UN chief visiting tense Sri Lanka
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Kofi Annan is due to tour tsunami-hit areas of Sri Lanka amid tension over aid between the government and rebels.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Secretary of State Colin  Powell toured Sri Lanka's tsunami-ravaged south on Friday,  surveyeing a crippled tourism hub and relief efforts just hours  ahead of a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan intends to visit tsunami stricken Indonesia next week, as  the world increased aid pledges to $2 billion for victims in  South Asia, U.N. officials said on Saturday.
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International and Sri Lankan human rights campaigners called for a United Nations inquiry into abuses against civilians by Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces on the strife-torn island.
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After a tussle with the Sri Lankan government, the head of the U.N. World Food Program met a Tamil Tiger guerrilla leader Sunday to discuss distribution of food to tens of thousands of tsunami-affected people in rebel-held territories.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan makes his first visit to Washington next week since calls  for his resignation, meeting Secretary of State Colin Powell  and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to talk about  Iraq, U.N. officials said on Friday.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on Sunday as part of a regional tour to include talks in India to promote peaceful relations between the bitter rivals.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York The head of the UN&#39;s peacekeeping operations has asked for a Security Council meeting Thursday to discuss the volatile situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa, a spokesman said.
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Heavy fighting has gripped Sri Lanka as Tamil Tiger rebels and troops blamed each other for the renewed battles and India sent a top envoy to discuss the worsening violence.
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Members of the UN Security Council Monday visited the Congo, one of the conflict-ridden countries the world body is seeking to bring peace and stability.
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Sri Lanka&#039;s candidate for the UN secretary general post, Jayantha Dhanapala, is seeking the support of developing nations at this week&#039;s meeting of the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement.
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Sri Lanka's President  Mahinda Rajapakse tells the BBC  the door is still open for peace talks with the Tamil Tigers.
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka stepped up security in the capital Colombo on Saturday as police launched an investigation into the slaying of a judge and his bodyguard, officials said.
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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi Tuesday for talks.
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Tamil Tigers react angrily as UN chief is stopped from visiting tsunami-hit areas of Sri Lanka they control.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and world leaders arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday to try to deal with Asia's tsunami crisis and a &#36;2.3 billion humanitarian relief operation, the biggest since World War II.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday he will visit tsunami-devastated Indonesia to work with regional leaders to help coordinate aid and relief efforts on the ground. Annan said he will attend a regional meeting there Thursday. Asked how long he thought the reconstruction would take, Annan replied: "It will differ from country to country, but my own ...