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    <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2009 12:26:23 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[General Assembly backs findings of UN report into Gaza conflict]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[November  The General Assembly today endorsed the report of the United Nations investigation which found that both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants were guilty of serious human rights violations during the conflict in the Gaza Strip at the start of the year After two days of debate in the Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2009 10:32:04 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran To Accept Un Nuclear Deal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Iran will accept a UN deal on its nuclear programme but only if very important changes are made Iranian state media have reported Al Alam TV quoted informed sources as saying Tehran would respond to the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA deal within  hours Under the draft proposal Iran would send its enriched uranium to Ru ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2009 16:07:18 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yemen : UN releases emergency funds to help people trapped by fighting]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[August  The United Nations has released over  in emergency funding to meet health needs in northern Yemen  the scene of deadly fighting between Government troops and rebels The World Health Organization WHO has received the funds from the Central Emergency Relief Fund CERF to help civilians uprooted by clashes in the AlMalahe ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2009 16:30:14 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UN mission in Lebanon conducts natural disaster response exercise with army]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[August  The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon today wrapped up a twoday largescale disaster response exercise responding to a fictitious earthquake in the south of the country The dry run which the UN Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFIL conducted with the Lebanese Armed Forces LAF tested the forces combined reaction to a ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2009 23:01:48 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top UN envoy condemns 'abhorrent' bombings in Baghdad and Mosul]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[August  A top United Nations official has strongly condemned the recent bombings that targeted worshipers in two of Iraqs major cities leaving dozens of innocent civilians dead or injured At least  people were reportedly killed or wounded as a result of the car bomb that exploded on Friday outside a mosque in the northern city of Mosul  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2009 22:55:15 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UN agency launches scheme in Iraq to improve basic services, housing]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[July  A  million urban development plan aimed at bolstering the delivery of basic services and provision of housing for Iraqs poor and most vulnerable was jointly launched today by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme UNHABITAT and the countrys Government The project of which  million remains unfunded focuses on prov ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2009 21:09:11 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arab Human Development Report 2009 Launched – Subject Human Security]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Human Security offers new way to understand development challenges in Arab regionHuman security is not merely about survival it is about relaunching people at risk on a safer course supported by political economic social and cultural building blocks for a better life BEIRUT  July  In Arab countries a widespre ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2009 09:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA['Many dead' in Iranian air crash]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[At least  passengers and crew are feared dead after a Caspian Airlines plane crashed in the north of Iran state media saysWreckage was spread over a large area in a field in Jannatabad village Qazvin province about  miles km northwest of Tehran state TV saidThe Tupolev aircraft was flying from the Iranian capital  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2009 16:16:08 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraqi Christians need better protection, UN envoy says after deadly bombings]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[July  The top United Nations envoy to Iraq today called for a redoubling of efforts to protect the countrys Christians as well as its other minority communities following a series of orchestrated bombings over the weekend that hit several churches The weekend attacks in the capital Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul reportedly k ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2009 20:05:05 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gaza Residents &#039;live In Despair&#039;]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Committee of the Red Cross has described the  million Palestinians living in Gaza as people trapped in despairIn a report it said that a main cause was the continuing Israeli blockadeThe report came six months after the end of Israels military offensive in Gaza in which at least  Palestinians died ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2009 16:00:48 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran 'arrests UK embassy staff']]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Iran has detained eight local staff at the British embassy in Tehran on accusations of having a role in postelection riots local reports saidThe embassy has not yet confirmed the report from the semiofficial Fars news agency which did not name its sourceRelations between the countries are strained after Tehran accused the UK ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2009 10:41:54 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Middle East, Afghanistan on agenda as Ban heads to Italy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[June  SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon departs later today for Trieste Italy for a series of meetings with international partners focusing on the Middle East and Afghanistan his spokesperson said today On Friday Mr Ban will attend a meeting of the Middle East Quartet which comprises the UN European Union Russia and the United States  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2009 19:00:19 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[At least 19 dead in Iran unrest, hospital sources say]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGlyYW5fcHJvdGVzdHMuanBnfDk4fDc0 width=98 height=74  border=1>Thousands of defiant protesters clashed with police in the streets of Tehran on Saturday in protest of last weeks presidential elections and opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi reportedly said he was ready for martyrdomThe unrest left  people dead hospital sources said Unconfirmed reports put the death toll as high as   ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2009 10:55:57 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mass Opposition Rally In Tehran]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Supporters of Irans defeated presidential candidate are again staging a mass rally in northern Tehran witnesses have told the BBC It comes despite Mir Hossein Mousavis urging his supporters not to risk clashes with demonstrators backing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Supporters of Mr Ahmadinejad earlier held a rally in central Tehran  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2009 13:03:36 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary-General congratulates Lebanon on peaceful parliamentary polls]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[June  Congratulating Lebanon on its peaceful parliamentary elections over the weekend SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon today urged all Lebanese people to cooperate in the spirit of coexistence and democracy In a statement issued by his spokesperson Mr Ban calls on all Lebanese to respect the results voicing hope that the process of go ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2009 