Saturday, November 13, 2010

At UN, Transformers 3 Is Filmed, Truth Transformed, Is Ban a Decepticon?

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, November 13 -- Transformers 3 is filming in the UN today. The mid...

In NY, Spanish Civil War Photos Scream of Propaganda, Echo Sudan & Sri Lanka

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Review NEW YORK, November 13 -- Even undoctored photographs can serve as propaganda. The Spanish Civil ...

At UN, As Serbia Complains of Telecom Cut in Kosovo, Few Are Listening

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 12 -- While the UN's reports on Kosovo and the resulting public Security Co...

In Sudan, UN Blind, Deaf & Dumb on Fighting in Darfur, Relocation of UN Protected Refugees

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 12 -- In Darfur, the UN and its peacekeeping mission UNAMID appear to not watch...

On W. Sahara, UN “Has No Firsthand Knowledge,” Used YouTube to Report

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 12 -- With the death count in the camps in Western Sahara unclear, and the UN...

On Sri Lanka, UN Says Panel Might Consider New Photos, But No Comment

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 12 -- In the wake of more photographs depicting mass murders in the final stage...

For UN's Nov 16 Sudan Meeting UK Plays Hide the Ball With Invitations and Darfur, Hillary to Come?

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 11, updated -- The UK called Sudan their priority when they took over the Pres...

Sudan Death Sentences Met with UN Silence, LRA in Darfur Called Unconfirmed

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 11 -- With authorities in Sudan condemning to death some 20 alleged rebels , In...

At UN, Good Office on Myanmar Unit Works Instead on Island, Tonga, Sources Say, Nambiar Did Not Visit Burma

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 10, updated -- Before and now after Myanmar's November 7 election, the UN...

On Sudan, Susan Rice Defends Decoupling Darfur from Terror Sanctions, Karti Not Invited

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 10 -- With killing in Darfur escalating and internally displaced pe...

On Western Sahara, As UN Council Weighs Early Briefing on Morocco Violence, France Claims Not Political, Ross Without Agenda

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 10 -- As Morocco has attacked demonstrators' camps in Western Sahara, the S...

UN G-20 Team Cuts Out UNDP & Jomo, Ban 2d Term in View, DC House Looming

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in South Korean for the G-20 m...

At UN on Myanmar, Critique of Nambiar, Plea for Refugees in Thailand, Council Delay

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- In the months leading to Myanmar's military heavy election on November...

In Darfur, UN Amos Not Meeting IDP Leaders Remains a Mystery, Politics Alleged

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- In Darfur at first when leaders of the Al Salam camp for internally displa...

On Congo Rapes, UN Stalled By Fear of Equipment Theft, Wallstrom's Not on Haiti

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- In the wake of the scandal of UN peacekeepers' inaction in Eastern Con...

In Ban's UN, Korean Press Wars & Bed Bugs in BBC & NHK, No Q&A With Ban in Seoul

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- The UN's relations with the Press range from bugs to snubs to turf war...

As Musharraf Campaign Stops on Park Ave at CFR, Coups, Cases & Debt Scoffed At, Osama Likened to Che Guevara

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 9 -- Pervez Musharraf is on a roll, or thinks he is. After launching his All Pa...

On Darfur, UN Confirms Amos Meeting Canceled, Blames IDP Splits Not Sudan Arrests

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 8 -- With UN Humanitarian Coordinator Valerie Amos in Darfur's Al Salam cam...

At UN, Censorship Alleged by Staff Union, Job Action Planned at ILO, Ban Flies Away

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 8 -- With UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon lurching from one trip to another , ...