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Brigitte Bardot - Un Jour Comme un Autre

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in post Review/Open Your Box 22: Carla Bruni & Other French Chanteuses from Different Is Dangerous .

Karadzic defiant at U.N. court appearance

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a defiant stand before a U.N. court preparing to try him on genocide charges, refusing to enter pleas yesterday and branding the tribunal a NATO proxy out to "liquidate" him. Judge Iain Bonomy entered not-guilty pleas on Karadzic's behalf on 11 counts - which include charges of crimes against humanity - allowing pretrial efforts...

Who will speak for Israel at the UN on Sept. 23rd? Peres? Livni?

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Who will speak for Israel at the UN? | International | Jerusalem Post

Oxford Analytica Cites UN Watch Report on UN Rights Commissioner

View from Geneva (Free subscription) | yesterday

Oxford Analytica’s The World Next Week cites the UN Watch report on High Commissioner Louise Arbour. See Human Rights at the UN.

India 'regrets' UN body's 'irresponsible' Kashmir remarks

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Run-Up to UN Anti-Racism Conference: Ambassador Jayatilleka nominated facilitator for Asian Region

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Karadzic refuses to enter war crimes pleas at UN tribunal

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Radovan Karadzic refused to enter pleas before a UN court preparing to try him on genocide charges and branded the tribunal a NATO proxy out to 'liquidate' him.

UN Security Council at odds over Georgia conflict

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

The UN Security Council remained deadlocked over the conflict in Georgia on Thursday afternoon after concluding its sixth emergency session on the subject since early August. The open meeting, held at the request of Georgia, began with briefings from UN officials on the latest developments in Georgia, where the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have gained recognition from Russia. In...

Iran Corroborates U.N. Nuclear Monitor's Estimate of Centrifuges in Operation

Washington Post (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 -- Iran is using 4,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium and plans to install an additional 3,000 of the devices, Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh Attar said Thursday in an interview on Iranian state television.

Commentaries on UN conventions now available online

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The International Harm Reduction Association recently received digital copies of the Official Commentaries on the 1961, 1971 and 1988 UN Drug Conventions, as well as the Commentary to the 1972 Protocol amending the 1961 Convention, from the Legal and Treaty Affairs team at UNODC, all now available online. These four volumes, each several hundred pages in length, are the official (although non-binding)...

Un-book conversation wrap-up

Informal Learning Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Today a small group of us conversed about the concept of the un-book. The un-book attempts to overcome some of the limitations of traditional books: long lead time, content frozen in time, author cannot learn from audience, and more. Here’s a recording of the session, Slideshare presentation Back channel Skype discussion Recording of conversion: wav, m4a Related post: Dawn of the Un-book

Cowen to address UN summit next month

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Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to address a United Nations summit for the first time as leader next month.... Continue reading »

UN agency predicts 4.7% economic growth in Latin America in 2008

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The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean on Thursday predicted 4.7-percent growth for the Latin American economy in 2008. Despite a slowdown in the global economy, economic growth in Latin America may still reach 4.7-percent this year, with the region's per capita GDP expected to exceed 3 percent for the 5th consecutive year, ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena said at the launch...

• Latin America, Caribbean economies growing - Caribbean 360

U.N. Darfur force delayed

LA Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Secretary-General Ban cites growing violence and logistical issues. Deploying all 26,000 members of a peacekeeping force in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur will take many more months because of growing insecurity and logistical difficulties, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report circulated Friday.

• Many months needed to deploy Darfur peacekeepers - Seattle Times
• Many months needed to deploy Darfur peacekeepers - kansascity.com
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Turkish president calls for Cyprus solution under UN framework_English_Xinhua

Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

"Turkish president calls for Cyprus solution under UN framework www.chinaview.cn 2008-08-28 22:54:29 ANKARA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Thursday that a solution in Cyprus could be found under the framework of UN secretary general's goodwill mission, based on realities of the island and with a new partnership to be established by two equal communities and two founder countries."...