UN: Gitmo force-feeding is inhumane
Senior UN officials say that the force-feeding of hunger strikers breaches international medical standards
Friday, May 3, 2013 1:55 PM UTCNews guantanamo hunger strike
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Tea Partier charged for threatening lawmaker over Agenda 21
The co-founder of an Oklahoma tea party group was charged with two felonies, including blackmail
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 8:23 AM UTCPolitics Oklahoma, Agenda 21, Tea Party
Oklahoma Tea Partyer threatens legislator over Agenda 21
A Tea Partyer told an Oklahoma legislator that he'd "regret" not pushing legislation to stop it
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 9:41 PM UTC 29Politics Agenda 21, United Nations
U.N. development chief slams War on Drugs
Helen Clark, a former health minister, says criminalizing drugs has created more problems than it has solved
Friday, Mar 15, 2013 9:15 PM UTC 13Social The Fix, War on Drugs
United Nations’ pot hypocrisy
Science says marijuana is safer than alcohol. So why is the U.N. trying to stop legalization laws?
Friday, Mar 15, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 23Life United Nations, marijuana
U.N. could fuel North Korea’s propaganda machine
Officials may use the latest sanctions to whip up anti-U.S. sentiment and obscure their government's failures
Friday, Mar 8, 2013 12:18 PM UTCNews From the Wires, North Korea
UN approves sanctions after North Korean nuke threat
The decision came hours after Pyongyang ramped up its rhetoric to dizzying new heights
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 5:18 PM UTCNews GlobalPost, North Korea
North Korea vows to nuke U.S.
Furious over sanctions, Pyongyang promises to launch a pre-emptive strike
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 1:52 PM UTC 18News Associated Press, North Korea
The global war on terror’s forgotten victims: Women and children
Lost in the discussion of the war's civilian targets is the suffering their families are forced to endure
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 4:46 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com, European Union
Can dachshunds teach us about international diplomacy?
Bennett Miller's "Dachshund UN" reimagines the Geneva forum populated with precocious pooches
Monday, Mar 4, 2013 4:16 PM UTCLife Hyperallergic, Dachsunds
Ron Paul sues supporters for control of RonPaul.com
Paul asked the U.N. for help claiming control of his domain name
Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 5:03 PM UTC 34Politics Ron Paul, Republicans
UN: Execution of 17-year-old domestic worker broke international law
Human rights experts say Saudi Arabia broke international law by beheading a teenager accused of murder
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 7:00 PM UTCLife United Nations, Crime, Murder
UN says far more deaths in Syria than earlier estimates
Around 60,000 people have been killed in the civil war, far more than what human rights organizations had thought
Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 3:24 PM UTCNews Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Civil War
International envoy warns 100,000 could die in Syria next year
The UN-Arab League envoy said Syria risks "Somalization" if civil war goes on
Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 6:30 PM UTCNews Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Civil War
UN chief urges India to act on rape crisis
Following the death of a woman brutally gang-raped, Ban Ki-Moon calls for government action
Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 5:20 PM UTCNews India, Rape, Sexual assault, delhi
Oklahoma GOPer introduces bill targeting “Agenda 21″
The right continues to tout conspiracy theories about the U.N.'s sustainable development initiative
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 10:18 PM UTCPolitics Agenda 21, United Nations
Global condemnation falls on deaf ears in North Korea
The international community censures Kim Jong Un and fears the nuclear implications of the launch
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 4:40 PM UTCNews North Korea, Iran, Missile
Damascus under siege
As Syrian rebels close in on the nation's capital, residents are bracing for a bloody fight
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 5:25 PM UTCPolitics GlobalPost, Syria
Doha climate talks meet low expectations
The COP 18 summit didn't intend to address big questions, but resolve technical issues -- it's barely done that
Friday, Dec 7, 2012 2:04 PM UTCNews Doha, United Nations, COP 18, Qatar
5 dumbest UN “conspiracies”
Claiming a treaty that ensures rights for the disabled "undermines American sovereignty" is only the right's latest
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 4:11 PM UTC 39Politics AlterNet, United Nations
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