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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2177 world United Nations en-us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:14:59 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2177 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_af/af_congo_un ap/20091103/af_congo_un AP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:14:59 GMT AP - A top human rights group is accusing the Congolese military of killing more than 500 civilians in eastern Congo and says the U.N. peacekeeping force in the area did nothing to stop the soldiers from decapitating men and raping young girls. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_us/un_un_peacebuilding_lennon ap/20091103/un_un_peacebuilding_lennon AP us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:47:53 GMT AP - John Lennon's widow and two sons are donating the proceeds from the 40th anniversary release of the hit "Give Peace a Chance" to a U.N. peacebuilding fund used to help countries emerging from conflict, the fund announced Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus afp/20091103/nkoreanuclearweaponsus AFP politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:04:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257278336246-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=H7qqIxEsG0Qa5t0PBtxQ9A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This handout photo taken in January 2009 shows unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse at North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon. North Korea's plutonium production for atomic weapons "runs counter" to its nuclear disarmament commitments and "violates" UN Security Council resolutions, the State Department said Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/South Korean Foreign Ministry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - North Korea's plutonium production for atomic weapons "runs counter" to its disarmament commitments and "violates" UN Security Council resolutions, the State Department said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257278336246-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=H7qqIxEsG0Qa5t0PBtxQ9A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="This handout photo taken in January 2009 shows unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse at North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon. North Korea's plutonium production for atomic weapons "runs counter" to its nuclear disarmament commitments and "violates" UN Security Council resolutions, the State Department said Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/South Korean Foreign Ministry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/un_un_global_wages ap/20091103/un_un_global_wages AP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:41:48 GMT AP - Real wages fell in the United States and some other wealthy nations in the second quarter of the year, raising questions about whether workers are sharing in any economic recovery, the U.N. labor agency said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wl_nm/us_rwanda_genocide nm/20091103/us_rwanda_genocide Reuters world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:01:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wl_nm/us_rwanda_genocide"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r969146372.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=CzjenKnC98qFRNijF0b8GA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Rwandan genocide survivor Pacific Rutaganda, 48, is seen in this February 2004 file picture looking out of the door of a church full with human skulls and bones in the town of Ntarama where he survived an ethnic massacre that killed several hundred people during the central African country's 1994 genocide. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United Nations genocide court in Tanzania is reneging on its promise to transfer Rwandan convicts to serve the remainder of their sentences in their homeland, Rwanda's justice minister said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wl_nm/us_rwanda_genocide"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r969146372.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=CzjenKnC98qFRNijF0b8GA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rwandan genocide survivor Pacific Rutaganda, 48, is seen in this February 2004 file picture looking out of the door of a church full with human skulls and bones in the town of Ntarama where he survived an ethnic massacre that killed several hundred people during the central African country's 1994 genocide. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaun afp/20091103/mideastconflictgazaun AFP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:39:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257244462186-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=yB0PgFm_.q0Bnf3zDfLQ0A--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Palestinian civilians flee during an Israeli strike on the Gaza strip town of Beit Lahia in January 2009. Arab delegates to the United Nations are floating a draft resolution that would require UN chief Ban Ki-moon to bring a damning report on the Gaza war before the Security Council.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Arab delegates to the United Nations are floating a draft resolution that would require UN chief Ban Ki-moon to bring a damning report on the Gaza war before the Security Council.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257244462186-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=yB0PgFm_.q0Bnf3zDfLQ0A--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="Palestinian civilians flee during an Israeli strike on the Gaza strip town of Beit Lahia in January 2009. Arab delegates to the United Nations are floating a draft resolution that would require UN chief Ban Ki-moon to bring a damning report on the Gaza war before the Security Council.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan ap/20091102/as_pakistan AP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:20:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.5e16dd5e40014b408b5eb9ef5327a754.pakistan_anj111.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=xjV5uPWfCw4IaK4W51NY2A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Pakistani rescue workers remove a body from the site of a bomb explosion outside a bank in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. A suicide bombing occurred outside a bank near Pakistan's capital Monday, as the U.N. said spreading violence had forced it to pull out some expatriate staff and suspend long-term development work in areas along the Afghan border. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)" border="0" /></a>AP - A suicide bomb killed 35 people near Pakistan's military headquarters Monday while a second blast wounded several police, continuing a wave of terrorism that prompted the United Nations to suspend long-term development work near the Afghan border.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.5e16dd5e40014b408b5eb9ef5327a754.pakistan_anj111.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=xjV5uPWfCw4IaK4W51NY2A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani rescue workers remove a body from the site of a bomb explosion outside a bank in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. A suicide bombing occurred outside a bank near Pakistan's capital Monday, as the U.N. said spreading violence had forced it to pull out some expatriate staff and suspend long-term development work in areas along the Afghan border. