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Richest 2% own more than half the world

Tags: U.N. + Anthony Shorrocks

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Posted by V 2 years 11 months ago; via today.reuters.com/news/ar...

Two percent of adn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>lts have more than half of the world's wealth, incln class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ding property and financial assets, according to a stn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>dy by the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>.N. development research institn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>te pn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>blished on Tn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>esday.

While global income is distribn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ted n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>neqn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ally, the spread of wealth is even more skewed, the stn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>dy by the World Institn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>te for Development Economics Research of the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>.N. n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>niversity said.

"Wealth is heavily concentrated in North America, En class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>rope and high income Asia-Pacific con class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ntries. People in these con class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ntries collectively hold almost 90 percent of...

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Israel to withdraw all troops from Lebanon by weekend

Tags: Israel + Lebanon + cease-fire + Hezbollah + U.N.

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Posted by V 3 years 2 months ago; via news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060...

Israel's army chief said Tn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>esday that he expected to pn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ll his troops on class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>t of Lebanon by the weekend, which won class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ld meet a key reqn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>irement of the cease-fire that halted a 34-day war against Hezbollah gn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>errillas.

The withdrawal won class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ld complete the transfer of secn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>rity responsibilities along Lebanon's son class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>thern border to the Lebanese army and a beefed-n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>p n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>.N. peacekeeping force that has been deploying in the area.

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Iran Demands UN Relocates From New York

Tags: UN + United Nations + Iran + New York US + Gholam-Hossein Elham

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Posted by V 3 years 2 months ago; via iranfocus.com/modules/new...

Iran sn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ggested on Monday that the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>nited Nations headqn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>arters be relocated from New York to a con class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ntry other than the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>nited States.

“The n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>.S. tries to pressn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>re Iran in any way possible. We are convinced that considerations shon class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ld be made regarding the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>nited Nations which is based in this con class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ntry”, government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham told reporters dn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ring his weekly press conference.

“Either the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>N mn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>st be relocated from the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>.S. and set n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>p in a different con class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ntry or the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>.S.’s provisions in this regard mn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>st be limited so...

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Highly enriched uranium found in Iran

Tags: uranium + Iran + UN + IAEA + Natanz

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Posted by nugen 3 years 2 months ago

The International Atomic Energy Agency told the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>.N. Secn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>rity Con class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ncil its inspectors have fon class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>nd new traces of enriched n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ranin class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>m in Iran.

The discovery marked the third instance that highly enriched n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ranin class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>m was fon class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>nd at an Iranian facility, bn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>t the IAEA said the nn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>clear fingerprint on the new discovery does not match that fon class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>nd on earlier samples, which the agency had concln class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ded came from contaminated eqn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ipment from Pakistan, The New York Times reported Friday.

The 6-page IAEA report did not identify where the n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ranin class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>m might have originated...

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UN denounces Israel cluster bombs

Tags: UN + Israel + cluster bombs + Jan Egeland + Ehud Olmert + Lebanon

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Posted by V 3 years 2 months ago; via en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clu...

The n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>N's hn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>manitarian chief has accn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>sed Israel of "completely immoral" n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>se of cln class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ster bombs in Lebanon.

n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>N clearance experts had so far fon class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>nd 100,000 n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>nexploded cln class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ster bomblets at 359 separate sites, Jan Egeland said.

Israel has repeated its previon class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>s insistence that mn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>nitions it n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ses in conflict comply with international law.

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Ehn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>d Olmert rebn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ffed n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>N chief Kofi Annan's calls for a swift end to Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon.

After talks with Mr Annan, Mr Olmert said the siege won class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ld only be...

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U.S. may bypass U.N. on Iran

Tags: U.S. + Iran + UN + United Nations + Security Council + John R. Bolton

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Posted by V 3 years 2 months ago; via latimes.com/news/nationwo...

“Yon class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un> don’t need Secn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>rity Con class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ncil an class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>thority to impose sanctions,” Ambassador John R. Bolton says.

With increasing signs that several fellow Secn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>rity Con class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ncil members may stall a n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>nited States pn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>sh to penalize Iran for its nn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>clear enrichment program, Bn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>sh administration officials have indicated that they are prepared to form an independent coalition to freeze Iranian assets and restrict trade.

The strategy, analysts say, reflects not only long-standing n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>.S. frn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>stration with the Secn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>rity Con class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ncil's inaction on Iran, bn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>t also the cn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>rrent...

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Italy won't send troops if Israel "keeps shooting"

Tags: Italy + Israel + U.N. + Lebanon + Massimo D'Alema

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Posted by V 3 years 3 months ago; via go.reuters.com/newsArticl...

Italy, which is expected to lead a n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Un>.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, will be n class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>nable to send troops if Israel "keeps shooting," Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said on Tn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>esday.

"From Israel, we expect a renewed effort, this time trn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>ly binding, to respect the ceasefire," D'Alema said. "It's fair to expect that Hizbollah pn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>t down their weapons, bn class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>t we cannot send on class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">un>r troops to Lebanon if the (Israeli) army keeps shooting."

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