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Overcrowded ferry sinks off Haiti, killing 11
An overcrowded ferry sunk off Haiti's southern coast, killing at least 11 people, United Nations and Haitian authorities said Sunday.
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An overcrowded ferry sunk off Haiti's southern coast, killing at least 11 people, United Nations and Haitian authorities said Sunday.
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Climate scientist out to change the world
Veerabhadran Ramanathan tours the globe to conduct experiments and advise world leaders about climate change. He helped craft the United Nations' landmark report in 2007 on global warming, and his research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla has been featured in major journals such as Nature.
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Veerabhadran Ramanathan tours the globe to conduct experiments and advise world leaders about climate change. He helped craft the United Nations' landmark report in 2007 on global warming, and his research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla has been featured in major journals such as Nature.
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UN peace panel visits strife-torn BurundiAFP - A United Nations follow-up peace commission arrived in Burundi Sunday to study efforts towards peace following civil war war in this central African state where sporadic violence continues.
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UN demands Israeli probe into killing of Gaza motherAFP - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees on Sunday demanded an Israeli army inquiry into the death of a mother of six during an Israeli army operation in the Gaza Strip last week.
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Defiant Serbia conducts elections in Kosovo
MITROVICA (Reuters) - Serbia underlined its rejection of Kosovo's Western-backed independence by conducting elections in the territory on Sunday, in defiance of the United Nations and the ethnic Albanian majority there.
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MITROVICA (Reuters) - Serbia underlined its rejection of Kosovo's Western-backed independence by conducting elections in the territory on Sunday, in defiance of the United Nations and the ethnic Albanian majority there.
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UN food agency steps up aid to cyclone-stricken Myanmar
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that its food aid has reached more than 27,000 people in the areas of the Irrawaddy delta hit hardest by Cyclone Nargis, which left a path of death and destruction after striking Myanmar last week.
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that its food aid has reached more than 27,000 people in the areas of the Irrawaddy delta hit hardest by Cyclone Nargis, which left a path of death and destruction after striking Myanmar last week.
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Doctor Dispels Myth that Corpses Spread Disease
It has been a week since a cyclone devastated the Myanmar coastline. Tens of thousands of bodies have yet to be identified or buried. United Nations consultant and expert on directing disaster relief Claude de Ville de Goyet talks with Andrea Seabrook about the difficult task ahead for Myanmar.
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It has been a week since a cyclone devastated the Myanmar coastline. Tens of thousands of bodies have yet to be identified or buried. United Nations consultant and expert on directing disaster relief Claude de Ville de Goyet talks with Andrea Seabrook about the difficult task ahead for Myanmar.
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UN Peacebuilding Commission delegation kicks off visit to Burundi
A delegation from the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) - established in to help countries recovering from war from sliding back into conflict - began a six-day mission to Burundi to assess how to help the small Central African nation rebuild.
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A delegation from the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) - established in to help countries recovering from war from sliding back into conflict - began a six-day mission to Burundi to assess how to help the small Central African nation rebuild.
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UN blasts Myanmar for visa policy on aid workers
The United Nations says Myanmar's refusal to give visas to relief experts is "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian work.
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The United Nations says Myanmar's refusal to give visas to relief experts is "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian work.
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Myanmar Faces Difficult Task of Dealing with Dead
It has been a week since a cyclone devastated the Myanmar coastline. Tens of thousands of bodies have yet to be identified or buried. United Nations consultant and expert on directing disaster relief Claude de Ville de Goyet talks with Andrea Seabrook about what threats the unburied bodies pose to aid workers and survivors.
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It has been a week since a cyclone devastated the Myanmar coastline. Tens of thousands of bodies have yet to be identified or buried. United Nations consultant and expert on directing disaster relief Claude de Ville de Goyet talks with Andrea Seabrook about what threats the unburied bodies pose to aid workers and survivors.
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