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_re_eu/eu_un_nuclear_iran ap/20091102/eu_un_nuclear_iran AP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:18:33 GMT AP - The head of the U.N. nuclear agency urged Iran on Monday to clarify its response amid mixed signals over a U.S.-backed proposal that would have Tehran ship most of its nuclear material abroad for processing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_un nm/20091102/us_palestinians_israel_un Reuters world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:54:21 GMT Reuters - Arab U.N. delegates circulated a draft resolution on Monday that would require Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to bring a U.N. report alleging war crimes in the Gaza Strip before the Security Council. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_afp/iraqunrest afp/20091102/iraqunrest AFP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:19:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_afp/iraqunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257190889684-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Is13yhfOmYTWKYb5jmiYPQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Iraqi policeman stands guard out side the Justice Ministry, destroyed in a suicide bombing last week, in central Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed Monday to the United Nations to take action against Iraq's neighbours for meddling in its internal affairs as he met with a UN special envoy.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed on Monday to the United Nations to take action against Iraq's neighbours he accused of meddling in its internal affairs as he met a UN special envoy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_afp/iraqunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257190889684-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Is13yhfOmYTWKYb5jmiYPQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iraqi policeman stands guard out side the Justice Ministry, destroyed in a suicide bombing last week, in central Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed Monday to the United Nations to take action against Iraq's neighbours for meddling in its internal affairs as he met with a UN special envoy.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_asia_afp/pakistanunrest afp/20091102/pakistanunrest AFP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:00:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_asia_afp/pakistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257175119457-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=rcuPZxj8e5p_vZZjz.RT1A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Pakistani men try to identify their relatives at a hospital morgue after a suicide bomb blast in Rawalpindi. A suicide bomber targeted workers queuing for their salaries outside a Pakistani bank and hotel, killing 35 people, as the United Nations pulled expatriate staff from the northwest.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A suicide bomber targeted workers queuing for their salaries outside a Pakistani bank and hotel on Monday, killing 35 people as the United Nations pulled expatriate staff from the northwest.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_asia_afp/pakistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257175119457-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=rcuPZxj8e5p_vZZjz.RT1A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani men try to identify their relatives at a hospital morgue after a suicide bomb blast in Rawalpindi. A suicide bomber targeted workers queuing for their salaries outside a Pakistani bank and hotel, killing 35 people, as the United Nations pulled expatriate staff from the northwest.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanvoteunban afp/20091102/afghanistanvoteunban AFP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:14:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanvoteunban"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257163736441-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=1k0GwoMAoRvQTr3OSs2sRg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (left) shakes hands with Afghan opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah prior to talks in Kabul. Election organisers have declared Hamid Karzai the Afghan president for a second term, cancelling a one-man presidential run-off following a diplomatic push led by Ban.(AFP/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United Nations will respect and support any decision by the Afghan Independent Election Commission on whether to organise a run-off presidential ballot, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanvoteunban"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257163736441-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=1k0GwoMAoRvQTr3OSs2sRg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (left) shakes hands with Afghan opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah prior to talks in Kabul. Election organisers have declared Hamid Karzai the Afghan president for a second term, cancelling a one-man presidential run-off following a diplomatic push led by Ban.(AFP/Shah Marai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsdiplomacybritainrussia afp/20091102/irannuclearpoliticsdiplomacybritainrussia AFP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:59:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsdiplomacybritainrussia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257155495619-2-0.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=MTzsXkuBXFvAA04.hVO9PA--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband enter a room for a meeting in Moscow. Britain and Russia both demand that Iran give a a "prompt response" to a United Nations-drafted nuclear fuel deal, Miliband said on a visit to Moscow.(AFP/Alexander Nemenov)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Britain and Russia both demand that Iran give a a prompt response to a United Nations-drafted nuclear fuel deal, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on a visit to Moscow Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsdiplomacybritainrussia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257155495619-2-0.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=MTzsXkuBXFvAA04.hVO9PA--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="photo" title="Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband enter a room for a meeting in Moscow. Britain and Russia both demand that Iran give a a "prompt response" to a United Nations-drafted nuclear fuel deal, Miliband said on a visit to Moscow.(AFP/Alexander Nemenov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/wl_nm/us_afghanistan nm/20091102/us_afghanistan Reuters world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:25:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/wl_nm/us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r312179414.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=TTVEg1185QCnc5RHKAfk6Q--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (C) interacts with members of the media after a news conference in Kabul November 3, 2009. Re-elected Afghan President Karzai vowed to form an inclusive government on Tuesday after stern warnings from Western supporters he would have to work harder to root out corruption. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as Afghanistan's president after a run-off vote was canceled, but he faced stern warnings he will have to work harder to retain the West's support after a flawed electoral process.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/wl_nm/us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r312179414.