Facing UN resistance, US drops call for oil embargo
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The United States yesterday softened its threat of sanctions against Sudan&#39;s oil industry in a new UN draft resolution demanding a halt to the violence in Darfur.
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UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Tuesday vetoed the draft of an Arab-backed resolution at the UN Security Council, which would have called on Israel to end its military operation in the Gaza Strip.
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Kofi Annan, in his last major speech as UN secretary general, urged the United States yesterday to shun go-it-alone diplomacy and collaborate on its world challenges, including the Iraq war.
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Arab nations want the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding Israel stop a major offensive in the Gaza Strip, but the United States raised objections at an emergency meeting on Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- When U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon first approached President Bush at the White House in January to muster support for a U.N. climate-change initiative, the president's response was cool: An impatient Bush reminded Ban that he did not want to restrain U.S. industries, and that...
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The United States pushed forward with its own agenda on climate change Friday despite criticism that Washington is attempting to undermine the global effort led by the United Nations.
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Major U.S. allies on Thursday rejected a claim by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the war in Iraq was "illegal" because Washington and its coalition partners never got Security Council backing for the ...
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VIENNA The United States once again failed Friday to persuade the International Atomic Energy Agency to refer Iran&#39;s nuclear program to the United Nations Security Council, accepting instead a repetition of calls for the country to stop uranium enrichment
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Â· US softens on deal to halt rising temperature Â· Race against time to rescue talks before summit
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The United States says it has shown &quot;the spirit of compromise&quot; by dropping an ultimatum on Iran&#39;s alleged nuclear weapons program from a proposed resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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UN members drop attempts to draw up a treaty banning the cloning of human embryos, in a defeat for the US.
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The United States is waiting to see a draft European Union resolution on Iran&#39;s nuclear program before deciding whether to back off a call for possible UN sanctions against Tehran for what Washington says is covert atomic weapons development, diplomats
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The United States narrowed differences with European allies Friday on how to pressure Iran to renounce the development of nuclear weapons, but it hasn&#39;t yet won agreement to haul the country before the UN Security Council, a US official
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UN talks on climate change have ended with few steps forward after the United States, oil producers and developing giants slammed the brakes on the European
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - The United States on Saturday dropped opposition to a compromise deal at U.N. talks in Bali meant to launch negotiations on a global climate pact after appeals from several nations.
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UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council was to discuss a new US draft resolution aimed at tightening the pressure on Sudan over the crisis in Darfur, including possible sanctions on its oil sector.
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Sudan has backed away from a warning to dozens of countries not to pledge troops to a U.N. force for Darfur, the United States said on Friday.