Global Intergovernmental Organizations

Air pollution shrouds Beijing on eve of Games

msn.com     5 hrs ago   11 related          

The wall of gray haze around the National Stadium and across the city cut visibility down to a mile. On the eve of opening ceremonies, Beijing’s polluted air took center stage Thursday as the most visibly pressing problem for...                    

Mia Farrow to air alternative 'Darfur Olympics'

wtop.com     2 hrs ago   6 related          

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press Writer KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - As the Summer Games open in Beijing, actress activist Mia Farrow is Web-casting her own "Darfur Olympics" from a refugee camp on the barren Sudan-Chad border,...                    

U.N. concerned at Sudan anti-terror courts

washingtonpost.com     10 hrs ago   10 related          

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United Nations on Thursday raised concerns Sudanese anti-terrorism courts which condemned 30 Darfur rebels to death did not meet international standards and urged the appeals courts to review the...                    

Ousted Mauritanian leader's daughter appeals to U.N.

thestar.com.my     10 hrs ago   130 related          

LONDON (Reuters) - The daughter of Mauritania's ousted president, in a message sent from house arrest, appealed to the United Nations on Thursday to open talks to restore the country's elected government. Soldiers ousted...                    

Cambodian Tribunal Staff Unpaid for July

ki-media.blogspot.com     1 hr ago   2 related          

By Mean Veasna, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh07 August 2008Click here to listen to the Khmer audio programThe UNDP is withholding $300,000 in pay from 250 Cambodian staff of the Khmer Rouge tribunal, UN and tribunal...                    

Oil rises to near US$120, halting slide

iht.com     10 hrs ago   11 related          

Concerns that tension over Iran's nuclear program could lead to conflict propelled oil prices upward Thursday to near US$120 a barrel, halting a four-week slide. Before the rebound, Nymex front-month crude futures had fallen...                    

Sudan anti-terror courts upset UN

gulfnews.com     1 hr ago   6 related          

Khartoum: The United Nations on Thursday raised concerns Sudanese anti-terrorism courts which condemned 30 Darfur rebels to death did not meet international standards and urged the appeals courts to review the sentences....                    

UN News Centre: Top UN relief official draws lessons from Myanmar cyclone aid effort

burmanet.org     3 hrs ago   4 related          

All nations need outside help when faced by a major natural disaster, according to the United Nations’ top humanitarian official, commenting today on the relief operations following Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. “No nation, rich...                    

Conditions in Myanmar starker than portrayed

iht.com     3 hrs ago   1 related          

A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis — broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks along the coast.                    

Tropical downpours worsening, say scientists

reuters.com     3 hrs ago   2 related          

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - "As the tropics warm are seeing an increased frequency in the heaviest rainfall," said Richard Allan of the University of Reading in England, who co-authored a study...                    

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