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UN Watchdog, U.S. Want to Clean Up Atomic ‘Mess’Washington D.C. - The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Thursday the United States would help it clean up all the weapons-grade nuclear material spread across the globe to keep it from being used in bombs. |
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Iran accepts new UN inspections starting next weekWashington D.C. - Iran will accept the return of weapons experts from the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency later this month, its Director-General announced today in Washington, D.C. |
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China Changes Constitution to Address Rights IssuesChina - China's Parliament formally approved today constitutional amendments that address private property and human rights, while the country's new prime minister promised to rein in the overheated economy. |
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China Changes Constitution to Address Rights IssuesChina - China's Parliament formally approved today constitutional amendments that address private property and human rights, while the country's new prime minister promised to rein in the overheated economy. |
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Kenya’s Ban On Ivory Trade Wins SupportKenya's opposition to uncontrolled trade in ivory has won the backing of eight other African countries. Ghana, Tunisia, Mali, Congo, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Cameroun and Uganda yesterday unanimously agreed to back continued ban on the ivory trade until seven conditions on the sale from Southern African countries are fulfilled. |
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UN agency project aims to clear landmines from Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced a multimillion dollar project to help Bosnia and Herzegovina - Europe's most heavily landmine-affected country - eliminate the deadly threat posed by those weapons. |
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Libya signs accord for enhanced inspections by UN nuclear watchdog agencyLibya - Less than three months after renouncing all programmes leading to the production of internationally proscribed weapons, Libya today signed an agreement granting the United Nations atomic watchdog agency enhanced access to verify that its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes only. |
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Iraqis hail signing of historic outline lawBaghdad, Iraq - After weeks of stop-start talks, backroom deals, sleepless nights and hard political bargaining, Iraq's Governing Council finally unveiled its interim constitution yesterday, declaring it to be "a decisive moment in the history of the new Iraq". |
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Kidnapped girl returned to birth motherPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania - For the first time since she was 10 days old, Delimar Vera was home with her mother Monday night. |
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Russia’s Arctic researchers return home as heroes after rescueMoscow, Russia - Russian scientists rescued from an Arctic research station flew home to a hero's welcome Sunday, days after narrowly escaping death when nearly all of their station sank beneath a wall of ice. |
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- EU nations have decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stock
- US plans ‘dramatic reductions’ in nuclear weapons
- US seeks Atlantic bluefin tuna ban in challenge to Japan
- China Says Moving To Enforce Greenhouse Gas Goals
- The election run-up: what about women?
- First India-Pakistan talks since 2008 Mumbai attacks
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