guardian.co.uk Politics:
Ministers in minority governments live from day to day, hoping to find the right moment to call the general election that will give them a decisive majority but fearing that it will be forced on them at a time when their unp (Read More)
Inner City Press:
By Matthew Russell Leewww.innercitypress.com/undpa1guinea112009.html UNITED NATIONS, November 20 -- Guinea's strongman Moussa Dadis Camera is proposed to remain in power, by mediator Blai (Read More)
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By Matthew Russell Leewww.innercitypress.com/un1wsahara111709.html UNITED NATIONS, November 17 -- Given the UN's role in Western Sahara, one might expect the Organization to have at least some comment when (Read More)
Inner City Press:
By Matthew Russell Leewww.innercitypress.com/undp3deputy112009.html UNITED NATIONS, November 20 -- The continental dispute about the UN Development Program's number two post, which triggered a letter from the Afri (Read More)
Inner City Press:
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusivewww.innercitypress.com/undp2deputy111909.html UNITED NATIONS, November 19 -- The continental battle for the number two post at the UN Development Program, on which Inne (Read More)
Inner City Press:
By Matthew Russell Leewww.innercitypress.com/unmas1srilanka111709.html UNITED NATIONS, November 17 -- The UN and its Secretary General are said to be strong advocates for countries to become parties to the Mine-Ba (Read More)
Inner City Press:
By Matthew Russell Leewww.innercitypress.com/unv2death111709.html UNITED NATIONS, November 17, [updated with post-question Nesirky confirmation, below] While the UK press reports an MI6 in (Read More)
Inner City Press:
By Matthew Russell Leewww.innercitypress.com/undp1deputy111709.html UNITED NATIONS, November 17 -- A continental battle is underway in the UN system, with Africa poised to once again lose out. When New Zealand's (Read More)
Inner City Press:
By Matthew Russell Leewww.innercitypress.com/unsc1eritrea111809.html UNITED NATIONS, November 18 -- The UN Security Council's inability this year to stop bloodshed in Gaza and Sri Lanka, or to stop nuclear missile (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Rioting sparked by Algeria victory spreads to Egypt• Fans attack embassies in wave of tit-for-tat reprisalsParts of Cairo are under police lockdown amid some of the worst football violence ever seen in the region.More than (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
CANBERRA (Reuters) - The global economic crisis must not be used as an excuse to unwind human rights for the millions of people now thrown back into poverty, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan said Thursday. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Nato and its allies will order "substantially more forces" into battle in Afghanistan over the next few weeks, the alliance's secretary general said today.Speaking in Edinburgh at a Nato parliamentary assembly meeting, Anders (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Government report shows 50m people unable to put food on the table at some point last yearMore than a million children regularly go to bed hungry in the US, according to a government report that shows a startling increase in (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
With the summit three weeks away, much depends on whether the US can negotiate its obstacles. What of the other nations?What is the state of play for Copenhagen now?Copenhagen is now viewed as the stage on which the rich nati (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Tony Blair still in frame for president as EU leaders meet on Thursday to decide three key postsEU leaders are to hold a summit meeting on Thursday to decide on the three posts up for grabs after the Lisbon treaty was ratifie (Read More)
The Guardian:
Tony Blair still stands an outside chance of assuming the new post of president of the European council, amid signs that EU leaders will take the selection process down to the wire at an emergency summit on Thursday.British g (Read More)
BBC:
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told delegates at a food summit in Rome that "the food crisis of today is a wake up call for tomorrow". (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Duncan Clark, Guardian environment writer and author of The Rough Guide to Green Living, tells us about his top 10 eco myths. (1:25)In the newsjam we look at Britain's renewable energy targets, a new technique to regrow breas (Read More)
Inner City Press:
By Matthew Russell Leewww.innercitypress.com/unsec2afpak110909.html UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- While Afghans and aid agencies criticize the UN for a lack of clarity in its partial pull out announcement after th (Read More)
Inner City Press:
By Matthew Russell Leewww.innercitypress.com/unsc1leb1701russia111009.html UNITED NATIONS, November 10 -- When the UN Security Council met behind closed door Tuesday about its Resolution 1701 and the situation bet (Read More)