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New York - About 800 foreigners have taken refuge at the UN mission in Abidjan, under guard of UN peacekeepers as &quot;unruly mobs&quot; roam the streets, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.
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NEW YORK - Suitcases full of cash, secret bank accounts, covert operatives, corrupt politicians on the take. A report detailing alleged illicit U.N...
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KOFI ANNAN and his senior staff at the United Nations are facing an internal revolt that has gathered pace since the bombing of the UN office in Baghdad.
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Using armored cars and earth movers, U.N. peacekeepers and Haitian police moved into an area early Sunday controlled by militants loyal to ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, protecting workers removing burned out cars used as road blocks.
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The United Nations has proposed a major $97 million (54 million pound) overhaul of its security system with 778 new posts, a response to devastating safety reports after the 2003 bombing of its offices in Iraq.
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Swiss authorities have informed the United Nations of a threatened attack against its European headquarters in Geneva, its biggest premises outside of New York, a U.N. statement said on Thursday.
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HERAT, Afghanistan : Two United Nations buildings in the western Afghan city of Herat were attacked by demonstrators protesting the dismissal of governor Ismael Khan, UN and police officials told AFP.
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Â· Diplomats trawl refugee camps for any delegates Â· UN also faces 'disaster' over international force
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Fighting between NATO-led forces and  insurgents across southern Afghanistan has displaced an  estimated 80,000 to 90,000 people over the past few months, the  U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday.
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The U.N. said Friday that it had confined a group of peacekeepers to their base in Ivory Coast after receiving allegations of widespread sexual abuse, the latest in a string of accusations of sexual violations by U.N. forces around the world.
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The United Nations European headquarters, where a listening device was discovered in a ministerial meeting room, is probably rife with secret spying equipment, a U.N. security source said on Friday.
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GENEVA A secret listening device has been found at the Geneva offices of the United Nations. A French language TV station says workers found the equipment during renovations this fall on a major meeting room.
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About 8,000 women lack permanent shelter. Need is likely to rise as more women return from war.
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The expansion of cities beneath the ground exposes them to flood, fire and other risks, the UN says.
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At least 80,000 people have been displaced by fighting in north-eastern DR Congo, the UN says.
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Two United Nations buildings in the western Afghan city of Herat were attacked on Sunday by demonstrators protesting the dismissal of Herat Governor Ismael Khan, a police official said.
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The UN boosts security at its European headquarters in Geneva after authorities warn of a possible threat against it.