UN Concern for Hostages&#39; Health
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Militants threatening to kill three UN hostages said talks were to begin with Afghan and UN officials today, ten days after the victims were abducted at gunpoint on a street in the capital.
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MILITANTS holding the British aid worker Annetta Flanigan and two United Nations colleagues in Afghanistan have threatened to kill them within three days unless British troops and the UN quit the country.
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New rules to help the United Nations  contain public health emergencies took effect on Friday,  requiring countries to disclose potential threats from disease,  chemical agents, radioactive materials and contaminated food.
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Paris has said it believes two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for four months are in good health and a press watchdog appealed to people not to forget the pair.
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Three United Nations hostages were freed in Afghanistan unharmed and healthy after almost four weeks in captivity amid conflicting claims over whether the government promised to free Taliban prisoners in exchange for their release.
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A UNITED Nations human rights panel has expressed concern that British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have been breaking the global treaty against torture.
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United Nations employees marked the anniversary of the Baghdad bombing with a demand for better security. The fear of further attacks hangs heavy as the world body anticipates a greater role in Iraq, and other world hot spots.
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One Iraqi doctor tells how she and colleagues have to cope with medical shortages, lack of equipment and a constant kidnap threat.
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The United Nations Staff Union, in response to David Malone&#39;s &quot;Nobody said it would be safe,&quot; (Views, Oct. 1), would like to point out that around 30 UN staff members have already been deployed to Iraq - a
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The United Nations on Friday voiced concern at a reported hunger strike by over 2,900 Palestinian prisoners which was launched two weeks ago to demand an end to inhuman conditions.
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According to a relative, one of the three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan by Taliban splinter group Jaish-e Muslimeen (Army of Muslims) has telephoned a friend in her home town and said she is well and not being badly treated.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan have called home to say they are OK, officials and relatives said Tuesday, and one hostage said she expected to be released soon.
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Militants who claim to be holding a Northern Ireland woman and two others hostage in Afghanistan have said they are suffering the effects of the cold and a poor diet.
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Twenty-three South Korean kidnapped by Taliban rebels in Afghanistan are in good health, but any use of force to rescue them would put their lives at risk, a Taliban spokesman said on Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Three UN workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan have met with President Hamid Karzai. They looked tired but happy a day after their release from nearly four weeks of captivity.
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Seven expatriate oil workers abducted in Nigeria are in good health and their kidnappers have demanded a ransom, a diplomat said on Thursday.
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The UN has issued an appeal for the immediate return of its three staff members, which included a woman from Northern Ireland, kidnapped in Kabul last week.