UN appeals against Iraq execution
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The UN human rights chief urges an Iraqi court not to condemn one of Saddam Hussein's deputies to death.
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British and Irish leaders on Wednesday condemned the apparent slaying of a British aid worker who would be the first foreign woman killed in the wave of kidnappings that have beset Iraq.
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The United States and its military allies on Thursday challenged UN Secretary General Kofi Annan&#39;s statement that last year&#39;s invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that violated
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AFRICAN leaders appealed to the United Nations Security Council yesterday to impose sanctions on the Burundian rebel group that claimed responsibility for the massacre of at least 160 refugees at a UN camp in Burundi.
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The United Nations on Sunday painted a  damning portrait of women's rights in Iran, saying they had  insufficient right of appeal against violence and were being  sentenced to death on flimsy evidence.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called at an emotional tribute on Thursday for the prosecution of those behind the "cold-blooded murder" of 22 people at the United Nations office in Baghdad one year ago.
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Political leaders across the world on Wednesday condemned the apparent slaying of the Irish-born British aid worker Margaret Hassan in Iraq.
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A stepped-up US campaign against insurgents must not be allowed to alienate the Iraqi public, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday.
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The International Red Cross has made an unprecedented appeal for an end to human rights abuses in Iraq, saying it is &#39;deeply concerned&#39; at the impact of the fighting in the country and at apparent failures by all sides in the conflict to respect
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The U.N. Security Council  condemned on Sunday the massacre of more than 160 Tutsi  Congolese refugees in western Burundi and urged the authorities  in Burundi and neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo to work  together to quickly bring those responsible to justice.
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Those behind the "cold-blooded murder" of 22 people at the United Nations office in Baghdad one year ago must be held to account, no matter how long it takes to find them, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday.
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Britain&#39;s ambassador to Iraq, Edward Chaplin, has appealed via a video telecast on Arabic TV for the body of beheaded UK hostage Ken Bigley.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he is &quot;appalled and dismayed&quot; by the killing of 12 Nepalese workers by Iraqi militants and is calling for the immediate release of all hostages in Iraq.
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Iraqi prosecutors asked a judge on   Monday to sentence Saddam Hussein to death for his role in the   killings of 148 villagers after a 1982 assassination attempt in   the village of Dujail.
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The Asian Human Rights Commission asked the United Nations Tuesday to intervene to end extra-judicial killings in Sri Lanka, where it said at least 50 people were killed in the last month alone.
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UNITED NATIONS - A year after the suicide bombing of the United Nations&#39; Baghdad headquarters killed 22 people in Iraq, UN staffers around the world paid tribute yesterday to their fallen colleagues. They also complained that the United ...
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The United Nations has rejected  a request from Iraqi leaders to train some 30 judges and  prosecutors who would be trying former President Saddam  Hussein, in part because Baghdad has the death penalty, a U.N.  spokesman said on Friday.