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Tuesday 22nd February 2011 12:35
A defiant Colonel Gaddafi has vowed never to leave Libya .
Thursday 29th April 2010 08:52
A displaced child in Darfur drinks at a water point
A United Nations report has revealed millions of people world wide have no access to safe drinking water.
The new GLAAS Report, which is published by UN Water and the World Health Organization, found funding for the provision of water services in poor countries has fallen by nearly 40 per cent in the past decade.
It says 900 million people have no access to clean water while 2.6 billion people do not have adequate sanitation.
Dr Robert Bos from the World Health Organization
Wednesday 17th March 2010 13:29
Hillary Clinton: move is "deeply negative"
Reuters
Hillary Clinton will arrive at the Moscow summit tomorrow as anger over Israeli settlements hinders the peace progress in the Middle East..
Mrs Clinton will join the meeting of the Quartet of International Mediators in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, due to start on Friday.
Hope for successful peace discussions were diminished earlier this week when Israel declared it would build 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem. The US Secretary of State said the move was "a deeply negative signal" for the Middle East peace process.
Wednesday 17th February 2010 15:50
Homeless people in New Delhi
Stringer India / Reuters
Reality has been moving too fast for United Nations data to keep pace, according to a new report on achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific region.
The UN says health insurance, pension and social protection measures need to be developed. It reveals it is difficult to offer a fully up-to-date report.
Only one in five unemployed and underemployed people in Asia has access to unemployment benefits. Only one third of elderly people receive pensions, according to the report.
Wednesday 4th March 2009 15:35
Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
This is the first time the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a warrant against a sitting head of the state.
The UN has accused the Sudanese government of ordering mass murder, rape and torture against non-Arab tribes in Darfur for revolting against the government. However, the government has persistently denied the accusations.
Nearly 300,000 million people have been killed and millions been displaced since the war started in 2003.
