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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/world/united-nations world United Nations en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:19:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/world/united-nations http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/un_un_haiti_children ap/20100210/un_un_haiti_children AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:19:10 GMT AP - The head of UNICEF warned Tuesday that people may still be trying to smuggle children out of Haiti and said protecting youngsters who survived the earthquake is the top concern of the U.N. children's agency. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_gates_iran ap/20100209/eu_gates_iran AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:04:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_gates_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265642748164-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=64psxwoLkJJvWf0GhZQuUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, seen here on February 5, agreed in talks Monday that "strong" new sanctions must be passed against Iran over its nuclear drive, the French presidency said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in "weeks, not months."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_gates_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265642748164-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=64psxwoLkJJvWf0GhZQuUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, seen here on February 5, agreed in talks Monday that "strong" new sanctions must be passed against Iran over its nuclear drive, the French presidency said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake ap/20100209/cb_haiti_earthquake AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:05:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9512770501c048909dbeef991f7f429c.haiti_earthquake_pap121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CS0rEAPqeoApxsiT8cBk8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Fristmer Alexi, 40, carries his daughter Rosemita, 10, to the General Hospital after she fell ill over night in downtown Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake that left the city in ruins. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital's General Hospital with fever and diarrhea, little Abigail literally dried up.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9512770501c048909dbeef991f7f429c.haiti_earthquake_pap121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CS0rEAPqeoApxsiT8cBk8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fristmer Alexi, 40, carries his daughter Rosemita, 10, to the General Hospital after she fell ill over night in downtown Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake that left the city in ruins. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_iran_nuclear nm/20100209/us_iran_nuclear Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:54:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265755364196-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=7mhgBkCn5vI2csbSPsk94A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An Iranian security guard stands in front of the building housing the nuclear reactor in the Iranian port town of Bushehr. US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the international community was moving "fairly quickly" toward imposing broader sanctions on Iran, as the Islamic Republic defiantly expanded its nuclear program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265755364196-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=7mhgBkCn5vI2csbSPsk94A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iranian security guard stands in front of the building housing the nuclear reactor in the Iranian port town of Bushehr. US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/entertainmenthaitiquakedominicanjolieunhcr afp/20100209/entertainmenthaitiquakedominicanjolieunhcr AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:09:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/entertainmenthaitiquakedominicanjolieunhcr"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265745644822-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XyZeStp2eiUlqfejqxsRrg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Angelina Jolie greets members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in Port-au-Prince during her visit to Haiti as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR.(AFP/Ariel Marinkovic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Movie star Angelina Jolie is due to arrive in quake-struck Haiti on Tuesday, the UN refugee agency said, a day after she visited Haitian children being treated in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/entertainmenthaitiquakedominicanjolieunhcr"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265745644822-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XyZeStp2eiUlqfejqxsRrg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Angelina Jolie greets members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in Port-au-Prince during her visit to Haiti as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR.(AFP/Ariel Marinkovic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_jordan_un_palestinians ap/20100209/ml_jordan_un_palestinians AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:27:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_jordan_un_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9b92bd19d7e542ff8f021b82d565fe9d.mideast_jordan_u_n__palestinians_amm101.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=1a5mlTo6nw7qy51g4uKzJA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="New UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi speaks during a press conference in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Grandi appealed for an additional $100 million to meet operating costs and improve education, health and social services. (AP Photo / Nader Daoud)" border="0" /></a>AP - The head of the U.N. agency aiding Palestinian refugees is warning of a looming funding shortfall and appealing for another $100 million.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_jordan_un_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9b92bd19d7e542ff8f021b82d565fe9d.mideast_jordan_u_n__palestinians_amm101.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=1a5mlTo6nw7qy51g4uKzJA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="New UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi speaks during a press conference in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Grandi appealed for an additional $100 million to meet operating costs and improve education, health and social services. (AP Photo / Nader Daoud)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_afp/russianatodefencediplomacy afp/20100209/russianatodefencediplomacy AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:17:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_afp/russianatodefencediplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265712306236-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=AX.or6w2S5R_ihZdsym_og--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="Georgian soldiers participate in military exercises with NATO forces on the outskirts of Tbilisi in 2004. NATO remains a serious threat to Russia's security, according to the secretary of the country's national security council.