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US spy agency accused of bugging UN headquarters

The US National Security Agency has bugged the United Nations’ New York headquarters, Germany’s Der Spiegel weekly said yesterday in the latest in a series of reports on US spying that has strained relations between Washington and its allies.

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Un war crimes tribunal reinstates genocide charge against Radovan Karadzic

Appeals judges at the United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have reinstated a genocide charge against Radovan Karadzic linked to a campaign of killing and mistreating non-Serbs at the start of the Bosnian war in 1992.

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Explosion hits central Nigeria

An explosion has struck a city in central Nigeria, causing unknown injuries, police said.

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Nine killed as sect attacks town in Nigeria

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Strife-torn Nigerian city hit by bomb attacks

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Nigeria bomb toll rises to 23

UN blast death toll rises to 23

The death toll has risen to 23, two days after a car bombing at the United Nations’ Nigeria headquarters, a UN spokesman said.

Sun, 28 Aug, 2011

Security tightened after UN HQ bomb

Security around Nigeria’s capital has been tightened the day after a car bomb exploded at the United Nations’ main headquarters in Abuja, killing at least 18 people in one of the deadliest assaults on the international body in a decade.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2011

Death toll from Nigeria bombing rises to 16

At least 16 people have died in a car bomb attack on the United Nations’ offices in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2011

Iraqi military captures militant leader

Iraqi authorities say they have captured a senior leader of a militant group linked to al-Qaida in Iraq.

Sat, 16 Jan, 2010

Protests from NY to Cambodia urge intervention in Darfur

With thousands of people gathered in Central Park to protest against the violence in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, one speaker likened the destruction there to the Holocaust.

Mon, 18 Sep, 2006

Lebanon: Syrian denies threatening murdered PM

A Syrian minister denied threatening assassinated Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, as the US and Britain called for an international stand against Damascus.

Mon, 24 Oct, 2005

Secret bug found in Swiss UN offices

A secret listening device has been found at the Geneva offices of the United Nations.

Fri, 17 Dec, 2004

Boy dies in West Bank raid

The Israeli army carried out a sweeping raid against militants in the West Bank today, killing four people and destroying a building that was home to 60.

Mon, 01 Dec, 2003

Fury as Governor-General not sacked after paedophile scandal

Anglican bishops joined calls for the Queen’s representative in Australia to resign today, only hours after prime minister John Howard met the monarch in London.

Wed, 07 May, 2003

One injured in Kabul UN house blast

A bomb exploded in a drainage ditch in front of a United Nations’ guest house in Kabul today, injuring at least one Afghan civilian.

Sun, 25 Aug, 2002