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Name: United Nations

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for United Nations

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 45 mins ago - 14 Documents

IAEA

UN nuclear chief in Iran on mission regarding watchdog

TEHRAN, Iran $ The head of the UN nuclear agency arrived Monday in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes by the watchdog on whether Iran has secretly worked on an atomic weapon.It would also strength the Islamic Republic's ... [ Published 2 hours ago by CTV.ca ]

Entities: Iran, IAEA, Tehran

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 10 Documents

Morgan Tsvangirai

10:43: UN rights chief in Zimbabwe visit

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay arrived in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world rights chief.Officials said Ms Pillay's week-long trip is at the invitation of the three-year coalition government ... [ Published 4 hours ago by Eircom.net ]

Entities: Zimbabwe, United Nations, Morgan Tsvangirai, Patrick Chinamasa

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated 2 hours ago - 12 Documents

British capitive and three others released in Sudan

Mr Fielding, John Sorbo, a Norweigian national who lives in Hertfordshire, and two others - a South African and a Sudanese man - were turned over to chief African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki. The men were detained for more than three weeks."We thank the ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Channel 4 ]

Entities: Sudan, South Sudan, Sudanese

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated 3 hours ago - 9 Documents

UN Observers Experience Another Close Call in Syria

Stockbyte/Thinkstock(DAMASCUS, Syria) -- Observers from the United Nations' mission in Syria were in the vicinity of a rocket-powered grenade fired in their direction Sunday in the town of Douma, north of Damascus.None of the monitors, including its leader, ... [ Published 3 hours ago by KSFO-AM ]

Entities: Syria, United Nations, Damascus, Robert Mood, Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated 4 hours ago - 26 Documents

United Nations

Syria: UN observer chief escapes Syria bomb blast

A roadside bomb has exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus as the chief of the UN observers was visiting the area.No casualties were reported from Sunday's blast in Douma, which damaged a parked Toyota pickup car. It was not immediately ... [ Published 4 hours ago by Muslim News ]

Entities: Syria, Bomb Explosion, United Nations, Hassan Ali Turkmani

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated 5 hours ago - 12 Documents

Syria crisis hits Beirut - live updates

• Two die in Beirut clashes• Senior UN official escape bomb blast in Damascus suburb• Build up to first round of Egypt presidential elections8.58am: Lebanon: Beirut's Daily Star says the Lebanese Army and security forces have begun patrolling the Tariq ... [ Published 6 hours ago by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Syria, United Nations, Beirut, Jihad Makdissi

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 6 Documents

Charles Taylor

UN team hails Liberia’s progress since end of civil wars

A DELEGATION from United Nations (UN) yesterday examined the state of development in Liberia so far and declared that the West African country has made considerable progress since the end of back-to-back civil wars devastated the nation and killed about ... [ Published 6 hours ago by The Guardian Nigeria ]

Entities: Liberia, United Nations, Charles Taylor, United States, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 11 Documents

Dozens dead after Damascus bomb

A rocket-propelled grenade has exploded near a team of UN observers in a Damascus suburb, as dozens of people were killed in violence while clashes raged between regime troops and armed rebels.At a NATO summit in Chicago, alliance chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen ... [ Published 11 hours ago by Sky News Australia ]

Entities: Herve Ladsous, Damascus, United Nations

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 12 Documents

UN nuclear chief in Iran for talks

THE UN'S nuclear supervisor flew to Tehran yesterday voicing optimism he could reach a deal to investigate suspected atom bomb research ? a possible breakthrough that Iran may hope could help ease western sanctions pressure and deflect threats of war ... [ Published 12 hours ago by Irish Times ]

Entities: Iran, Yukiya Amano, United Nations, Saeed Jalili, Tehran

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated 17 hours ago - 5 Documents

UN officials tour several Syrian cities

DAMASCUS, May 20 (KUNA) -- UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous and the chief of UN observers in Syria Maj. Gen. Robert Mood made a visit of the Damascus Countryside's districts of Douma and Zabadani.Ladsous' visit of the ... [ Published 19 hours ago by Kuwait News Agency ]

Entities: United Nations, Herve Ladsous, Syria, Jean-Marie Guehenno

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 7 Documents

Sonja_Jo: UN human rights chief Navi Pillay in first #Zimbabwe visit http://t.co/FyxZjDwi

Sonja_Jo: UN human rights chief Navi Pillay in first #Zimbabwe visit http://t.co/FyxZjDwi ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Twitter / Sonja_Jo ]

Entities: Navi Pillay, Zimbabwe, Human Rights

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 7 Documents

UN Observers' Mission To Reach Complete Deployment | 2012-05-20 10:14:51 AM

Visiting UN Under-Secretary-General for peacekeeping said in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Saturday that the observers' mission to Syria is reaching a complete deployment of unarmed military monitors.Herve Ladsous told reporters that a number of UN ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Nile International ]

Entities: Herve Ladsous, United Nations, Syria, Babacar Gaye, Kofi Annan

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"During the night, groups of young men cut off the road in the Tareek el-Jdideh district and street battles followed" the official said, requesting anonymity

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VIDEO: UN nuclear chief 'positive' over Iran [ Published 11 hours ago by BBC News Video - World ]
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