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Myanmar leader, Obama to meet while reforms stall

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:56:55 -0400

WASHINGTON - Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms.

UN panel: Sanctions delaying NKorea nuke program

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:23:56 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related items but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on development of their prohibited weapons, U.N. experts say in a new report.

UN: 3 peacekeepers abducted between Israel-Syria

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:41:31 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - Armed men broke into a U.N. outpost in a buffer zone separating Israel and Syria and abducted three U.N military observers, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Thursday.

Correction: Congo-Tanzanian Troops story

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:55:25 -0400

GOMA, Congo - In a story May 11 about the arrival of Tanzanian troops in eastern Congo, The Associated Press erroneously cited United Nations mission spokesman Col. Felix Basse. The information should have been attributed to Alexandre Essome, press information officer for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the eastern province of North Kivu.

US envoy won't attend arms talks led by Iran

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:17:00 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - The United States said Monday it will refuse to send its ambassador to any meeting of the U.N. forum where nuclear disarmament is negotiated when it's chaired by Iran because countries under U.N. sanctions shouldn't be allowed to hold such positions.

Court: Libyan trials could be a 'new Nuremberg'

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:14:21 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - If Libya can conduct fair trials of the top henchmen of the overthrown Gadhafi regime, it could be "Libya's Nuremberg moment," the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday.

China and India's rivalry extends to the Arctic

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:50:48 -0400

BEIJING - While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants are engaged in a rivalry for global influence that spreads much farther afield.

Canada accuses Qatar of trying to buy UN agency

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:40:45 -0400

TORONTO - A bid by Qatar to relocate the United Nations' civil aviation agency from Montreal to the tiny emirate has angered Canada, where politicians from all sides vowed Friday to band together to fight the proposed move.

Egypt walks out of nuclear talks in Geneva

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:08:37 -0400

GENEVA - Egypt walked out of a round of global nuclear talks in protest Monday, saying other nations are not acting quickly enough to establish the Middle East as a zone free of nuclear weapons.

Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:25:45 -0400

BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior Israeli military intelligence official said Syrian President Bashar Assad had used such weapons last month in his battle against insurgents.