U.N. extends Ethiopia-Eritrea force mandate 6 months
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The Security Council renewed the  mandate of the struggling U.N. peace force on the  Eritrea-Ethiopia border for six months on Wednesday despite a  request from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for just one month.
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Japan&#39;s cabinet decided Thursday to extend the Self-Defense Forces&#39; (SDF) humanitarian assistance operation in Iraq by one year until Dec. 14, 2005.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad is extending for six months a state of emergency in large swathes of the country, saying it needs more time to pacify ethnic conflicts that have killed hundreds and which it blames Sudan for provoking.
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The U.N. Security Council voted on Monday to extend the mandate of a peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast until January to help create peaceful conditions for elections that have been repeatedly delayed.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the mandate of the 13,600-member U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon and called for a permanent cease-fire and long-term solution to last summer's Israel-Hezbollah war.
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Japan&#39;s Cabinet on Tuesday extended the country&#39;s naval mission to provide logistical support to the US-led coalition in Afghanistan by six months, and approved a plan to supply fuel for the coalition&#39;s helicopters.
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The Lebanese government on Tuesday approved a bill asking the U.N. Security Council to extend by one year the mandate of an international team investigating the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.
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Backed by the African Union,  Somalia's government appealed to the United Nations on Friday  to send a peacekeeping force there, but the Security Council  delayed a response until next month, diplomats said.
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The African Union announced on  Wednesday it would extend the stay of its underfinanced force  in Sudan's Darfur region until the end of the year, heading off  an immediate worsening of the crisis.
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The U.N. Security Council voted  on Monday to extend the mandate of a peacekeeping force in  Ivory Coast until January to help create peaceful conditions  for elections that have been repeatedly delayed.
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U.N. peacekeepers monitoring the  disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea may have to halt  operations within weeks because Eritrea has cut diesel fuel  supplies, said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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The U.N. Security Council voted  on Tuesday to extend the mandate of U.S.-led foreign forces in  Iraq for one year, as requested by Iraq for what Baghdad said  was the last time.
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The government, citing the importance of US ties and the needs of Iraqis, decided Thursday to extend the mission of the Self-Defense Forces in Iraq for one year from Dec. 14.
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The UN mission says it needs extra troops to continue to maintain order in Ivory Coast which has seen renewed fighting between rival factions.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 20 -- The African Union said Wednesday that it would extend the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Darfur through the end of the year, ensuring that international troops will remain in the war-torn Sudanese province for now.
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U.N. peacekeepers monitoring the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea may have to halt operations within weeks because Eritrea has cut diesel fuel supplies, said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday called on all parties in Ivory Coast to redouble efforts to hold elections by June and extended the mandate of U.N. and French peacekeepers in Ivory Coast to help organize the ballot.