UN Mediator to Leave Colombia After Failed Talks
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The United Nations will suspend its mediation efforts between the Colombian government and Marxist rebels after two years of talks that have failed to resolve the country's 40-year conflict, U.N. officials said on Monday.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief left for  North Korea on Sunday to broker a return of inspectors to the  secretive Stalinist state under a precarious six-party pact to  dismantle its atomic bomb program.
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John Danforth, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has resigned after less than six months in the job, it was disclosed on Thursday.
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THE US ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth, has resigned less than six months after becoming the diplomatic face of Washington at the world body.
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The second most senior European Union official in Afghanistan and a top UN political advisor left the country after being expelled by the government for posing a threat to national security.
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The peace talks set to begin today will fail and ultimately prolong the conflict, says leading rebel.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said on Sunday the final resolution to the worst  diplomatic dispute between Venezuela and Colombia in years will  depend on the outcome of a meeting between the two countries'  presidents this week.
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Trade negotiators for the United States, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador have abandoned their goal of finishing a free trade agreement by mid-January and laid out a schedule for at least two more rounds of talks, a U.S. official said on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON - In a surprise announcement, UN Ambassador John C. Danforth said Thursday that he is leaving the key diplomatic post he has held for just five months to return to life in St.
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America&#39;s ambassador to the United Nations has quit after less than six months in the job, citing he wants to spend more time with his family.
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Rutshuru - A UN team was set to leave on Tuesday for the town of Kanyabayonga in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to investigate two days of fighting there, a UN official said.
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A top official from the Farc guerrilla army leaves Colombia for Cuba, two weeks after being freed from prison.
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Trade negotiators for the United  States, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador have abandoned their goal of  finishing a free trade agreement by mid-January and laid out a  schedule for at least two more rounds of talks, a U.S. official  said on Saturday.
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The political scandal that forced Colombia's foreign minister to quit this week and put other close allies of President Alvaro Uribe in jail is being driven in large part by a rebel-turned-lawmaker who has become the opposition's chief provocateur.
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The setbacks included the resignation of a top official and an announcement that talks on a critical trade dispute had failed to resolve differences.
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A senior United Nations official and  another from the European Union left Afghanistan on Thursday  after the government ordered their expulsion, accusing both of  holding talks with the Taliban and for paying cash to the  group.
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By Hugh Bronstein and Pascal Fletcher BOGOTA/CARACAS  - A top Colombian guerrilla wasprotected by Venezuelan officials before his capture, an actionthat has triggered the worst dispute in years between theAndean countries, Colombia said on Sunday.