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World could face severe economic downturn, new UN report suggests
The deepening credit crisis in affluent countries triggered by the continuing housing slump, the declining value of the United States dollar, persisting global imbalances and soaring oil and commodity prices pose major threats to economic growth around the world, according to a report released today by United Nations economists.
UN News Centre – May 15, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The deepening credit crisis in affluent countries triggered by the continuing housing slump, the declining value of the United States dollar, persisting global imbalances and soaring oil and commodity prices pose major threats to economic growth around the world, according to a report released today by United Nations economists.
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Deadly fighting forces UN mission to evacuate staff from disputed Sudanese town
The United Nations has evacuated most of its staff from the Sudanese town of Abyei, located in a disputed oil-rich area, amid continued shooting between Government forces and the former southern rebels with whom they reached a peace deal in January 2005.
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The United Nations has evacuated most of its staff from the Sudanese town of Abyei, located in a disputed oil-rich area, amid continued shooting between Government forces and the former southern rebels with whom they reached a peace deal in January 2005.
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U.S. Has Detained 2,500 Juveniles as Enemy Combatants
The United States has detained approximately 2,500 people younger than 18 as illegal enemy combatants in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay since 2002, according to a report filed by the Bush administration with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Washington Post – May 15, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The United States has detained approximately 2,500 people younger than 18 as illegal enemy combatants in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay since 2002, according to a report filed by the Bush administration with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Feds boost bid to claim seabed
INUVIK -- The federal government boosted its bid Wednesday toclaim millions of square kilometres of Arctic and Atlantic Oceanseabed. Ottawa said it will double its spending on scientificresearch projects to $40 million over four years in an attempt toprove the North American continental shelf extends far beyondCanada's 200-nautical mile limit. If Canada is successful with thatbid, it can make the legal claim that its jurisdiction ought toextend over an area that some say could contain billions of dollarsworth of oil and gas reserves. Canada has until 2013 to make a caseto the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) thatit ought to be granted jurisdiction over the extended continentalshelf, off the northeast coast of Ellesmere Island in Canada's highArctic and in a wide crescent off Canada's east coast. Canadianscientists believe the extended continental shelf could be as largeas 1.75 million square kilometres, about the combined size ofCanada's three prairie provinces. "We will make our claim in 2013and it will be based on sound science. The rules are very clear.They're not ambiguous," said Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn.
Canada.com – May 15, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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INUVIK -- The federal government boosted its bid Wednesday toclaim millions of square kilometres of Arctic and Atlantic Oceanseabed. Ottawa said it will double its spending on scientificresearch projects to $40 million over four years in an attempt toprove the North American continental shelf extends far beyondCanada's 200-nautical mile limit. If Canada is successful with thatbid, it can make the legal claim that its jurisdiction ought toextend over an area that some say could contain billions of dollarsworth of oil and gas reserves. Canada has until 2013 to make a caseto the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) thatit ought to be granted jurisdiction over the extended continentalshelf, off the northeast coast of Ellesmere Island in Canada's highArctic and in a wide crescent off Canada's east coast. Canadianscientists believe the extended continental shelf could be as largeas 1.75 million square kilometres, about the combined size ofCanada's three prairie provinces. "We will make our claim in 2013and it will be based on sound science. The rules are very clear.They're not ambiguous," said Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn.
Canada.com – May 15, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Canada one of only six countries against emergency food meeting
UNITED NATIONS -- Canada is one of just six countries on theUN's Human Rights Council that is withholding support for anemergency "right to food" meeting amid the current global foodcrisis. Proponents of the May 23 special session say it will focuson the way soaring food prices are among factors that havediminished people's "right" to enough to eat.
Canada.com – May 15, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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UNITED NATIONS -- Canada is one of just six countries on theUN's Human Rights Council that is withholding support for anemergency "right to food" meeting amid the current global foodcrisis. Proponents of the May 23 special session say it will focuson the way soaring food prices are among factors that havediminished people's "right" to enough to eat.
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U.N. says up to 2.5 million affected in Myanmar cycloneReuters - The United Nations said on Wednesday up to 2.5 million people might have been affected by the Myanmar cyclone and proposed a high-level donors conference as the Myanmar junta again limited foreign aid.
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Top UN official warns of increasing Darfur violence
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. peacekeeping chief warned Wednesday of an alarming increase in violence in Darfur that has spread to the Sudanese capital and could escalate further....
AP – May 15, 2008 12:35 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. peacekeeping chief warned Wednesday of an alarming increase in violence in Darfur that has spread to the Sudanese capital and could escalate further....
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UN chief convening donors to get aid to Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A frustrated U.N. chief convened a meeting of key donors and Myanmar's neighbors Wednesday to weigh options for speeding aid to cyclone victims, including a possible international summit....
AP – May 14, 2008 8:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A frustrated U.N. chief convened a meeting of key donors and Myanmar's neighbors Wednesday to weigh options for speeding aid to cyclone victims, including a possible international summit....
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UN evacuates staff amid clashes in Sudan flashpointAFP - The United Nations evacuated non-essential staff from the flashpoint Sudanese town of Abyei on Wednesday after deadly fighting erupted between government troops and southern ex-rebels.
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Japan urged end death penalty, aid "comfort women"
Reuters - Japan was urged by friends and critics in the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty and take concrete steps to settle the long-standing issue of wartime "comfort women."
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Reuters - Japan was urged by friends and critics in the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty and take concrete steps to settle the long-standing issue of wartime "comfort women."
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