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Obama to the U.N.: America Alone Cannot Build a Better World
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyPresident Obama arrived at the headquarters of the United Nations on Thursday morning with a message to the organization's member states: America will continue to participate in -- and strengthen -- efforts to establish international peace and democracy, but the U.S. will not, and cannot, do so alone. "The world that America seeks is not one that we can build on our own," he said. "For human rights to reach those who suffer the boot of oppression, we need your voices to speak out. In particular, I appeal to those nations who emerged from tyranny and inspired the world in the second half of the ...
Queen Elizabeth Visits UN, Ground Zero in NYC Tour
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS (July 6) -- In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly in more than half a century, England's Queen Elizabeth II urged the world body to provide leadership on global challenges like climate change, poverty and terrorism, stressing that "so much remains to be done." At the same time, in her eight-minute address the queen acknowledged that the United Nations had taken big strides in its humanitarian and peacekeeping missions in the past six decades. She last addressed the General Assembly in 1957, when she was 31 -- four years after being crowned. "When I was first here ...
UFOs at the UN -- A Close Encounter
By Lee Speigel - AOL News(June 25) -- Will the European Union disclose any UFO files it might have, as one lawmaker called for several days ago, perhaps bringing new facts to a field long relegated by government officials as science fiction? Maybe, but this isn't the first time world leaders have had a close encounter with UFOs. As AOL News reported here earlier this week, Italian Northern League party leader Mario Borghezio has urged all 27-member EU governments to open the books and reveal any previously secret UFO files. Carsten Koall, Getty Images Mario Borghezio, a member of the European ...
Freedom of the Press: Can Journalists Overcome Increased Threats?
By Katie Glueck - Politics DailyEarlier this month, the International Women's Media Foundation released the names of journalists tapped for its prestigious Courage in Journalism Award. The foundation will honor three investigative journalists and bloggers at ceremonies this October. The stories of the honorees -- Claudia Duque, 39, of Colombia; Tsering Woeser, 43, of Tibet; and Vicky Ntetema, 51, of Tanzania -- are stories of tenacious and brave reporting, but they are also stories of exile, kidnapping and death threats. According to the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF), the goal of distributing this award is ...
U.S., Major Powers Reach Deal on Iran Sanctions
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe Obama administration announced Tuesday morning that major world powers, including Britain, France, China and Russia -- the veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council -- have agreed to impose new sanctions on Iran, the New York Times reports. The accord comes a day after the same countries reacted skeptically to Iran's proposal to ship its nuclear fuel to Turkey to allay suspicions about its nuclear ambitions. "We have reached agreement on a strong draft with the cooperation of both Russia and China," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on ...
U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Down to 5,113 From Cold War High of 31,000-Plus
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyDuring the Cold War, it was top secret information. But times change and the Obama administration disclosed Monday that the United States has 5,113 weapons in its nuclear arsenal, a coming clean that the government believes will strengthen its hand in the fight against nuclear proliferation. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the United Nations for a review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, said it is "in our national interest to be as transparent as we can about the nuclear program of the United States. We think that builds confidence." Iran, one of the countries causing ...
Report: India Has More Cell Phones Than Toilets
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 19) -- In the global rush toward modernization, some luxuries are outpacing the necessities. According to a new study released by the United Nations University, more people in India now own cell phones than have access to proper sanitation, including the use of a toilet. In 2008, just 366 million of India's 1.2 billion people had access to a toilet, the report said, while 563.73 million were subscribers to a cell phone plan. "It is a tragic irony to think that in India, a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of the people own phones, about half cannot afford the basic ...
Maternal Death Studies Spark Public Health Debate
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(April 14) -- Editors of a prestigious medical journal and experts at the United Nations are clashing over global maternal death rates, with the dispute revealing how politics can play into public health issues. On Monday, researchers at the University of Washington published surprising findings in The Lancet medical journal, concluding that maternal deaths worldwide have dropped 35 percent in the last three decades, going from 526,300 in 1980 to 342,900 in 2008. The team, led by Dr. Christopher Murray at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, used death records, census ...
Five Ways to Check on How to Donate to Haiti
By Emily Troutman - AOL News(March 31) -- In the weeks following the earthquake in Haiti, hundreds of people asked me to whom they should give donations. I made cursory recommendations based on organizations whose work I already knew. But for the most part, I put off their questions. I did so for two reasons. First, I knew the real need for aid in Haiti would continue for a long, long time. Now, after Haiti has left the headlines, is the time to commit. Second, I wanted to see what everyone did with the money they already had. Most officials agree that the emergency stage of aid delivery in Haiti is over. Of ...
Essay: Five Steps Toward Repairing Haiti
By Emily Troutman - AOL NewsPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (March 31) -- Today world leaders gathered at the U.N. headquarters in New York to discuss the future of Haiti. Life remains difficult there almost three months after the earthquake. Streets are soaked in urine. Shacks and tents populate town squares and empty lots. Farmers cannot sell their produce, and thousands of small businesses are shuttered. The Haitian government and the international community estimate the damage and losses caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake at $7.8 billion, including $4.3 billion of physical damage and $3.5 billion in economic losses. The total ...
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