South Korea's Ban 'leads UN race'
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A straw poll at the UN puts South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon ahead in the race to succeed Kofi Annan.
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United Nations: Buoyed by strong support from member nations including four out of five Security Council members, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has firmly rejected the demand of some American lawmakers to resign in view of allegations of corruption in
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South Korea's uranium enrichment  experiment four years ago is a "dangerous movement" that could  trigger a nuclear arms race in northeast Asia, a North Korean  envoy told the South's Yonhap News Agency Wednesday.
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South Korea's Ban Ki-moon is sworn in as the next United Nations secretary general at a ceremony in New York.
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S.Korean bans UCCs from portal sites ahead of election    SEOUL, Feb.
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Ban Ki-moon, South KoreaÂs foreign minister, is closer to becoming the United NationsÂ next leader after a Security Council poll.
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The Security Council was to hold a fourth straw poll on the next UN leader which will determine whether the front-runner, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon, seen here in September 2006, has the backing ...Comment
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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council's five permanent members yesterday unanimously backed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon's bid to become the United Nations' next secretary general, making it likely that he will be endorsed next week by the 15-nation council as the world's top diplomat.
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South Korea welcomes the UN Security Council's call on North Korea to abandon its nuclear test plans.
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South Korean Ban Ki-moon takes the oath of office as the eighth U.N. secretary-general at a ceremony in the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, less than three weeks before he assumes the post from Kofi Annan.
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South Korea's foreign minister sought to cement his front-runner status in the race to succeed Kofi Annan as UN chief, vowing that if elected he would try to make the world body leaner and more efficient.
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Japan, Greece, Denmark, Argentina and Tanzania have been elected to two-year terms on the UN Security Council. Japan plans to use its election as a springboard to campaign for a permanent council seat.
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South Korean Foreign Minister   Ban Ki-Moon retained his lead in an informal Security Council   poll for U.N. secretary-general on Thursday but got one less   vote than on the previous ballot, diplomats said.
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Sri Lanka withdrew its candidate on Friday from the race to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan as all signs pointed to South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon getting the job.
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South Korea is jubilant after its foreign minister Ban Ki-Moon took a decisive step towards becoming the next United Nations secretary general.
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South Korean Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the eighth U.N. secretary-general on Thursday, pledging to act as a "bridge builder" and lead a dynamic and courageous United Nations when he takes office on January 1.
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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is likely to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general after cementing his lead in an informal poll on Monday with no opposition from the five council powers.