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UN 'shocked' by Italy's migrants

Stuff : International: < 1 hour
Living conditions in Italy's camps for Roma, are those of a poor developing country, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says. ...read article

Sachin Goodwill Ambassador for UNEP

Rediff.com : News: < 1 hour
Ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was Thursday named a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme. ...read article

UN food agency welcomes any probe into Somalia aid (AP)

Yahoo! News : International: < 1 hour
AP - A U.N. food agency said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a report found that up to half the food aid intended for the nation's hungry people does not reach its destination. ...read article

EU Parliament demands Schalit’s release

Jerusalem Post : International: 1 hour ago
Move comes just one day after becoming the first institution after the UN to adopt the Goldstone Report. ...read article

Food aid for conflict victims being diverted to militants: UN

SABCNews : Africa: 3 hours ago
A United Nations (UN) report leaked to the media indicates that up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamist militants. ...read article

Ex-Nuclear Chief Condemns Egypt Security Beatings

Asharq Alawsat: 3 hours ago
CAIRO, (AP) The former U.N. nuclear chief turned Egyptian reform advocate has strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents. Mohamed ElBaradei said in a statement received by The Associated Press ... ...read article

UNICEF appoints Messi a Goodwill Ambassador

Alarabiya.net: 3 hours ago
UNICEF on Thursday appointed Barcelona forward Lionel Messi a global Goodwill Ambassador. The 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year received the honor in a ceremony in Barcelona. UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassadors seek to create public awareness of ... ...read article

Business as usual in Burma | Simon Tisdall

Guardian Newspaper : World: 4 hours ago
The Burmese junta's new electoral laws are designed to give the regime a veneer of democratic respectabilityA call by a senior UN official for Burma's military rulers to be investigated for "international crimes", including crimes against humanity ... ...read article

Chile aftershock causes 'significant damage'

ITN : World: 5 hours ago
Chile's new president has urged coastal residents to move to higher ground following a tsunami alert which was triggered by aftershocks.Related Stories UN chief arrives in Chile Dramatic amateur footage of Chile tsunami At least 20 dead in Turkey ... ...read article

UN Assembly chief barred from traveling to Switzerland

SABCNews : International: 5 hours ago
The Libyan president of the UN General Assembly is among more than 180 people banned from traveling too much of Europe due to a diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland, Libya's UN mission said today. ...read article

NIGER: Southern villages emptying as drought bites

UN : OCHA IRIN Breaking News: 5 hours ago
TANOUT, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - "Empty" increasingly describes villages around the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - entire villages, are emptying. ...read article

MOZAMBIQUE: Floods force evacuation

UN : OCHA IRIN Breaking News: 5 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) has raised the flood alert level to "red" and some 130,000 people living along three main rivers in central Mozambique are at risk of possible floods and ... ...read article

AFGHANISTAN: Talking to the Taliban

UN : OCHA IRIN Breaking News: 5 hours ago
KABUL, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - The insurgents in Afghanistan have shown interest in negotiating with the UN and aid agencies on humanitarian access and aid distributions, according to a purported Taliban spokesman. ...read article

Analysis: Poll puts Rwanda under scrutiny

UN : OCHA IRIN Breaking News: 5 hours ago
NAIROBI, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rwanda's upcoming presidential elections has cast a spotlight on its democratic credentials, with observers warning that allegations of intimidation of opposition leaders could mar the process. ...read article

ZAMBIA: Stigma and bureaucracy drive maternal deaths

UN : OCHA IRIN Breaking News: 5 hours ago
LUSAKA, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - Parity Zulu, 17, constantly recited a Biblical verse asking God for protection from her persecutors while her mother ferried her to hospital following complications from the teenager's illegal abortion. ...read article

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