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Iran vows 10 new uranium plants

Will hide sites in mountains

Monday, Nov. 30, 2009

Iran vowed Sunday to build 10 additional uranium enrichment plants and to counter opponents' potential military strikes by hiding the plants deep in mountains throughout the Islamic republic.

U.N. to move 600 staff from Afghanistan

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

The U.N. will begin moving staff members in Afghanistan to safer locations after a suicide bombing demonstrated that the blue U.N. flag has increasingly become a bull's-eye for terrorists.

U.N. moving staff from Kabul after attack

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

The United Nations said Thursday it is moving 600 international staffers in Afghanistan to safer locations following the recent attack on a guest house in Kabul.

U.S. hits effort on religious speech

'Defamation' ban proposed

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the United States opposes an effort by Muslim nations at the United Nations to ban religious "defamation," because the proposal would conflict with freedom of speech.

U.S. threatens Sudan sanctions

Policy seeks to end atrocities, but also includes incentives

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

The Obama administration on Monday accused the government of Sudan of committing war crimes in Darfur, and it threatened to tighten sanctions if benchmarks for human rights and peace-building were not forthcoming.

Obama pushes Sudan toward peace

Threatens tougher sanctions if benchmarks not met

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

The Obama administration on Monday accused the government of Sudan of committing war crimes in Darfur, and it threatened to tighten sanctions if benchmarks for human rights and peace building were not forthcoming.

U.N. Council backs Gaza war-crimes report

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday forwarded to the General Assembly a fact-finding report that accuses both Israel and the Palestinians of committing war crimes during Israel's three-week siege of the Gaza Strip.

5 members elected to U.N. Security Council

Bosnia, Lebanon among two-year servers

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

Bosnia and Lebanon will join the U.N. Security Council in January, even though both countries are cited in council resolutions calling for disarmament and political negotiations.

U.N. Security Council gets 5 new nations

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

Bosnia and Lebanon will join the U.N. Security Council in January, even though both countries are cited in council resolutions calling for disarmament and political negotiations. Gabon, Brazil and Nigeria also will serve two-year terms in the council, beginning Jan. 1.