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82 children dead in Haitian school collapse
In a tragic incident of school buiding collapse in capital of Haiti, more than fifty children died, and almost 120 injured.Rescue operation is still on, the relatives of children are searching the body of their... BLOODBATH IN SOMALI CAPITAL
At least 13 civilians have been killed and as many as 40 wounded in fighting between Islamist insurgents and African Union peacekeepers in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, the fighting was sparked when...Demonstrators attack U.N. peacekeepers in Congo
" 2008-09-03 22:31:02 - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Villagers angry with the United Nations' role in ending the conflict in eastern Congo attacked a convoy of U.N. vehicles Wednesday, injuring two peacekeepers and...Moscow Says Some Troops to Stay Put
"POTI, Georgia — Russian soldiers were at work digging positions outside Georgia's main Black Sea port city of Poti on Thursday at the same time Moscow maintained that its soldiers were on schedule to pull out of the country proper by Friday.Western governments, meanwhile,...Russian and US Rhetoric intensifies on Georgia
These two statements from the Russian and US foriegn Ministers appear to represent irreconcilable differences. From the Russian side we get this:""One can forget about any talk about Georgia's territorial integrity because, I believe, it is impossible to persuade South...US plans aid to Georgia as Russia rolls into city
"Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape.In Washington, President Bush said the...Russia's Medvedev halts military action in Georgia
"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that took Russian forces deep into its small U.S.-allied neighbor in the...Georgia reports new air attack near capital
" Fighting raged in South Ossetia for a second day Saturday as Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province and dropped bombs on Georgia that left scores of civilians dead or...Georgia says Russian aircraft bombed its air bases
"Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict. Hundreds of civilians... Sudan condemns UN Darfur attack
Sudan has now officially blamed rebel groups for at attack on the United Nations-African Uion peace mission in Darfur. Seven peacekeepers were killed in that attack."Sudan's foreign ministry condemned the attack,... UN fury at Darfur militia ambush
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has condemned an ambush which left seven members of the joint UN-African Union peace mission to Sudan's Darfur region dead." The Janjaweed has long been hostile to UN troops in Sudan, fearing... Rape is a way of life for Darfur's women
United Nations peacekeepers say the biggest issue in Darfur right now is the region's systematic rape of women and children." Thousands of women -- as young as four -- caught in the middle of the struggle between... Peacekeepers 'abusing children'
A very troubling report has been issued by Save the Children saying that some UN Peacekeepers have been sexually abusing children."Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says a leading UK charity.Children in post-conflict areas are...Darfur peacekeepers: UN-armed or unarmed?
Is it wise to send in UN peacekeepers into Darfur unarmed?Tensions simmer as Haitians await words from Préval
Tensions simmer as Haitians await words from PrévalSynopsis by Albert N. Milliron Haiti Remains the Poorest Nation in the Western Hemisphere with an average income of $1.00 per day. Food prices have...
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