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World News (Evening) for December 3rd, 2008

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:28:56 GMT

Rice seeks urgent action on Mumbai - Pirates release ship - Zimbabwe cholera deaths increase

World News (Morning) for November 27th, 2008

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:26:11 GMT

Mumbai rocked by deadly attacks - Thai protests shut second airport - UN approval for EU Kosovo mission

World News (Morning) for November 25th, 2008

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:24:05 GMT

Zimbabwe leaders in crisis talks - UN outlines DR Congo 'abuse' - Bush and Olmert conclude meetings

World News (Morning) for November 21st, 2008

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:09:55 GMT

DR Congo troop increase - Tanker negotiations - US Lockerbie families paid

Congo rebels back UN peace plan

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:12:24 GMT

Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has agreed to take part in UN-backed peace talks but fighting has continued.

Morning World News

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:29:15 GMT

G20 leaders meet in Washington - Hillary Clinton to be Obama's Secretary of State? - Continued violence in DR Congo

World News (Morning) for November 14th, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:27:40 GMT

Bush to join G20 meeting - Fritzl charged with murder and rape - Brown backs more UN Congo troops

World News (Morning) for November 13th, 2008

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:25:19 GMT

US bail-out plan 'working' - UN food aid reaches Congo - Second Haiti school collapse kills nine

World News (Morning) for November 12th, 2008

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:24:06 GMT

Taiwan's ex-president in hospital - Cameroon rebels free hostages - DR Congo: UN camps threatened

Nkunda 'ready to fight peacekeepers'

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:05:47 GMT

Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has said he is ready to fight regional peacekeepers if they back the Congolese army and its allies.

World News (Morning) for November 10th, 2008

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:30:40 GMT

Zimbabwe: MDC reject SADC demands - Congo fighting hampers aid work - Nuclear protests in Germany

Evening world news

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:40:21 GMT

NZ Prime Minister concedes election defeat - Search continues in Haiti school collapse - African leaders call for Congo ceasefire

Morning World News

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:19:08 GMT

Obama to make first public address - Ban Ki-Moon calls for cease fire in Congo - Asia markets fall

World News (Evening)

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:39:31 GMT

Obama briefed by CIA - Congo PM in talks with UN - 6 dead and 20 injured in Baghdad blasts

World News (Lunchtime) for November 1st, 2008

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:35:56 GMT

Fears for Congo refugees - Last weekend of US election campaigning - Kenya's Obama fans

World News (Morning) for November 1st, 2008

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:28:41 GMT

Miliband to meet Rwandan and Congolese leaders - Schwarzenegger backs McCain

Evening world news

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:28:55 GMT

UN troops vow to protect Congo's capital - At least 61 dead in India blasts - World's oldest Hebrew document unearthed

Evening world news

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:26:43 GMT

Obama plot comment - Karadzic defence slammed - Footage of Syria attack - Congo UN staff evacuation possible

World News (Morning) for October 15th, 2008

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:16:12 GMT

EU leaders in crunch Brussels meeting - Obama and McCain in TV debate - 'Progress' in Zimbabwe talks

World News (Morning) for October 8th, 2008

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:52:10 GMT

Obama and McCain go head to head - Iran defends uranium plan - Streets cleared after Bangkok protest

Morning World News

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:40:48 GMT

US Presidential candidates go head to head - Financial crisis talks continue - Middle East peace process talks - Mexico floods

World News (Evening) for September 24th, 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:09:53 GMT

North Korea nuclear seals removed - Japan gets new PM - Call for tougher gun laws in Finland

World News (Evening)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:11:05 GMT

Iran 'will not stop nuclear program' - 75m hungry due to price rises - Livni works to form coalition

World News

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:26:09 GMT

FBI probes 'plot to kill Obama' - US air strikes 'kill 90 Afghan civilians' - Russia recognises Georgian break-away regions

US air strikes 'kill 90 civilians'

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:32:27 GMT

Air strikes by coalition forces in western Afghanistan killed 90 Afghan civilians last week, according to reports.

Russia signs ceasefire agreement

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:19:53 GMT

Russia has signed a peace deal to end the conflict in Georgia but said "extra security measures" were needed before it withdraws.

Georgia agrees ceasefire

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:27:16 GMT

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has signed a ceasefire agreement with Russia.

Morning world news

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:18:11 GMT

Georgia claims more Russian attacks - Zimbabwe crisis talks ongoing - Iraq seeks timeline for US withdrawal

Morning world news

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:22:57 GMT

Bush criticises China - Iran nuclear deadlock - Bin Laden driver convicted

World news (Thursday July 31st, 2008)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:09:23 GMT

Karadzic faces his accusers in the Hague - Olmert stands down as Israeli PM - Mbeki in Zimbabwe for power-sharing talks.

