Jordanian 5th candidate for U.N. post
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Jordan's U.N. Ambassador Prince Zeid al Hussein announced his candidacy Tuesday to succeed Kofi Annan as the next U.N. secretary-general, becoming the first Muslim to enter the race.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Most international specialists assessing the fairness of Iraq's elections will monitor the Jan. 30 vote from the safety of neighboring Jordan, but a few observers will head to Baghdad and perhaps other Iraqi cities if security permits, UN and other officials said yesterday.
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A brief list of possible contenders for Palestinian Authority president. Some have only said they are considering a bid and none have formally announced yet since the period for registering as a candidate begins only this weekend.
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UNITED NATIONS AP) &#151; The United Nations, United States, European Union and Russia announced the appointment Wednesday of Tony Blair as their representative to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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South Korea's foreign minister kept his spot as the favorite in the race to succeed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in an informal poll yesterday, the only one among the seven candidates to get the needed majority of votes. Ban Ki-Moon received 13 votes in favor, one against, and one no opinion, China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya said. ...
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Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga joined the race to become the next U.N. secretary-general on Friday, becoming the first woman vying for the U.N.'s top post.
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Bahrain's foreign minister said Friday that an Israeli-Palestinian agreement was within reach, urging the United States to seize the chance presented by the Palestinian elections to advance the peace process. Palestinians are to vote Jan. 9. for a replacement for the late Yasser Arafat.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Vicky O&#39;Hara reports on the United Nations&#39; as yet unsuccessful efforts to put together a protection force for UN personnel who will oversee Iraq&#39;s parliamentary elections early next year.
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Hamas has nominated one of its members to be Palestinian interior minister, officials said on Saturday, a choice likely to be opposed by Western states.
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WASHINGTON - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was pressed Thursday to do more in Iraq, while at the same time he was being snubbed by the US president.
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22 December 2004 - As his top envoy continued meetings with Iraqi officials in Baghdad ahead of elections scheduled for 30 January, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that the Iraqi people &quot;have a chance for the first time in a long
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The number of U.N. peacekeepers in  Lebanon has grown to about 5,000, a spokesman said on Tuesday,  reaching a level which the United Nations sees as sufficient  for Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon.
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Iraqi Official Says UN Has Not Sent Enough Workers to Help With Balloting in Jan. Elections. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari gives a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct 20, 2004.
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Iraq's interim government is considering nominees for the position of ambassador to the United States for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War, deputy foreign minister Hamid al-Bayati said on Thursday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations is taking the first steps to expand its presence in Iraq outside Baghdad to the cities of Basra and Erbil but is planning to have only about 25 electoral specialists in the country ahead of the scheduled Jan. 30 elections, a UN spokesman said yesterday.
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Former Thai Foreign Minister Surin  Pitsuwan, a Muslim with wide international respect, emerged on  Thursday as a possible last-minute candidate to replace Kofi  Annan as United Nations Secretary-General.
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Handicapping the race to lead the U.N.