Hope, cynicism shadows U.N. peacekeepers
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It was the fourth day of the war, and an Israeli army loudspeaker boomed a warning across the border to this village: "You have two hours to leave."
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For more than 20 years, it&#39;s been one of the world&#39;s forgotten wars. Some 2 million people have died, yet it&#39;s received relatively scant global attention.
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Hope and skepticism as Israel and the Palestinians try again
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Several U.N. Security Council  nations expressed misgivings about a draft resolution  introduced by Russia on Monday that would create a new  blacklist of terrorist suspects subject to extradition.
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At the risk of stating the obvious, the United Nations hasn't been America's friend in recent years.
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Hope for progress toward peace in the region is tempered by a Palestinian power vacuum.
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The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to reduce the number of United Nations peacekeepers in Liberia, saying the country's security forces are being steadily rebuilt but warning that peace is still fragile.
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After two years, the United States and the United Nations had hoped to take the spotlight off the bitterly divisive war in Iraq. It didn't happen. At the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, President Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sparred over the war that can't escape the headlines.
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UNITED NATIONS -- When African nations began urging the deployment of peacekeepers to Somalia in June to prop up its embattled government, an unlikely nation stepped forward to support their call for action: China, which had long been wary of such interventions by the United Nations.
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As government soldiers dozed in  the abandoned market stalls and excited U.N. peacekeepers  celebrated reaching the town, several days late, a handful of  civilians squatted in a mud hut.
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The new United Nations human rights  watchdog earned mixed reviews Tuesday after its treatment of  Cuba and Israel caused friction among major powers.
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US soldiers mentoring the fledgling units say they see more hope than in Iraq. The police are striving to win locals' trust, but Taliban influence is strong.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's appeal for international troops to protect U.N. monitors during Iraq's elections next year is unlikely to get a reply from Europe before the U.S. elections, analysts and ...
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THERE ARE occasions when symbolic gestures in the realm of diplomacy are worth making, and the UN Security Council resolution that Washington and Paris sponsored Thursday to denounce Syria&#39;s flagrant manipulation of Lebanese politics was one of those
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NEW YORK A dangerous outgrowth of the deadly bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad a year ago has been an orgy of outrage and self-pity that has increasingly paralyzed the UN&#39;s capacity to respond meaningfully to needs in Iraq that it
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Several U.N. Security Council nations expressed misgivings about a draft resolution introduced by Russia on Monday that would create a new blacklist of terrorist suspects subject to extradition.
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The U.N. peace troops shipping out soon to south Lebanon may find their first skirmish will be over words &#151; like "hostile activities" and "all necessary action."