UN staff urged to stay at home

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:42:54 GMT

UN urge staff to stay at home with a protest against war crimes charges against Sudan president

World News (Evening) for July 11th, 2008

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:19:38 GMT

Sudan officials could be arrested over Darfur - Prosecutors talk to Elizabeth Fritzl in Austria - China human rights

World News (Evening) for July 10th, 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:57:22 GMT

US: We intend to defend allies - Mugabe's Party meet MDC - Jackson sorry for Obama comments

Brown: 'No safe haven' for Mugabe

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:19:55 GMT

The Prime Minister has set out plans to ensure there is "no safe haven" for Robert Mugabe's "criminal cabal".

Iran to respond to nuclear offer

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:15:28 GMT

Iran will respond to incentives offered by the West to persuade it to suspend nuclear work.

Mugabe holds talks with UN envoy

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:34:12 GMT

A United Nations envoy has met with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to discuss the upcoming presidential election run-off.

World News (Morning) for June 6th, 2008

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:47:54 GMT

Zimbabwe detains US and UK diplomats - Obama's on campaign trail - Galapagos volcano erupts

Food talks deadlocked

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:45:36 GMT

A summit on the global food crisis is at risk of closing without a declaration of intent because of squabbling over side issues.

Call for green revolution in Africa

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:18:28 GMT

A summit on the global food crisis is asking rich nations to help "revolutionise" farming in Africa.

Junta starts evicting the destitute

Fri, 30 May 2008 09:05:22 GMT

Burma's junta has started evicting destitute families from cyclone relief centres, concerned the 'tented villages' might become permanent.

Mourning for Cyclone Nargis victims

Mon, 19 May 2008 20:50:36 GMT

Burma's ruling military junta has declared three days of official mourning for the victims of Cyclone Nargis.

Brown condemns Burma's 'inhumanity'

Sat, 17 May 2008 11:49:30 GMT

Gordon Brown has stepped up pressure on Burma accusing the military regime of "inhuman" treatment of Cyclone Nargis victims.

World news on April 25, 2008

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:44:35 GMT

China announces Tibet talks - Georgia Protests - UN investigates US nuclear claims

Violence flares in Kosovo

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:20:24 GMT

Nato troops have come under fire during Serb riots in the city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo.

Tehran dismisses UN sanctions as "illegal"

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:49:28 GMT

Tehran has dismissed the UN Security Council's decision to increase sanctions on Iran as "illegal".

World News (Morning) for February 07th, 2008

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:14:46 GMT

California gives reaction to Super Tuesday - Berlusconi could be back in power in Italy - UN reacts to Kenya crisis.

Brown calls for new world order

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:42:13 GMT

The Prime Minister has called for a radical reform of international institutions ranging from the United Nations to the World Bank.

UN peacekeeping vehicle hit

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:29:50 GMT

Two UN peacekeeping soldiers have been wounded after a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in south Lebanon.

Angelina tops do-gooder poll

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:50:53 GMT

Angelina Jolie has been named the most popular celebrity humanitarian of the year.

Norwegian builds ice bridge outside the UN

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:49:38 GMT

A Norwegian artist has built a thirty foot bridge made entirely from ice outside the UN building in New York

Gore warns of 'planetary emergency'

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:04:24 GMT

Former US vice-president Al Gore has warned we are facing a 'planetary emergency' due to the effects of climate change

Winehouse slammed for 'glamorising' drugs

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:20:52 GMT

Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss have come under fire from the United Nations for 'glamorising' the use of cocaine.

UN tells Burma to stop arrests

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:59:48 GMT

United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has told Burma to stop arresting dissidents, describing the actions as "deeply disturbing".

Monks missing in Burma

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:27:52 GMT

There are fears for thousands of monks missing in Burma.

Ahmadinejad accuses US of rights abuses

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:10:21 GMT

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has hit back at criticisms of his country's human rights record by accusing others of serious violations.

Nerve gas found in UN building

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:45:56 GMT

A dangerous nerve gas has been found in a UN building in New York.

Jolie visits refugees and troops in Iraq

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:53:20 GMT

Angelina Jolie has taken a trip to Iraq to meet with refugees and US troops.

UN approves Darfur force

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:08:38 GMT

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to authorise up to 26,000 troops and police to Sudan's Darfur region

Lebanon bomb kills UN peacekeepers

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:30:54 GMT

An explosive device has killed at least five soldiers working for the United Nations in Lebanon.

UN backs Lebanon's fight

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:43:21 GMT

Lebanon has won the backing of the UN Security council over its battle against Palestinian militants.

Drew becomes UN ambassador

Fri, 11 May 2007 05:55:11 GMT

Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore actress has been named UN ambassador against hunger.

UN impose fresh sanctions on Iran

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:34:29 GMT

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose new sanctions on Iran for its nuclear ambitions.

Billion suffer without clean water

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:31:32 GMT

A sixth of the world's population - more than a billion people - do not have access to clean drinking water, UN figures show.

Iraq: reconstruction plan revealed

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:54:27 GMT

An Iraq reconstruction plan described as "a tool to unlock the potential of the Middle Eastern nation" has been unveiled.

Iran open to UN nuclear meeting

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:25:41 GMT

Iran's president wants to brief the UN on his controversial nuclear security plans.