U.N. asks Netherlands to host tribunal
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"What will come next is talks with the U.N. about practical issues like funding, location, security--all those sort of things. When that picture is complete, we will make a definitive decision."  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent a letter to the Netherlands on Monday asking the country to host a tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, ... via Twincities.com
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A U.N. move to set up a tribunal for suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri could spell more instability for Lebanon, Lebanese newspapers said on Thursday.
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Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog would like to visit a military complex in Iran that an exile group said housed a nuclear weapons site, but they lack the legal authority to go there, U.N. diplomats said.
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Former Yugoslav republics are still not cooperating fully with the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague despite the arrival of an indicted Serb general in the Dutch capital, the court's chief prosecutor said Thursday.
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THE HAGUE, Dec. 6 -- The U.N. war crimes tribunal for the Balkans ordered Dutch authorities Wednesday to feed a hunger-striking Serb nationalist leader intravenously if necessary to save his life.
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Families of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia will sue the Dutch state and the United Nations, which they blame in part for allowing the killings to happen, lawyers said on Friday.
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The UN calls for war crime suspects in Darfur - described  as "hell on earth" - to be tried at The Hague.
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In a challenge to Syria, the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on Wednesday to set up a court that would prosecute the murder two years ago of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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VALKENBURG, Netherlands  - The European Union will  draw up sanctions against Sudan, with a view to implementing  them if the United Nations calls for such measures, the Dutch  foreign minister said on Saturday.
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Iraq&#039;s justice minister demanded Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council ensure a group U.S. troops are punished for allegedly raping and murdering a young Iraqi and executing her family, calling the attack &quot;monstrous and inhuman.&quot;
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A United Nations panel has called for the UN&#39;s main decision-making body, the security council, to be expanded from 15 to 24 members, giving broader representation to developing countries.
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UN prosecutors seek to hand over the trial of three war crimes suspects to courts in Serbia or Croatia.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sought European support Friday for his plan to give regional heavyweights such as Brazil and Japan more clout at the United Nations.
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The U.N. Staff Council urged Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to order the U.N. anti-poverty agency to cooperate in an investigation of claims that a former agency staffer in North Korea suffered retaliation for being a whistleblower.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday demanded speedy prosecution of Sudanese officials and militiamen guilty of crimes against humanity in Darfur, as members of the Security Council came under renewed pressure to put teeth into threats punish those responsible.
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Thursday said that in the wake of last week's murder of former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto it was calling on the United Nations to designate suicide bombings as a crime against humanity.
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The U.N. Security Council called on Wednesday for more funds for a hard-pressed African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia and asked the U.N. secretary-general to keep planning for a U.N. force there.