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DRAGON NEWS MSUM students excel at Model UN
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U.N. debate continues as Syrian troops fight off rebels 
Syrian troops crushed pockets of rebel soldiers Tuesday on the outskirts of Damascus and the U.N. Security Council took up a draft resolution demanding that President Bashar Assad halt the violence and yield power.
By Elizabeth A. Kennedy , January 31, 2012
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U.N. inspectors focus on negotiations in visit to Iran
Visiting U.N. inspectors did not visit any of the country's nuclear sites, Iran's official news agency reported today, concentrating instead on talks with officials.
By Nasser Karimi , January 31, 2012
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Nato talks heat up after Syrian forces push back hostile troops
Syrian forces pushed dissident troops back from the edge of Damascus in heavy fighting Monday, escalating efforts to take back control of the capital's eastern doorstep ahead of key U.N. talks over a draft resolution demanding that President Bashar Assad step aside.
By Lee Keath , January 30, 2012
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Clinton bound for United Nations to condemn Syria's Assad regime
With the violence in Syria soaring, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said today she will join the French and British foreign ministers at the U.N. Security Council to press for a clear message of world support for Syria's besieged people. "We stand with you," Clinton told them in a statement.
By Bradley Klapper , January 30, 2012
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400 people killed in Syria over past 10 days, U.N. estimates
United Nations political chief B. Lynn Pascoe provided the latest figures in a closed-door report to the 15-member Security Council on the Syrian uprising that has already claimed more than 5,000 lives since it began almost 10 months ago, diplomats said.
By Michael Astor , January 10, 2012
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United Nations nuclear agency confirms Iran nuke work at bunker
The U.N. nuclear agency today confirmed that Iran has begun enriching uranium at an underground bunker to a level that can be upgraded more quickly for use in a nuclear weapon than the nation's main enriched stockpile.
By George Jahn , January 09, 2012
Arab League considers turning to U.N. over Syria
The Arab League has given Syria until Wednesday to allow observers into the country or else it will likely turn to the U.N. Security Council for action to try to end the deadly violence against regime opponents, Qatar's prime minister said Saturday.
By Bassem Mroue , December 17, 2011
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United Nations negotiators struggle to keep world's only global warming treaty alive
Negotiators from Europe, tiny islands threatened by rising oceans and the world's poorest countries sought to keep alive the only treaty governing global warming and move to the next stage, struggling against an unlikely alliance of the United States, China and India. Bleary-eyed delegates worked through the night and all day today, and the two-week U.N. conference stretched past the hour it was supposed to end, with the negotiators looking ahead to a second and final night of meetings expected to last until dawn Saturday.
By Arthur Max , December 09, 2011
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UN investigation: Syria forces commit crimes against humanity
A United Nations investigation released today accused Syrian forces of killing and torturing children and other crimes against humanity over the past eight months as President Bashar Assad's regime tried to crush an unprecedented uprising.
By Bassem Mroue and John Heilprin , November 28, 2011
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Obama administration considers more Iran sanctions
The United States is readying a range of unilateral sanctions against Iran, as well as additional measures with international partners, should the Islamic republic fail to answer fresh questions about its nuclear ambitions posed by a report released today by a United Nations watchdog.
By Bradley Klapper and Julie Pace , November 08, 2011
U.S. cuts funds to UNESCO as Palestine becomes member
Palestine won its greatest international endorsement yet today, full membership in UNESCO, but the move will cost the agency one-fifth of its funding and some fear will send Mideast peace efforts off a cliff.
By Bradley Klapper and Sarah DiLorenzo , October 31, 2011
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'7 billionth baby'? Many of them celebrated worldwide
VIDEO: Bottom of articleAmid the millions of births and deaths around the world each day, it is impossible to pinpoint the arrival of the globe's 7 billionth occupant. But the United Nations chose today to mark the day with a string of festivities worldwide, and a series of symbolic 7 billionth babies being born.
By Jim Gomez and Tim Sullivan , October 31, 2011
Gadhafi's burial delayed for further investigation
The burial of slain leader Moammar Gadhafi has been delayed until the circumstances of his death can be further examined and a decision is made about where to bury the body, Libyan officials said today, as the U.N. human rights office called for an investigation into his death.
By Kim Gamel , October 21, 2011
Palestinians say US pressure over UN bid 'unfair'
A senior Palestinian official has criticized the U.S. for what he says is pressure on Security Council members not to approve a Palestinian request for full U.N. membership.
By Associated Press , October 01, 2011
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Concerned Russia wants 'solid legal guarantees' about U.S. missile defense plans
oreign Minister Sergey Lavrov further told the United Nations General Assembly that the world community must support the resumption of diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions over the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea.
By Steven R. Hurst , September 27, 2011
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