Louis Charbonneau

Envoy says Syria heartened by Obama's Iraq plan

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14-Nov-2008 12 related
        

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria said on Friday it was heartened by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's plan to pull U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office since it reflects the desire of Iraq and its...

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Iraq improving but al Qaeda, Iran still threats: U.S.

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14-Nov-2008 48 related
        

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Violence in Iraq has decreased sharply but al Qaeda, Iranian-backed fighters and other militants remain a serious threat, as this week's bomb attacks showed, Washington's U.N. envoy said on Friday.

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Rwanda complains to UN over German arrest of aide

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14-Nov-2008 261 related
        

Source: Reuters By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Rwanda complained to the United Nations on Friday about Germany's arrest of a senior aide to President Paul Kagame and called on the world ...

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Iran accuses Israel of abusing UN interfaith meeting

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14-Nov-2008 12 related
        

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's U.N. envoy on Thursday accused Israel of abusing a Saudi-sponsored U.N. interfaith conference for political purposes and suggested the Jewish state had no right to take part.

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Russia: US media finally got Georgia story right

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13-Nov-2008 1,475 related
        

Source: Reuters By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Moscow's U.N. envoy praised The New York Times on Thursday for challenging Georgia on assertions that Russia started their brief war in August ...

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Israel lauds Saudi peace plan before King Abdullah

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12-Nov-2008 53 related
        

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres seized the rare opportunity of being in the same hall as Saudi King Abdullah on Wednesday to praise a Saudi peace initiative that he said had brought hope to the Middle...

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Government drafts new U.N. Somalia sanctions

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12-Nov-2008 4 related
        

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The government has circulated a draft resolution that would impose new U.N. sanctions on anyone contributing to violence and instability in Somalia, U.N. Security Council diplomats told Reuters on...

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Amid possible indictment, Sudan leader declares Darfur ceasefire (Reuters)

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12-Nov-2008 228 related
        

Reuters - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, facing a possible indictment by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, announced a ceasefire in the region on Wednesday.

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yahoo.com: UN sounds alarm over DR Congo forces' looting, rapes yahoo.com

U.N. council warms to idea of more Congo troops

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12-Nov-2008 1,308 related
        

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is overcoming its reluctance to send more peacekeepers to help avert a new war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the top U.N. peacekeeping official said on Tuesday.

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U.N.'s Ban urges Kosovo to reconsider EU mission plan

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12-Nov-2008 16 related
        

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Kosovo on Tuesday to reconsider an amended United Nations plan for deployment of the European Union police and justice mission (EULEX) in Kosovo.

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