22:55:45 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top UN refugee official calls for meeting on Mediterranean irregular migration]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[May  The top United Nations refugee official António Guterres has urged the European Commission EC to convene a gathering bringing together Italy Malta Libya the UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR and others to create a joint response to irregular migration across the Mediterranean Sea The moves comes on the heels of Italys  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2009 13:16:23 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UN peacekeeping chief ‘impressed’ with work of blue helmets in Middle East]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[May  The head of United Nations peacekeeping today praised the efforts of blue helmets in the Middle East who along with their peers in volatile regions such as eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC and Darfur face huge challenges Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York UnderSecretaryGeneral for Peacekeeping Alai ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2009 13:16:23 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UN Security Council calls for immediate Gaza truce]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGdhemFfNDQyOTk4NTUuanBnfDk4fDc0 width=98 height=74  border=1>UNITED NATIONSGAZA Jan  Reuters  The UN Security Council called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip but Israeli warplanes launched intermittent attacks on FridayAfter days of intense haggling the Security Council passed a resolution urging an immediate durable and fully respected ceasefire and for Israel to withdraw from  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2009 06:25:27 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda's 'mild' message to Obama]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XF80NTE4NjY4Ml9vYmFtYV9hZnAyMjYuanBnfDk4fDc0 width=98 height=74  border=1>AlQaeda in Iraq have reacted to the US presidential election by issuing a statement on Friday directed at Presidentelect Barack Obama and his incoming administration The minute audiotape was posted on several jihadist internet websites and includes an audio message from Abu Umar alBaghdadi the pseudonym adopted by the leader of the Isla ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2008 00:28:08 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coalition forces Suffer loss as 40 fuel tankers for Afghanistan are destroyed in bomb blast]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XG5ld3MxOTI2MGZ1ZWwgdGFua2VyIGJsYXN0LmpwZ3w5OHw3NA== width=98 height=74  border=1>Nearly  trucks carrying fuel to USled forces in Afghanistan have been destroyed in two bomb attacks on the Pakistani border Officials say about  people have been injured Local government official Muhammad Iqbal Khan said the blasts late Sunday were from two bombs planted in a parking lot on the Pakistani side of the Torkham customs post  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2008 11:52:58 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush authorised raids on Iranians]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[An order from United States President George Bush authorised a series of US raids against Iranians in Iraq as part of a broad military offensive Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice saidBush issued the order several months ago Rice told the New York Times as she prepared on Friday to visit the Middle East She said the president acted after  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saddam death 'ends dark chapter' (Watch Video)]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XF80MjM5OTEwM19hZnAyMDNib2R5bm9vc2UuanBnfDk4fDc0 width=98 height=74  border=1>Saddam Husseins execution has closed a dark chapter in Iraqs history Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has said Mr Maliki said the former leader had faced his fate like all tyrants Shias celebrated the predawn hanging while some Sunni towns saw protests About  people died in attacks in two mainly Shia areas after the execution  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obituary: Saddam Hussein]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XHNhZGFtaHVzc2Vpbi5qcGd8OTh8NzQ= width=98 height=74  border=1>During more than two decades as leader of Iraq Saddam Husseins violent methods and uncompromising stance thrust his country onto the world stage Saddam Husseins road to absolute power began in Tikrit central Iraq where he was born in His stepfather beat him as a child introducing him to the brutality and bullying which would mar ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The simmering dispute over how Jewish the Jewish state should be]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XDQ5MDZtYTUuanBnfDk4fDc0 width=98 height=74  border=1>WHO is a Jew is again the question splitting Israeli society Last month Israels chief rabbinate proposed legislation denying all converts to Judaism the privilege which they along with born Jews now enjoy of claiming automatic Israeli citizenship under the law of returnThis seemingly selfdefeating moveafter all Israel always want ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mosques hit amid Baghdad clashes]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XF80MjM1NTI2OF9uYWphZl9hcF8yMDNiLmpwZ3w5OHw3NA== width=98 height=74  border=1>Gunmen have attacked a Sunni Arab area of Baghdad burning mosques and homes with at least  people reported killed according to police officials The attacks were in apparent revenge for Thursdays bombings that killed more than  people in the Shia Sadr City district of the Iraqi capital Fleets of vans left Baghdad to take the coffins ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XHNhZGFtIGh1c3NlaW4uanBnfDk4fDc0 width=98 height=74  border=1>The Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday sentenced former President Saddam Hussein and two other defendants to death by hanging for a brutal crackdown in  in the Shiite town of DujailIraqis under a curfew in Baghdad spilled out onto the capitals streets in celebration of the verdict news footage showedAlong with Hussein his halfbrother ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[US issues Lebanon 'plot' warning]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XF80MjI2NTg4Nl9oYXJpcmlfYWZwMjAzYi5qcGd8OTh8NzQ= width=98 height=74  border=1>The United States has said there is mounting evidence that Syria Iran and Hezbollah are planning to topple the Lebanese government The White House said Syria hoped to stop the formation of an international tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri Spokesman Tony Snow said any attempt to destabilise the Le ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Administration Mum on Isreali Plans For Wider Assault In Lebanon]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[    <img style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" align=left src=http://img.modernghana.com/thumb_rss.aspx?img=XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGJ1c2guanBnfDk4fDc0 width=98 height=74  border=1>WASHINGTON United States AP  The Bush administration yesterday had no public comment on a possible wider Israeli assault in Lebanon an attempt to further damage Hezbollah before a ceasefire is imposedIsraels Security Cabinet overwhelmingly decided yesterday to send troops deeper into Lebanon in a major expansion of the ground war but i ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Israeli regret over Qana bombing]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Israel would not have bombed a building in the Lebanese village of Qana on Sunday had it known civilians were inside a military statement saysFollowing an inquiry into the attack the army said it believed the building housed militants and accused Hezbollah of using civilians as human shieldsThe initial death toll was put at  with ma ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seven killed in Gaza air strikes]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[At least seven people including a child have been killed in an Israeli operation in the southern Gaza Strip Palestinian officials have saidWitnesses said about  tanks backed by bulldozers pushed further into Gaza taking up positions near RafahThe Israeli military said it carried out air strikes on militant targets including a gro ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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