:11 PM [GMT] – comment?
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AP - The United Nations says fighting has killed at least 80 civilians in Somalia's capital over the last two weeks. More than 100 people have been injured.
Yahoo! – Oct 3, 2008 2:11 PM [GMT] – comment?
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