U.N. extends East Timor mission
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to extend the U.N. mission in East Timor for a year and beef up the international police force ahead of upcoming elections.
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The aftermath of the latest mission to catch East Timorese rebel leader Alfredo Reinado
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East Timor's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 20 -- The African Union said Wednesday that it would extend the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Darfur through the end of the year, ensuring that international troops will remain in the war-torn Sudanese province for now.
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Distracted by Kenya and Somalia, the U.N. Security Council will make only a cursory effort to heal an Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute when it votes this month on extending a peacekeeping mission there, diplomats and analysts say.
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The Lebanese government decided on  Tuesday to ask the United Nations to extend an ongoing inquiry  into the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri,  official sources said.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has commended East Timor for overcoming last year&#39;s security crisis, but warned Wednesday that the situation remains precarious, the UN mission here said.
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United Nations Security Council diplomats said on Tuesday they had found a way to give mediation efforts on the troubled Ivory Coast more time to work before implementing any new sanctions.
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Australia said on Saturday it would  contribute up to 130 police to a new U.N. mission in East  Timor, in addition to troops sent to restore order after a wave  of violence in the fledgling nation three months ago.
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Australia will send an extra 50 police  to East Timor as a multinational force tries to quell violence  between feuding army and police units and gangs of youths,  Prime Minister John Howard said on Sunday.
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The Security Council set up a new UN mission for restive East Timor, including up to 1,608 police personnel, for at least six months to help restore security and help steer the tiny Pacific territory toward next year's polls.
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Hundreds more international troops landed in East Timor as the poor and tiny nation sought to restore order and avoid slipping into all-out civil war.
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Indonesia and East Timor informed Secretary-General Kofi Annan that they have established a joint commission to deal with human rights violations during 1999 violence in East Timor that killed 1,500 people.
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WASHINGTON -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said yesterday he will expand UN support for Iraqi elections if need be. He said he was not offended that President Bush did not ask to see him during this visit to Washington.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq for one year, a move that Iraq's prime minister said would be his nation's "final request" for help.
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The African Union (AU) agreed to extend the mandate of its peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region for three months until December 31 after receiving promises of financial and logistical support from the United Nations and Arab states.
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The UN mission says it needs extra troops to continue to maintain order in Ivory Coast which has seen renewed fighting between rival factions.