UN union suggests Afghan withdrawal
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UNITED NATIONS -- The bombing of a UN election office in Afghanistan that injured six policemen yesterday has drawn calls from a UN union that the world body consider withdrawing its staff from the embattled nation.
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Fresh doubts were raised over the feasibility of holding elections in Iraq yesterday with reports that the already minuscule United Nations team there wants to pull out because of the dangerous security situation.
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A senior EU official and another from the United Nations left Afghanistan on Thursday after the Afghan government ordered their expulsion, accusing both of holding talks with the insurgent Taliban and for paying cash to the group.
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An aid group in Afghanistan said it was considering pulling out of part of the country after Taliban militants attacked its compound in a southern town yesterday, killing three people and engaging authorities in a gun battle.
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The UN Security Council called on Rwanda to pull out "without delay" any of its troops that may have crossed into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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The abduction of three foreign election workers in Afghanistan could force aid groups to reduce their international staff in a country that just finished counting votes in its first direct presidential election.
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ISLAMABAD : A group, holding three UN hostages in Afghanistan, said on Wednesday the hostages may be handed over to the groupâs military commission to decide their fate.
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By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan . The purported leader of Taliban-linked militants holding three UN hostages in Afghanistan said his group is split over whether to &quot;get rid&quot; of
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The United Nations deadline for written complaints of irregularities in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election is due to expire shortly.
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Senior British politician Paddy Ashdown has withdrawn his candidacy for the role of United Nations representative in Afghanistan, he said in a statement Sunday.
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UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council called unanimously for Syria to pull its troops out of neighbouring Lebanon, a demand that the Syrians quickly rejected.
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The immediate crisis over Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election dissipated Monday as Afghan and United Nations officials said an independent commission would recommend
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The United Nations on Monday said 34 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan this year and called on Taliban fighters and criminal gangs to stop attacking humanitarian convoys so food can reach millions of needy Afghans before winter.
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JERUSALEM : The UN Security Council was set to vote on a draft resolution calling for Israel to pull its troops out of Gaza after a huge onslaught that has left almost 80 Palestinians dead in less than a week.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United States could cut its forces in Afghanistan next summer if Taliban militants accept an amnesty to be drawn up by President Hamid Karzai and neighboring Pakistan, the senior US commander in Kabul said yesterday.
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Security Council adopts resolution calling for withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon, respect of its sovereignty. UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council Thursday adopted a resolution calling for the
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.