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Toyota recalls continue with Corolla

Toyota faces yet more concerns after the Corolla’s power steering comes into question

February 20, 2010 | Posted in Motoring, News | Read More »

Taleban Bank Accounts Defrosted by UN

Taleban bank accounts, assets and travel movements frozen by a UN Security Council resolution have been un-frozen after a meeting in New York.
A Security Council committee has removed five men, several organisations and bank accounts from the United Nations list of those subject to sanctions in connection with Al-Qaida and the Taliban.
The Security Council’s Al-Qaida [...]

January 28, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Queen Elizabeth II to Address UN Assembly on Summer Tour

Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, will visit the United Nations in New York where The Queen will address the UN General Assembly on the 6th July, 2010.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will arrive that day from Canada, where Her Majesty will have undertaken a Royal Visit as [...]

January 25, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Beirut: Plane Crashes into the Mediterranean, 90 Feared Dead

An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane with about 80 travelers and 10 crew members went down into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take off from Beirut airport en route for Addis Ababa in a strong storm.
At the request of the Lebanese authorities, the maritime task force of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon dispatched two ships [...]

January 25, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Zidane Playing at Benfica to Raise Money for Haiti

The United Nations Development Programme and the Benfica Foundation have organised the seventh Match Against Poverty to take place on 25th January 2010 in Lisbon. Profits from the match between Zidane & Friends and Benfica All Stars will go to aid relief efforts in Haiti.
Ronaldo was due to take part, but has to start the [...]

January 22, 2010 | Posted in Football, News, Sport | Read More »

Ghani Alani and Anna Parzymies Win 2009 Sharjah Prize for Arabic Culture

The 2009 Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture has been awarded to the Iraqi poet and calligrapher Ghani Alani and the Polish publisher and academic Anna Parzymies. They were recommended by an international jury that examined 28 nominations from 21 countries.
The Sharjah Prize amounts to US$30,000 for each laureate. It was proposed by Sheikh Sultan Bin [...]

January 19, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Haiti: Ban Ki Moon Visits Site of Earthquake

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, arrived in Haiti yesterday to visit the scene of a devastating earthquake which struck on Tuesday 12th January 2010. He met President Preval and toured the scene of relief efforts.

January 18, 2010 | Posted in News, Picture Gallery | Read More »

Haiti: UN Special Representative to Haiti, Hédi Annabi, Died in Earthquake

The UN Secretary-General announced on Sunday that the top UN officials in Haiti perished in Tuesday’s tremors.
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban paid tribute to his Special Representative to Haiti, Hédi Annabi, as well as his Deputy Luiz Carlos da Costa and Acting Police Commissioner Doug Coates of the Royal Canadian Mounted [...]

January 18, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

UN: 90% of World’s Languages Could Disappear

A UN report published this week has identified the threat posed to global cultural diversity by systematic mistreatment of the world’s indigenous populations. Native people make up 5% of the world’s population, yet speak a disproportionate number of languages, manage a disproportionate amount of rural land and suffer disproportionate ill health and suicide rates.
The UN [...]

January 15, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

UN Pledges $10 Million for Haiti Humanitarian Relief following Earthquake

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, today ordered $10 million to be released from the Central Emergency Response Fund to kick-start humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti following the earthquake which struck on Tuesday measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale.
The UN is rushing its experts and supplies to Haiti, as well as pre-positioning an airplane, to [...]

January 14, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

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