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=TTVEg1185QCnc5RHKAfk6Q--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (C) interacts with members of the media after a news conference in Kabul November 3, 2009. Re-elected Afghan President Karzai vowed to form an inclusive government on Tuesday after stern warnings from Western supporters he would have to work harder to root out corruption. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanvoteun afp/20091102/afghanistanvoteun AFP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:13:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanvoteun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257145098765-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8G79v8GIxdXEQ0M6ouAhjQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on Monday to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)" border="0" /></a>AFP - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kabul Monday for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai after his sole rival in a run-off election withdrew from the contest, a UN statement said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanvoteun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257145098765-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8G79v8GIxdXEQ0M6ouAhjQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on Monday to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091101/wl_nm/us_congo_democratic_un nm/20091101/us_congo_democratic_un Reuters world Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:57:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091101/wl_nm/us_congo_democratic_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257188896712-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=jzm3KpxQaN32CTZQifDogQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) shakes hands with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila in Harare. Zimbabwe's neighbours Monday intensified efforts to break an impasse threatening a fragile unity government, as Kabila met with feuding leaders and a new summit was set for this week.(AFP/Jekesai Njikizana)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lack of much needed aircraft that U.N. member states were meant to donate has hampered the ability of a Congo peacekeeping force to protect civilians, the U.N.'s head of peacekeeping said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091101/wl_nm/us_congo_democratic_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257188896712-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=jzm3KpxQaN32CTZQifDogQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) shakes hands with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila in Harare. Zimbabwe's neighbours Monday intensified efforts to break an impasse threatening a fragile unity government, as Kabila met with feuding leaders and a new summit was set for this week.(AFP/Jekesai Njikizana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_un_attack ap/20091031/as_afghan_un_attack AP world Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:51:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_un_attack"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091031/capt.e1a370b140d245138b739871311ed1be.afghanistan_un_attack_fw103.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=oUievQ4RFNrjIsmEQxFfoA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A picture of an Afghan man who was arrested related to the attack on the guest house for U.N. staff on Wednesday projected during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities have arrested eight people, including one in Saudi Arabia, in connection with this week's deadly attack on a guest house used by United Nations employees, the Afghan intelligence chief said Saturday. He said those arrested claimed the assailants came from Pakistan's Swat Valley.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_un_attack"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091031/capt.e1a370b140d245138b739871311ed1be.afghanistan_un_attack_fw103.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=oUievQ4RFNrjIsmEQxFfoA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A picture of an Afghan man who was arrested related to the attack on the guest house for U.N. staff on Wednesday projected during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_re_as/un_un_afghanistan_election ap/20091031/un_un_afghanistan_election AP world Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:57:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_re_as/un_un_afghanistan_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091031/capt.571bac44b0914f8d9fbdb39e7fd86a76.afghanistan_election_ny138.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=aQh_7GF2YJthER9VBfbsHw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 picture, Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan foreign minister who ran against President Hamid Karzai in August's vote, gives a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week's presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of the talks said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0" /></a>AP - Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week's presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of the talks said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_re_as/un_un_afghanistan_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091031/capt.571bac44b0914f8d9fbdb39e7fd86a76.afghanistan_election_ny138.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=aQh_7GF2YJthER9VBfbsHw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 picture, Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan foreign minister who ran against President Hamid Karzai in August's vote, gives a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week's presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of the talks said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_re_us/us_un_security_guard_miami ap/20091030/us_un_security_guard_miami AP us Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:17:48 GMT AP - A United Nations security guard from Miami who died fighting Taliban attackers at a hotel in Afghanistan is being hailed as a hero by top U.N. staff for the lives he and another guard helped save. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_re_us/un_un_afghanistan ap/20091030/un_un_afghanistan AP us Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:37:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_re_us/un_un_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091030/capt.f7c841415b81485ca61c3bcb3e8e59a0.afghanistan_fw101.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=aQMeWgqnn3T2tmGzMudjRw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="An Afghan boy walks by a guarded entrance of a guest house for U.N. staff, which was attacked Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed for more security personnel to protect U.N. staff and facilities in Afghanistan, especially in the run-up to next week's election. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0" /></a>AP - The United Nations demanded to know Friday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with U.N. staff in Kabul.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/un/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_re_us/un_un_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091030/capt.f7c841415b81485ca61c3bcb3e8e59a0.afghanistan_fw101.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=aQMeWgqnn3T2tmGzMudjRw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan boy walks by a guarded entrance of a guest house for U.N. staff, which was attacked Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed for more security personnel to protect U.N. staff and facilities in Afghanistan, especially in the run-up to next week's election. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)