en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/nations/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/kosovo_pushes_for_global_recogni/ Kosovo on Monday began its campaign for global recognition a day after declaring independence from Serbia, but bitter divisions in the European Union and United Nations raised the specter of conflict over the Balkan territory. Facing severe economic probl news world 2008-02-18 08:17:53 http://www.newsique.com/world/kosovo_pushes_for_global_recogni/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/18/kosovo.independence/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [16] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/kosovo_pushes_for_global_recogni/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/crunch_time_for_climate_change/ United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has opened high-level talks at the climate change conference in Bali with a call to action. He said that if no action were taken, the world would face impacts such as drought, famine and rising sea levels. news world 2007-12-12 08:20:04 http://www.newsique.com/world/crunch_time_for_climate_change/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7139676.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/crunch_time_for_climate_change/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_official_stonewalls_us_on_n_k/ Something like open warfare has broken out between U.S. diplomats at the United Nations and top officials of the controversy-ridden United Nations Development Program, the U.N.’s flagship anti-poverty agency. At bottom, the issue involves UNDP operat news world 2007-06-16 01:15:06 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_official_stonewalls_us_on_n_k/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,283075,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Important [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_official_stonewalls_us_on_n_k/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/46_of_49_nations_ok_ban_on_clust/ Forty-six nations adopted a declaration Friday calling for a 2008 treaty banning cluster bombs, saying the weapons kill and maim long after conflicts end and inflict "unacceptable harm" on civilians, particularly children. Some key arms makers — incl news world 2007-02-23 09:43:32 http://www.newsique.com/world/46_of_49_nations_ok_ban_on_clust/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_re_eu/norway_cluster_bombs;_ylt=Ai51RjKPdBd6UcI0e4tEt9ms0NUE http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [12] 90 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/46_of_49_nations_ok_ban_on_clust/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_says_global_warming_in_han/ Rich nations are responsible for greenhouse gases fuelling global warming, China said on Tuesday, urging them to cut emissions and deflecting questions about whether Beijing will accept limits. news world 2007-02-06 09:28:27 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_says_global_warming_in_han/ Reuters http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-02-06T095639Z_01_PEK279914_RTRUKOC_0_US-GLOBALWARMING-CHINA.xml&src=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/reuters/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_says_global_warming_in_han/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/stop_spanking_kids_un_envoy/ Canada should repeal the law that allows parents to spank and physically discipline their children, United Nations special envoy Stephen Lewis told a world forum on child welfare yesterday. news world 2006-11-24 00:29:27 http://www.newsique.com/world/stop_spanking_kids_un_envoy/ Canada.com http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?id=e63286de-120f-478e-8657-0152fe5dc7c2&k=96010 http://www.newsique.com/sources/canada/ 96 Under Rated [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/stop_spanking_kids_un_envoy/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/silent_tsunami_of_hunger_seen/ Tackling hunger is a moral challenge to each of us and it is also a threat to the political and economic stability of nations," Brown said. Malaysia's embattled prime minister is already under pressure over the price increases and has launched a major news world 2008-04-23 08:17:17 http://www.newsique.com/world/silent_tsunami_of_hunger_seen/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24262084/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/silent_tsunami_of_hunger_seen/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/rice_in_afghanistan_to_press_for/ All 26 NATO nations have soldiers in Afghanistan and all agree the mission is their top priority. But the refusal of European allies to send more combat troops is forcing an already stretched U.S. military focused on the Iraq war to fill the gap, and stra news world 2008-02-07 08:18:29 http://www.newsique.com/world/rice_in_afghanistan_to_press_for/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23027475/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/rice_in_afghanistan_to_press_for/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/gas_cut_targets_too_ambitious/ Speakers also called on quickly developing nations, such as China, to rein in high levels of pollution. Binsar Bakkara / APA delegate to the U.N. climate conference walks past a sign put up by an environmental group Wednesday in Bali.The most poignant news world 2007-12-12 08:15:49 http://www.newsique.com/world/gas_cut_targets_too_ambitious/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22199230/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/gas_cut_targets_too_ambitious/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/two_koreas_agree_rail_timetable/ North and South Korea have agreed a timetable for establishing cargo rail services between their two nations, the first for more than 50 years. Trains will begin crossing the border on 11 December, connecting South Korea with an industrial zone in the news world 2007-11-16 08:27:08 http://www.newsique.com/world/two_koreas_agree_rail_timetable/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7096004.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/two_koreas_agree_rail_timetable/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/world_leaders_target_climate_cha/ With tales of rising seas and talk of human solidarity, world leaders at the first United Nations climate summit sought Monday to put new urgency into global talks to reduce global-warming emissions. What’s needed is “action, action, action,” Cal news world 2007-09-25 08:23:01 http://www.newsique.com/world/world_leaders_target_climate_cha/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20951571/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/world_leaders_target_climate_cha/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/eu_us_to_share_passenger_data/ Ambassadors from European Union nations on Friday backed a deal with the United States on the sharing of trans-Atlantic air passenger data that Washington says is needed to help fight terrorism, diplomats said. Envoys from the EU's 27 nations reached a news world 2007-06-29 08:16:18 http://www.newsique.com/world/eu_us_to_share_passenger_data/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/29/europe.data.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/eu_us_to_share_passenger_data/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/deadlock_on_elephant_ivory_deal/ African nations failed to find a compromise on the ivory trade after negotiations continued into the early hours at a wildlife trade meeting. Southern African countries want to expand ivory exports, other nations want a complete ban for many years. news world 2007-06-13 12:54:28 http://www.newsique.com/world/deadlock_on_elephant_ivory_deal/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6747091.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/deadlock_on_elephant_ivory_deal/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/us_adds_7_nations_to_human_traff/ The Bush administration on Tuesday added seven nations, including several key U.S. allies in the Middle East, to its human trafficking blacklist for failing to halt what it called the scourge of "modern-day slavery." Countries on the list are subject t news world 2007-06-12 16:40:24 http://www.newsique.com/world/us_adds_7_nations_to_human_traff/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281226,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/us_adds_7_nations_to_human_traff/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/african_nations_refigure_elephan/ African nations struggled to find a compromise Monday for managing the ivory trade and elephant populations, which are exploding in some countries on the continent and being poached to their limits in others. European mediators at the talks suggested t news world 2007-06-11 15:41:34 http://www.newsique.com/world/african_nations_refigure_elephan/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/06/11/elephants.ivory.endangered.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/african_nations_refigure_elephan/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_in_rift_over_zimbabwe/ A major rift between the West and Africa was exposed at the United Nations this weekend as Zimbabwe was controversially elected as head of the UN's main environment body. Diplomats from the European Union and the US had strongly objected to a country t opinion world 2007-05-13 00:27:46 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_in_rift_over_zimbabwe/ Guardian Unlimited http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2078488,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Interesting [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_in_rift_over_zimbabwe/#comments