Saturday, December 18, 2010

As UN and US Deal with Gbagbo Diplomats, Protesters Hit Angola Link, Council in DC

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 13 -- As in Abidjan Laurent Gbagbo's soldiers had a stand off with UN peace...

At UN Amid WikiLeaks, of Brazil & Iran, Uribe & Other War Criminals, ICC & Sandwich 2ble Standards: UN Odds & Ends

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By Matthew Russell Lee, News Muse UNITED NATIONS, December 11 -- Amid UN news of Sudan, Haiti and Cote d'Ivoire there are s...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

As US at UN Selectively Touts Its Advocacy for Gays, Positions on Executions Questioned

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 10 -- When a reference to protect lesbians and gays was removed from a draft re...

At UN, Condi Got Gambari Fired from Burma, Similar Suck Up to Sudan Still Unacted On

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 11 -- UN official Ibrahim Gambari was targeted for firing by the previous US ad...

On Haiti, UN Role in Recount Unclear, US Mirrors UN On Cholera Origins

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 10 -- Fresh from the snafu of UN's involvement in Cote d'Ivoire's c...

As India Joins UNSC It Questions Myanmar Threat & Bashir Indictment

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 10 -- On issues ranging from Sudan to Myanmar, India joining the UN Security Co...

At UN, Israel's Reuben Trashes Ging on Gaza, Questions Erdogan Connections, Flotilla Report Delayed

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 10 -- Israel's current lead Ambassador to the UN didn't mince his words...

Chez Susan Rice, Cote d'Ivoire Plots, Sudan Greets and Meats, UN Holidays

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 9 -- The Ambassadors of Sudan and Cote d'Ivoire were among the guests at US...

On Darfur, As UNAMID Covers Up Killings by Sudan, ICC Reports Them

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 9 -- After the UN refused to release what it knows about the killing of civilia...

Second Term Fever of Pillay & Ban Triggers Snub of Liu Xiaobo, "UN" Prize to Tiananmen General Chi Haotian

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 9 -- Why did Ban Ki-moon and now Navi Pillay hide from the Nobel Peace Prize a...

As Haiti Burns and Suffers, UN Stonewalls on Voting and Cholera in Camp Corail

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 8 -- Amid protests of electoral fraud in Haiti , the UN finds itself hindered b...

UN Council Agrees After 5 Days to Cote d'Ivoire Statement on Ouattara Win

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 8 -- After five days of negotiations , the UN Security Council at 6:30 Wednesda...

At UN on Cote d'Ivoire, Russian Expert Stood Up to UK & Susan Rice, No “Note taker”

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 8 -- As the dust begins to settle on the Security Council's five day stando...

At UN, Cote d'Ivoire Deal Mirroring ECOWAS Looms, Battle for Credit Begins

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 8, updated -- On Cote d'Ivoire as the Security Council inched toward a deal...

On Sudan, As US Says No Abyei Referendum Jan 9, UN Silent, on Darfur Killings Too

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 8 -- On Abyei, the day after US State Department spokesman PPJ Crowley told the...

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At UN on Cote D'Ivoire, Russia Remains Firm, Sends "Note Taker," Test for Rice? By Matthew Russell Lee ...

As Sudan Bombs, UN Stonewalls, US Dodges

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 7 -- On Sudan, the UN turns away from killing and abuse while the US downplays ...