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Supply plane for peacekeepers shot down in Somalia

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 4:21pm neoform
CNN -- A cargo plane that had delivered equipment for Ugandan peacekeepers in the Somali capital was shot down by a missile during takeoff Friday, the owner of the plane said. A witness said the aircraft crashed in flames after one of its wings fell into the Ind.. Read More
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Peacekeepers 'abusing children'

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue May 27, 2008 @ 8:23am neoform
BBC News -- Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says a leading UK charity. Children in post-conflict areas are being abused by the very people drafted into such zones to help look after them, says Save the Children... Read More
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Rights groups: U.N. troops traded arms for gold

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 4:04pm neoform
CNN -- U.N. peacekeepers from Pakistan trafficked arms for gold with a militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights groups said Wednesday, adding a U.N. inquiry into the affair was deliberately slowed. The United Nations denied any arms were hand.. Read More
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AU Somalia peacekeepers killed

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed May 16, 2007 @ 5:01pm neoform
BBC News -- Four African Union soldiers have been killed after a roadside bomb struck their convoy while on patrol at the north of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. AU spokesman Paddy Ankunda said five other soldiers were injured in the explosion targeted at the peace.. Read More
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Sinai crash kills 9 peacekeepers

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun May 6, 2007 @ 12:23pm neoform
CNN -- Nine foreign peacekeepers, including French and Canadian soldiers, were killed Sunday when a French plane attached to the Sinai's multinational peacekeeping force crashed in a remote, mountainous area of the desert, the force's spokesman and police said... Read More
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Sexual misconduct by U.N. peacekeepers

CONFLICTS / OPINION Tue Dec 26, 2006 @ 8:42pm neoform
english.ohmynews.com -- Children raped. Girls forced to trade sex for food. Women assaulted at gunpoint. Is this the behavior one would expect from the United Nations peacekeeping missions?.. Read More
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