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  1. 21. news | 09 May 2013

    UN pulls back Golan peacekeepers after abductions

    By AFP

    » The United Nations on Wednesday pulled peacekeepers back from an observation post in the Golan Heights ceasefire zone where four Philippine troops were abducted by Syrian rebels, a spokesman said.

  2. 22. news | 18 Jun 2013

    UN: 140,000 displaced in Rakhine

    By dpa

    » YANGON - A year after sectarian violence erupted in Myanmar's Rakhine state, some 140,000 people remain in camps with little hope of returning home, United Nations sources said Tuesday.

  3. 23. news | 14 Jun 2013

    Damascus airport under fire, UN condemns Syria carnage

    By AFP

    » Damascus international airport came under rebel mortar attack Thursday, officials said, as the United Nations warned that children and families are increasingly becoming victims of the "vicious" conflict in Syria.

  4. 24. news | 30 Apr 2013

    Health fears raised for Chinese activist's nephew

    By AFP

    » A lawyer for the jailed nephew of Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng appealed for help from the United Nations on Monday, saying that without medical attention the prisoner risks death.

  5. 25. learning | 05 Oct 2010

    Wake-up call to preserve our planet

    UNESCO

    By Kantanach Chayapong, Newspaper section: Learningpost

    » Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life. This was what United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated at the start of this year's International Year of Biodiversity.

  6. 26. news | 12 Jun 2013

    Philippines seeks more security for Golan Heights troops

    By AFP

    » Philippine President Benigno Aquino urged the United Nations Tuesday to provide more security to its depleted peacekeeping force in Syria's Golan Heights so the Filipino contingent could stay.

  7. 27. news | 24 May 2013

    UN sees weak economic recovery this year

    By AFP

    » The world economy should start to make a weak recovery this year, but the United Nations said Thursday that Japan faces "risks" with its pump-priming spending and saw no end to Europe's unemployment agony.

  8. 28. news | 22 Apr 2013

    PNG jails sorcery killer for 30 years

    By AFP

    » A Papua New Guinean who accused his aunt of sorcery and killed her with an axe has been jailed for 30 years, a report said on Monday, days after the United Nations urged a tougher stance on such murders.

  9. 29. news | 20 Apr 2013

    Unbeaten Japan go for youth in Five Nations

    By AFP

    » Japan will use the Asian Five Nations to groom players for the next World Cup and the 2019 edition on home soil after five trophies in five years left the outcome of this year's tournament in little doubt.

  10. 30. news | 25 May 2013

    Samoa out, USA, Canada in for new-look Pacific Cup

    By AFP

    » Defending champions Samoa have opted out but the United States and Canada will debut this week in a new-look Pacific Nations Cup which is extending far beyond its original boundaries.

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