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16 Oct 2009 13:01

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World: Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai gets tough on Robert Mugabe

Tsvangirai says that if Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party does not change its tune, he will push for UN-sanctioned elections. source
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10 Oct 2009 00:54

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World: A military-personnel-loaded UN plane crashes in Haiti

  • 11 people died in the crash; no cause has been determined yet source
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03 Oct 2009 23:26

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World: Iran’s well along in knowing how to make their own nukes

  • They plan to MacGyver it. Great. You didn’t have enough other things to worry about, and now Iran has enough knowledge and data to make a nuclear bomb, United Nations members say. We’re going to hide in a bunker now. If you’re worrying about how we’re gonna update the site, don’t; we’ve managed to get wi-fi in there. source
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25 Sep 2009 09:40

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World: Playing with uranium: Has Iran been hiding a nuclear facility?

  • one number of uranium enrichment plants the world knew Iran had before Monday
  • one number of uranium enrichment plants Iran revealed to the UN on Monday; ooh source
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23 Sep 2009 21:28

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World: Also at the UN, Iran’s Ahmadinejad spoke to a room of empty chairs

Which chairs do you think Ahmadinejad was speaking to most passionately about Holocaust denial and hatred of Israel? We say the pastel blue ones. source
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21 Sep 2009 11:06

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U.S.: Which of these upcoming Obama appearances is most important?

  • Making Joe look good First stop for the president will be in upstate New York, where he’s going to make a speech at the community college where Joe Biden’s lovely wife, Jill, just happens to work. Don’t get Joe in the doghouse, man. He’s counting on you not to screw this up.
  • Look good for Letterman Later today, the president will show up on David Letterman’s couch, becoming the first sitting president to do so. Letterman has more clout than you’d think; McCain hurt his campaign dearly when he skipped out on a Letterman appearance. So he best not screw this up.
  • Looking good at the U.N.Then on Wednesday, the president will speak in front of the United Nations assembly and make an appearance at the G-20 summit, which is being held in Pittsburgh for some reason. Obama’s got a busy week ahead of him; he best not screw this up. source
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07 Sep 2009 10:54

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World: The UN’s nuke watchdog is deflecting criticism over Iran

  • I am dismayed by the allegations of some member states, which have been fed to the media, that information has been withheld from the Board. These allegations are politically motivated and totally baseless.
  • International Atomic Energy Agency leader Mohamed ElBaradei • On allegations that the group is hiding information on Iran’s nuclear prowess. ElBaradei says the situation is something of a “stalemate” between the group and Iran. Israel in particular has been strongly criticizing the IAEA for hiding information. • source
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18 May 2009 21:08

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U.S., World: Ex-prez Bill Clinton has a new gig in Haiti to keep him busy

  • He wants to focus attention on the island nation. Some former presidents would rather play golf or something and live out the final years of their life in ivory-tower-like presidential libraries. But not Bill Clinton. The former prez will be named UN special envoy to Haiti tomorrow. The nation has been struggling to recover from hurricanes last year and is the poorest country in the Americas. So, good on him, not sitting around while Hilary’s being all diplomatic as Secretary of State. source
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20 Apr 2009 21:08

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World: This seems like a good way to spoil a U.N. anti-racism conference

  • It is all the more regrettable that a number of Western governments and the United States have committed themselves to defend those racist perpetrators of genocide.
  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Who used the conference as a pulpit for his controversial views against Israel. The U.S. chose not to go beforehand, and numerous envoys walked out of the room while Ahmadinejad made his not-dividing-at-all remarks. • source
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19 Apr 2009 11:13

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U.S., World: Did Obama break international law on torture? A UN guy says yes.

  • They are party to the convention and the convention is very, very clear. The fact that you carried out an order doesn’t relieve you of your responsibility.
  • Manfred Nowak • The UN’s Special Rapporteur on torture, on whether, by not prosecuting CIA operatives accused of torture under the Bush administration, Obama is violating an international agreement to do just that. Oh boy. • source
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