(AFP/File/Vano Shlamov)" border="0" /></a>AFP - NATO remains a serious threat to Russia's security, the secretary of the country's national security council said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_afp/russianatodefencediplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265712306236-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=AX.or6w2S5R_ihZdsym_og--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="photo" title="Georgian soldiers participate in military exercises with NATO forces on the outskirts of Tbilisi in 2004. NATO remains a serious threat to Russia's security, according to the secretary of the country's national security council.(AFP/File/Vano Shlamov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestundisplacedaid afp/20100209/pakistanunrestundisplacedaid AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:29:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestundisplacedaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265711037265-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=G0orxke.utZRE_tZSZ9mwA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Pakistani internally-displaced tribesmen outside a distribution point in Dera Ismail Khan in October 2009. The United Nations led an appeal Tuesday for millions of dollars to feed and assist more than one million people displaced by conflict in Pakistan's northwest and in border areas with Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United Nations led an appeal Tuesday for millions of dollars to feed and assist more than one million people displaced by conflict in Pakistan's northwest and in border areas with Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestundisplacedaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265711037265-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=G0orxke.utZRE_tZSZ9mwA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani internally-displaced tribesmen outside a distribution point in Dera Ismail Khan in October 2009. The United Nations led an appeal Tuesday for millions of dollars to feed and assist more than one million people displaced by conflict in Pakistan's northwest and in border areas with Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_un_hospitals ap/20100209/cb_haiti_un_hospitals AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:13:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_un_hospitals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r941859175.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=QeAo9cGW7kyVQi1IJdT1Jg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Survivors of Haiti's earthquake gather at the Haitian border February 8, 2010. More than 200,000 people were killed in the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. It has led to scenes of chaotic food handouts amid the ruins of the capital Port-au-Prince. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY)" border="0" /></a>AP - The United Nations warned Monday that it will cut off shipments of free medicine to Haitian hospitals that charge patients, saying it had learned some are levying fees for drugs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_un_hospitals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r941859175.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=QeAo9cGW7kyVQi1IJdT1Jg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Survivors of Haiti's earthquake gather at the Haitian border February 8, 2010. More than 200,000 people were killed in the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. It has led to scenes of chaotic food handouts amid the ruins of the capital Port-au-Prince. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelpalestiniansgazaconflictun afp/20100208/mideastisraelpalestiniansgazaconflictun AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:55:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelpalestiniansgazaconflictun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265655114826-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=l6HgVAfTvMp_2RURwFLqVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Israel's supreme court president, Dorit Beinish, seen here in 2006, came out in favour of a commission of inquiry into the Gaza war as called for by the United Nations in its Goldstone report.(AFP/POOL/File/Yonathan Weitzman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israel's supreme court president, Dorit Beinish, on Monday came out in favour of a commission of inquiry into the Gaza war as called for by the United Nations in its Goldstone report.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelpalestiniansgazaconflictun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265655114826-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=l6HgVAfTvMp_2RURwFLqVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Israel's supreme court president, Dorit Beinish, seen here in 2006, came out in favour of a commission of inquiry into the Gaza war as called for by the United Nations in its Goldstone report.(AFP/POOL/File/Yonathan Weitzman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaunrights afp/20100207/mideastconflictgazaunrights AFP world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:18:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaunrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265530631425-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=_5gD_hyuLF8F8O8CmscR_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="A doctor from the non-governmental organisation Help Doctors examines a wounded Palestinian girl following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City in January, 2008. Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that Israel has failed to properly investigate alleged crimes committed during last winter's devastating Gaza war as demanded by the United Nations.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that Israel has failed to properly investigate alleged crimes committed during last winter's devastating Gaza war as demanded by the United Nations.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaunrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265530631425-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=_5gD_hyuLF8F8O8CmscR_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="A doctor from the non-governmental organisation Help Doctors examines a wounded Palestinian girl following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City in January, 2008. Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that Israel has failed to properly investigate alleged crimes committed during last winter's devastating Gaza war as demanded by the United Nations.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_cuisine ap/20100206/lt_mexico_cuisine AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:27:43 GMT AP - Mexico already has many of its monuments on UNESCO's list of protected sites. Now the government is asking for international recognition for the country's cuisine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/un_un_israel ap/20100205/un_un_israel AP us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:35:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/un_un_israel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.9464437baf41438fa83ed414ce223b82.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl129.