U.N. urges action in fighting pirates
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Pirate attacks are increasing off the coast of East Africa, disrupting the flow of food and medicine to Somalis in desperate need of humanitarian aid, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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Pirated goods are costing the global economy billions of dollars and putting human health at risk, the UN warns.
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The U.N. secretary-general warned that violence against women has reached "hideous" levels in some countries trying to recover from conflict, and the U.N. Security Council demanded an end to impunity for rape and other sexual abuse.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed Sunday for Europe and the United States to back a major overhaul of global security measures to combat terrorism, keep weapons of mass destruction from spreading and quell regional conflicts.
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The United Nations Wednesday called on Rwanda to respect international law following its threat to strike against rebels based in neighboring Congo.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for urgent action Thursday to stop attacks on civilians in western Sudan, saying the government has failed to rein in militias.
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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has called on the Security Council to take action on the escalating violence in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Nato ships conduct operations off the coast of Somalia, where there has been a upsurge in piracy this year.
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The U.S. Navy is adopting more aggressive tactics to counter piracy off the coast of Somalia, helping last week to make the area free of captured vessels for the first time since February, according to a senior U.S. Navy commander in the region.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Saturday called for an end to the violence in Ivory Coast, which has killed nine French troops and an American.
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A sweeping new global report, released by the World Health Organization today in New York City, urges governments to get tough on the tobacco epidemic before it's too late
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Better data is needed to determine the magnitude of human trafficking and some countries are not taking the problem as seriously as they should be, the U.N.'s top anti-crime official said Tuesday.
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Key countries involved in Afghanistan urged the United Nations on Sunday to expand its role there, but Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said continuing violence kept the world body from operating in some areas.
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Arts & entertainment: Industry calls on internet service providers and governments to take action against digital piracy
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The United Nations has not kept an up-to-date list of al-Qaida and Taliban leaders targeted by international sanctions, harming both the fight against terrorism and efforts to stabilize Afghanistan, a key U.N. counterterror official said Friday.
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Pirates hijacked a cargo ship delivering U.N. food aid to northeastern Somalia on Sunday &#151; at least the third time since 2005 that a vessel contracted to the United Nations has been hijacked off the country's dangerous coast.
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The U.S. hopes to focus certain international trading partners on the piracy problem with a voluntary anticounterfeiting trade agreement.