U.N. urges Iraqi government to halt slide to civil war
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A U.N. envoy urged Iraq's government on Saturday to halt a slide into civil war and stop the "cancer" of sectarianism from destroying the country.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi appealed to the world leaders at the United Nations yesterday to help his country achieve stability by sending peacekeepers, reinforcing borders and forgiving its debts.
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The United Nations called on Saturday on   Israel and Hizbollah to heed a U.N. Security Council resolution   and end the war in Lebanon, but fighting paralyzed efforts to   help 100,000 people trapped in the country's south.
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Iraq wants action not words from a regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday and will urge Iran and the United States not to use it as a playing field to settle their scores, Iraq's foreign minister said on Friday.
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Iraq's government is planning a conference in late November to promote political stability and seek support for upcoming elections, but U.N. officials say they're worried about the timing and lack of a clear agenda.
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Iraqi lawmakers again put off a   divisive debate on federalism that was set for Tuesday after a   fresh wave of violence killed 50 people and prompted a warning   from the United Nations that Iraq was descending into civil   war.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister warned Monday that insurgents are trying to foment sectarian civil war as well as derail elections, while
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was in the grip of a civil war as U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked insurgent bases in a bid to shore up the authority of a governmnent itself riven by factional rivalries.
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The UN urges an end to the war in northern Uganda, where thousands of children are caught up in the fighting.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told lawmakers on Monday his government had stopped Iraq sliding into civil war and said violence in and around Baghdad had plunged under a U.S.-backed security crackdown.
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INDEPENDENCE, Missouri  - Kofi Annan, in his last major speech as U.N. secretary general, urged the United States on Monday to shun go-it-alone diplomacy and collaborate on its world challenges, including the Iraq war.
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The United Nations said on Monday it  was calling for a halt to fighting across Sudan this month to  cover a three-day campaign to vaccinate people against polio  and stave off a feared epidemic.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday that Iraq is close to civil war, as the Bush administration stepped up diplomatic efforts to stabilize the wartorn country.
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Iraq's new prime minister, in his debut appearance before the U.N. General Assembly, appealed to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.
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The Iraqi government called on all armed groups to join a cease-fire declared this week by Moktada al-Sadr.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for urgent action Thursday to stop attacks on civilians in western Sudan, saying the government has failed to rein in militias.
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An urgent overhaul of US policy on Iraq is needed to stop "a slide towards chaos", says a major report.