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29 Nov 2009 20:52

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World: Iran to the rest of the world: Screw you guys, you suck.

  • Iran has officially moved from “double dare” to “triple dog dare.” With the class of a unlikeable bully on the playground, Iran announced today that they planned to open up 10 new enrichment plants. Iran was responding to a demand by the UN that they stop enriching at Fordow, the site that was only disclosed recently. FYI: Iran responds, guns blazing, both middle fingers in the air. source
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05 Nov 2009 08:56

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World: Afghanistan is too dangerous for the UN. It’s THAT bad there.

  • 600 staffers are getting pulled away for now source
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31 Oct 2009 10:39

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World: Here’s a number that’s not promising for the Afghanistan runoff

  • 2 UN staffers that the Taliban killed this week worked on the runoff source
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28 Oct 2009 20:05

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World: The UN’s Secretary General condemns “shameless” Taliban killings

  • We stand by the people of Afghanistan today, and we will do so tomorrow.
  • United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon • Reassuring the people of Afghanistan that the UN will be there even after an attack on UN personnel by the Taliban today. The attack, which killed five and injured nine, was the deadliest attack on UN workers since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. • source
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28 Oct 2009 11:17

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World: The UN’s trying to look into Zimbabwe torture allegations. It can’t.

  • Recent allegations that MDC supporters and human rights defenders have been arrested, harassed and intimidated during the past few days, highlight the urgency of objective fact-finding by an independent UN expert.
  • The United Nations • In a statement on the inability of its investigator on torture, Manfred Nowak, to enter the country. This is bad for multiple reasons, but worst of all is that the power-sharing government that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party was to have with President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has failed. Word on the street is that Mugabe’s party may be engaged in violence. If this is true, it’s sad for Tsvangirai, who has fought tooth and nail for Zimbabwe’s people despite Mugabe’s resistance. • source
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28 Oct 2009 10:06

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World: Afghan attack: UN workers don’t feel safe right now

  • I’m in another guesthouse maybe 200 metres as the crow flies from the Bekhtar, and believe me right now I feel vulnerable. I would like the UN to consider our security very seriously indeed as the current operational standards are patently ineffective.
  • An anonymous United Nations worker • Describing their feelings on the attack on a UN guest house in Kabul, Afghanistan. As the UN is needed in the war-torn country right now, the organization should probably heed this concern. It’s one thing when civilians are getting attacked. It’s another thing entirely when impartial humanitarian workers are. • source
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28 Oct 2009 10:03

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World: An attack on UN workers in Afghanistan leaves the world in shock

  • six United Nations workers were killed in the attack in Kabul today source
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24 Oct 2009 01:36

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World: Coming Sunday: The U.N. takes a look at Iran’s nuclear plant

  • 3,000 centrifuge machines are just chilling in Qom source
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19 Oct 2009 22:26

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World: The White House is cautiously optimistic on an Afghan runoff

  • There are any number of cliches you could choose from, but we’ll wait until the chickens are hatched.
  • A senior administration official • Discussing the White House’s happiness that there’s been a breakthrough in getting Afghan president Hamid Karzai to agree to a runoff, though there’s been no definitive agreement yet. Karzai had been fighting the idea of a runoff despite the fact that the UN found that many of the votes in his favor had been falsified. You still have a minor shot, Abdullah Abdullah! • source
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19 Oct 2009 08:57

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World: Hamid Karzai has too much power over the Afghan election

  • He can somehow create an electoral deadlock. Despite the fact that the UN looked into the results of the election, and they’re designed to be an impartial third party, a UN-led probe into vote-rigging is on hold in Afghanistan because Karzai’s upset. Why? Because the UN’s throwing out questionable votes, which will cause a runoff election. And Karzai, for obvious reasons, doesn’t want a runoff. Karzai better deal with it, because he could be affecting whether the U.S. puts more troops in his country by fighting the electoral fraud charges. source
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