U.N. Lifts Travel Ban on Aid Workers
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The United Nations on Tuesday lifted a travel ban on aid workers in Indonesia's tsunami-battered Aceh province, the scene of a decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces that has raised concerns about the safety of relief efforts.
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The United States yesterday lifted its embargo on direct aid to the Palestinian government, joining the European Union and other countries in a swift demonstration of support for embattled President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against the anti-Israeli militant group Hamas.
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The House voted narrowly to reverse a ban on contraception aid to groups overseas that offer abortions, a pillar of President Bushâs foreign aid policy.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed unharmed on Tuesday, almost four  weeks after their abduction at gunpoint on a Kabul street  raised fears of a wave of Iraq-style kidnappings.
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Remaining restrictions on UK animal movements after the Surrey foot-and-mouth disease outbreak are lifted.
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Britain on Saturday lifted the last livestock restrictions imposed after last month&#39;s foot and mouth outbreak after experts said the disease had been &quot;eradicated&quot; from the country.
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Visiting UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday thanked all the nations that had worked to help lift Israel's embargo on its neighbor Lebanon.
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The governor of the troubled North Darfur state said Saturday his government has lifted restrictions on humanitarian aid groups in a sign of goodwill, but an aid official said the move was not enough to allow his group to resume work.
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UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has agreed to lift its ban on inspectors visiting a controversial facility.
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The restrictions on agricultural shows and animal gatherings are lifted after the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
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A ban on hunting critically endangered black rhinoceros has been lifted by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, The Telegraph reported.
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UNITED NATIONS, March 5 -- The U.N. Development Program has suspended its operations in North Korea, saying it cannot carry them out under guidelines that prohibit payments in foreign currency and the employment of local workers handpicked by the North Korean government.
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan were freed unharmed Tuesday, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul, the United Nations said.
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The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian operations in Sudan's troubled South Darfur area following a shooting that killed two aid workers, the agency said Monday.
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Delegates to a 35-nation meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday approved the suspension of nearly two dozen nuclear technical aid programs to Iran as part of U.N. sanctions imposed because its nuclear defiance
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afrol News, 15 December - Due to the continued fighting and the killing of aid workers by rebels in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, the UN today announced it has suspended relief operations in the southern part of Darfur.
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Havana, Oct 28 (AIN) For the 13th consecutive time, the United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday for the lifting of the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba.