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By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Helen Clarke, the former prime minister of New Zealand, recalled a situation a few years ago when within the less affluent suburbs of her country, youth gang violence had become a serious problem.
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South-South Focus to Keep Pace with Rising Population
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - When the world's rising population hit the historic seven billion milestone last October, the United Nations predicted that population growth will continue to increase, reaching an estimated 9.3 billion by the year 2050.
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'Besieged' Homs Endures Tank Assault
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DOHA, Qatar - The Syrian military is reportedly moving deeper into residential areas in the city of Homs, a day after the Russian foreign minister said President Bashar al-Assad was "fully committed" to ending the bloodshed.
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EU Pledges Strong Support for Earth Summit
By Timothy Spence
BRUSSELS - European leaders have mapped out a bold agenda ahead of the Rio summit, vowing to transform development aid, help provide renewable electricity to the world’s neediest people, and bulk up the United Nations environment body.
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Anger Boils Over as Ranks of Jobless Youth Swell
By Kanya D'Almeida and Mathilde Bagneres
WASHINGTON - When images of North London's gutted and burning buildings, broken shop windows and refuse-lined streets appeared on TV screens and front-page headlines during the four-day Tottenham riots last August, many dismissed the damage as the work of "hoodlums" and "delinquents".
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U.S. Weighs Options As Syrian Violence Intensifies
By Samer Araabi
WASHINGTON - Following a failed bid to pass a U.N. Security Council Resolution calling for regime change in Syria, Washington is considering other means to influence events on the ground, as the country slips ever closer toward civil war.
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U.N. Security Council Remains "Neutered" by Five Big Powers
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - Since Russia and China vetoed a key resolution critical of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's violent repression of the ongoing 11-month old civilian uprising, there has been plenty of public outrage directed at the two permanent members of the Security Council who stood defiant against an overwhelming majority.
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UNICEF Funding Falls Short Leaving Millions of Children at Risk
By Bari Bates
BRUSSELS - If the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had 1.28 billion dollars it could help 97 million people around the world.
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Political and Economic Turmoil Threaten Women's Progress
By Mathilde Bagneres
UNITED NATIONS - As UN Women celebrated its first birthday, its executive director Michelle Bachelet stressed that political upheveal and shrinking budgets are no excuse to push back the hard-won gains made by the women's movement globally.
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Russia Sticks to Its Guns Against Heavy Hitters Backing Syria
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - The political heavy hitters were all there at a key Security Council meeting early this week to decide on the future of beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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After Durban, Latin America Looks Towards Rio+20
By Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez*
WASHINGTON - After the climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa in December, there is space to continue advancing in the short and medium term. Now the attention of Latin America and the rest of the world is turned towards the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development taking place this June in Rio de Janeiro.
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NICARAGUA-HONDURAS
Re-Greening the Border
By José Adán Silva*
MANAGUA - Ignacia Matute looks back nostalgically on the days when the hills around her home in northwestern Nicaragua were blanketed in green, and she woke every morning to the sounds of birds singing in the treetops and the rushing waters of the nearly Coco River.
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U.N. Panel Launches Blueprint for Sustainable Development
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - A long-awaited report by a U.N. high-level panel on global sustainability recommends several far-reaching proposals, including the establishment of new institutions and the creation of global indicators, aimed at protecting the world's environment and strengthening the U.N.'s sustainable development strategy.
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U.N. Arms Embargoes Busted by Ships from the West
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - When the Security Council penalises governments with economic sanctions and arms embargoes, the world body's 193 member states are mandated to help implement the wide-ranging punitive measures imposed on these countries.
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Senior Management Heads Roll at World Body
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon continues his search for a new team of senior managers for his second five-year term in office which began Jan. 1, two more heads have rolled at the world body.
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Syria Security Forces "Destroy Homes" in Hama
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DOHA, Qatar - At least six people have been killed as Syrian security forces continued attacks on protest hubs across the country, activists say.
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