John Heilprin

UN: 'Brown Clouds' Threat to Health, Nature

U.N. Report Finds Pollution 'Brown Clouds' Over Much of World Are Newest Environmental threat By TINI TRAN and JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press Writers BEIJING November 14, 2008 (AP) In this Feb. 6, 2007 satellite image from...

Iranian diplomat abducted in Pakistan's northwest (AP)

By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press Writer Riaz Khan, Associated Press Writer – 11 mins ago PESHAWAR, Pakistan – An Iranian diplomat was kidnapped Thursday in Peshawar near Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, one day after an American...

Pakistan leader meets with Rice to discuss U.S. missile strikes

UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan's president pressed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday to halt cross-border U.S. missile strikes targeting militants in his country's volatile tribal regions. "...

Sudan president offers Darfur cease-fire

KHARTOUM, Sudan — President Omar al-Bashir offered a cease-fire in Darfur on Wednesday and promised to disarm militias, a top rebel demand, in a new push by his government to show it is serious about ending the nearly...

Sooty clouds threatening health

BEIJING By TINI TRAN and JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press Writers A dirty brown haze sometimes more than a mile thick is darkening skies not only over vast areas of Asia, but also in the Middle . . . Sorry, you must be an online...

World › U.N. says Congolese troops raped civilians, pillaged villages

Wednesday 12th November, 04:08 AM JST GOMA, Congo — Hundreds of Congolese soldiers rampaged through several villages in eastern Congo, raping women and pillaging homes as they pulled back ahead of a feared rebel advance, the...

Arms-trade plan wins U.N. favor

UNITED NATIONS — The U. N. General Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed the idea of an unprecedented treaty regulating the global arms trade Friday, despite opposition from the United States. By JOHN HEILPRIN The Associated Press...

Bush to attend UN dialogue on religions

UNITED NATIONS -- President Bush will join several other world leaders at a General Assembly meeting to promote a global dialogue about religions, cultures and common values, U.N. and U.S. officials said Friday.

UN members give go-ahead on proposal to curb arms

By JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed the idea of an unprecedented treaty regulating the global arms trade Friday, despite opposition from the United States....

Bush to attend UN dialogue on religions

President Bush will join several other world leaders at a General Assembly meeting to promote a global dialogue about religions, cultures and common values, U.N. and U.S. officials said Friday. By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated...

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