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2010-09-02 22:20

Nations meet on climate cash, U.N. sees long haul (Reuters)

Children from Nairobi's Kibera slums scavenge through a garbage dump February 17, 2009. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA)Reuters - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.


2010-09-02 22:20

NY court dismisses case against Italian U.N. "biter" (Reuters)

Reuters - A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed the case against a former U.N. employee accused of biting a U.N. security guard after complaining of nepotism at the world body.

2010-09-02 16:20

Flood-hit Pakistanis and Afghans may cross to Iran: UNHCR (Reuters)

A flood victim sits on supplies he received from a distribution point set up by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province September 1, 2010. PREUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - Dismal conditions in flood-hit areas in southwest Pakistan could force thousands of Pakistanis and Afghan refugees to cross the border into Iran, the U.N. refugee agency warned Thursday.


2010-09-02 16:20

UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October (AP)

AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.

2010-09-02 04:17

Number of victims in Congo mass rape increases: U.N. (Reuters)

Reuters - The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown by nearly a hundred over the last week, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

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