Sunday, February 27, 2011

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With UN Panel Blocked from Sri Lanka, Ban Says “There Was An Agreement"

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 8 -- On Sri Lanka, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday insisted to Inne...

On Thai - Cambodia, UN Moves for Monday Council Meeting, With ASEAN

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 8 -- A day after the UN Security Council did not act on Cambodia's request ...

EU's Ashton, Who Cut Sri Lanka's GSP Plus, Says Rajapaksa Blocks Inquiries, While Ban Praises His "Flexibility"

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 8 -- While UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praises Sri Lanka president Mahinda...

As UN Says It Will Return $180 M in Peacekeeping Leftovers, It Has Yet to Account for $100 M Security “Earmark” from US

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, February 8 -- The day before the US House of Representatives is slated to con...

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On Thai - Cambodia, UNSC Defers to ASEAN's Natalegawa, UN Replacement? By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, ...

As UN Won't Account for US Tax Fund, $100 M Earmark for Security Questioned

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 7 -- As in Washington the House of Representatives prepares to vote on a propo...

On Sri Lanka War Crimes, UN's Ban at Oxford Listed 2005 Trip for S. Korea, Now His Panel Offers Mere Video Call

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 7 -- “I visited Sri Lanka twice” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Febru...

As Congo Arrests American for Gold Trade, UN's Meece Knows Little, No LRA

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 7 -- Last week in Eastern Congo, four foreigners were arrested for illegal gold...

At UN on Thai - Cambodia, 2 Council Members Said to Want Meeting, Not ASEAN Deferral

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, February 7 -- After Cambodia's prime...

As Thai - Cambodia Fighting Escalates, UN & Its Council Unresponsive, Repetition?

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 6 -- As fighting escalates between Thailand and Cambodia, the UN and its Securi...

“The Subprime Virus” Omits the Activist Cure, Mystification in CFPB Republic

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By Matthew R. Lee SOUTH BRONX NY, February 6 -- Given the role of predatory lending in the financial meltdown that still haunts...

As Egypt's IMF Rep Quits, Its Ambassador Wants UN Job Like Choi - & Kouchner?

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 6 -- With Egypt's Permanent Representative to the UN Maged A. Abdelaziz set...

Blocked from Sri Lanka, UN Panel Offers Video Conference or Written Questions

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, February 5 -- Seven weeks after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ...

JPM Chase Closing Mission Accounts Not Solved In Closed UN Meeting

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, February 4 -- The move by JPMorgan Chase to close the accounts of many countr...

At UN, Gay Rights Group Loses 9-7 in NGO Committee, Sudan Wins, Egypt Speaks

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 4 -- The International Lesbian and Gay Association has been applying to ten yea...

At UN, Ouattara's Bamba Says Month Too Long, Chad Too Far, Gbagbo Cut Lights

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 4 -- As the UN Security Council agreed on elements to the press deferring to t...

As UN Says Panel Sri Lanka Visit “Desirable But Not Essential,” Ban Ki-moon Gets Protested

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 4 -- After the UN has repeatedly said that travel to Sri Lanka by Secretary Gen...