Group OKs UN budget over US objections
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A key U.N. committee approved a two-year budget of $4.17 billion Friday night, with the United States casting the only "no" vote because it included $6.7 million for a follow-up to a conference the U.S. considered anti-Israel.
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UNITED NATIONS: A US-drafted resolution demanding Syria withdraw its forces from Lebanon and refrain from interfering in Beirutâs presidential elections narrowly went through the UN Security Council on Thursday.
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NEW YORK: Kofi Annan&#39;s plan to more than double the international peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has received a frosty reception at the UN Security Council.
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Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and dozens of other countries have rallied to support beleaguered UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan after a US senator called for
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A U.N. cease-fire resolution has authorized up to 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers. Contributions from European countries so far have been limited:
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For the 13th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly against the United States&#39;s four-decade-old economic, financial and commercial embargo against Cuba.
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THE US has switched direction on the future of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, announcing yesterday it supported his tenure and was not calling for his resignation.
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The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved a final US$422 billion ($631.64 billion) bill for defence programmes that backs next year&#39;s round of military base closings and kills a proposed US$23.
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The United Nations nuclear watchdog has adopted an EU-backed resolution endorsing Iran&#39;s halt to uranium enrichment. The resolution was supported by the body&#39;s 35 countries and came after a fraught week of
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The White House has approved a fiscal 2008 budget request of $468.9 billion for the Pentagon, $4.7 billion more than expected last year, according to a memorandum obtained by Reuters.
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Rejecting a United Nations official&#39;s suggestion that it had been a &quot;stingy&quot; aid donor, the Bush administration on Tuesday announced another $20 million in relief
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The United Nations signed a  cooperation agreement on Monday with the new International  Criminal Court, despite objections to the tribunal from the  United States.
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The US and Britain presented a draft resolution to the United Nations outlining the deployment of 17,000 peacekeepers to war-torn Darfur, despite opposition by the Sudanese government.
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UN Security Council members have unanimously backed a Russian-sponsored resolution to intensify the international battle against terrorism.
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The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a resolution that expands the organization&#39;s fight against terrorism by urging the United Nations&#39; 191 member
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The United States would cut off funding to the U.N. Human Rights Council under a bill passed by the Senate, the latest action by Washington to target an agency it has harshly criticized since its creation last year.
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The United States on Tuesday  vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an  immediate end to Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip  that have cost some 68 Palestinian lives.