UN chief encouraged by Aceh poll
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The UN secretary general says he is encouraged by the "orderly conduct" in historic elections in Aceh, Indonesia.
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Indonesia&#39;s recently-elected president has visited the country&#39;s war-torn province of Aceh, the scene of one of Asia&#39;s longest-running separatist rebellions.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.N. Secretary General  Kofi Annan began a tour of tsunami-devastated Banda Aceh on  Friday as people gathered in the ravaged city's mosques to pray  to Allah for forgiveness and for their survival.
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The UN Secretary General says he is  "encouraged" by the release of several top political prisoners in Burma.
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U.S. helicopters stepped up aid flights in tsunami-hit Indonesia Tuesday as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged rich nations to spend more on preventing natural disasters before the next one hits.
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The U.N. Secretary-General said on  Sunday he was encouraged by the &quot;credible progress&quot; he felt had  been made towards peace in Darfur during an Africa tour, but it  was too early to talk of tangible results.
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The top U.N. envoy in Iraq on Monday welcomed recent improvements in security and tentative steps towards national reconciliation, urging all parties to maintain the positive momentum.
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WASHINGTON -- World leaders meeting yesterday in the Indonesian capital promised more money, more cooperation, and a high-tech disaster early warning system in what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called "a race against time" to save survivors of the deadly Asian tsunami and protect the region from future danger.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Acehnese poured into polling stations on Monday to vote in a landmark election in the once-rebellious Indonesian province aimed at bolstering a peace deal between the government and separatists.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says Afghanistan needs help with security to ensure its presidential elections are successful.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has assured President Arroyo that the UN is doing its best to secure the freedom of a Filipino diplomat held hostage by a breakaway Taliban faction in Afghanistan.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday hailed the African Union&#39;s decision to send more troops and police to the Western Sudan.
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The United Nations point man in East Timor said Thursday he was in favour of extending the global body's stabilisation mission in the troubled fledgling nation.
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ACEH BESAR, Indonesia -- The United Nations has banned its staff from traveling in parts of tsunami-battered Aceh province because of reported fighting between Indonesian troops and separatist rebels. But a rebel commander yesterday begged foreign aid workers to stay and promised that guerrillas will not attack relief groups.
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A former rebel leader is on course to win historic elections in Aceh in Indonesia,  early voting samples suggest.
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The UN General Assembly has given Secretary-General Kofi Annan a symbolic show of support in the face of calls by some US lawmakers for his resignation.
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan toured Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province on Friday, flying by helicopter to the razed town of Meulaboh, beyond which is a black hole of devastation.