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OvvgFihGvSPCd5tSVhW2IQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Palestinian youth walks through the rubble following an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Early Wednesday, Israeli warplanes struck two smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border in response to the barrel bombs and the firing of a rocket from Gaza, the military said. Such airstrikes are automatic reactions to militant attacks. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he could not determine whether the Israelis or Palestinians had conducted credible investigations into allegations of war crimes during last year's Gaza conflict, as required under a U.N. resolution.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/un_un_israel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.9464437baf41438fa83ed414ce223b82.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl129.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OvvgFihGvSPCd5tSVhW2IQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Palestinian youth walks through the rubble following an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Early Wednesday, Israeli warplanes struck two smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border in response to the barrel bombs and the firing of a rocket from Gaza, the military said. Such airstrikes are automatic reactions to militant attacks. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_un nm/20100205/us_palestinians_israel_un Reuters world Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:45:10 GMT Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cast doubt on Thursday on the credibility of Israeli and Palestinian investigations into U.N. allegations of war crimes during the 2008-2009 war in the Gaza Strip. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/wl_nm/us_cyprus_greece_un nm/20100204/us_cyprus_greece_un Reuters world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:28:26 GMT Reuters - Greece's deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday he was not optimistic about current talks on reuniting Cyprus, describing the latest Turkish Cypriot proposals as "a step back." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/wl_nm/us_yemen_un_holmes nm/20100204/us_yemen_un_holmes Reuters world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:16:28 GMT Reuters - The humanitarian situation in Yemen is worsening, yet donors are shunning the country, putting life-saving programs at risk, the top United Nations aid official said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/wl_nm/us_quake_haiti_billclinton nm/20100203/us_quake_haiti_billclinton Reuters world Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:59:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/wl_nm/us_quake_haiti_billclinton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r3486884539.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=PT1OvfjhrLAvz2TY_EqmAw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Former U.S. President Bill Clinton talks with local aid workers after helping unload a cargo plane at Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti January 18, 2010. REUTERS/Hans Deryk" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United Nations on Wednesday assigned former U.S. President Bill Clinton, now U.N. special envoy to Haiti, to coordinate international relief efforts in the earthquake-devastated country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/wl_nm/us_quake_haiti_billclinton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r3486884539.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=PT1OvfjhrLAvz2TY_EqmAw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former U.S. President Bill Clinton talks with local aid workers after helping unload a cargo plane at Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti January 18, 2010. REUTERS/Hans Deryk" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/ts_nm/us_haiti_un nm/20100203/us_haiti_un Reuters topstories Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:26:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/ts_nm/us_haiti_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r3163943437.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=YU0c.t9smg6WII43b4yg5A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A child carries a bottle of water in Port-au-Prince February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The aid operation in Haiti has been complicated and frustratingly slow, but is making significant progress, particularly in getting food to quake survivors, the top U.N. relief official said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/ts_nm/us_haiti_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r3163943437.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=YU0c.t9smg6WII43b4yg5A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A child carries a bottle of water in Port-au-Prince February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_hamas nm/20100203/us_palestinians_israel_hamas Reuters world Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:07:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_hamas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r2588620885.jpg?x=130&y=107&q=85&sig=2.gy0.DW2gUS_PUweR.Ynw--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gives a speech during the funeral procession for Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Damascus January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Islamist group Hamas on Wednesday formally rejected allegations it had committed war crimes during last year's fighting in Gaza, charges made in a United Nations report.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_hamas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r2588620885.jpg?x=130&y=107&q=85&sig=2.gy0.DW2gUS_PUweR.Ynw--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="photo" title="Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gives a speech during the funeral procession for Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Damascus January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_afp/somaliaunresttollunhcr afp/20100202/somaliaunresttollunhcr AFP world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:46:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_afp/somaliaunresttollunhcr"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265114643708-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NN234b5iXAFF9oyAAl0WMQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Government soldiers ride in the back of a pick-up track as they patrol a market in Mogadishu, in September. Some 258 civilians were killed in clashes between government troops and rebel militia in central Somalia last month, the UNHCR said making January the "deadliest month" since August.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Some 258 civilians were killed in clashes between government troops and rebel militia in central Somalia last month, the UNHCR said Tuesday, making January the deadliest month since August.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_afp/somaliaunresttollunhcr"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265114643708-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NN234b5iXAFF9oyAAl0WMQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Government soldiers ride in the back of a pick-up track as they patrol a market in Mogadishu, in September. Some 258 civilians were killed in clashes between government troops and rebel militia in central Somalia last month, the UNHCR said making January the "deadliest month" since August.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)