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• Spread of nuclear capability feared
VIENNA - At least 40 developing countries from the Persian Gulf region to Latin America have recently approached U.N. officials here to signal interest in starting nuclear power programs, a trend that concerned proliferation experts say could provide ...
• First U.S. aid plane lands in Myanmar
The U.N. said about 2 million people were severely affected by the storm. "A natural disaster is turning into a humanitarian catastrophe of genuinely epic proportions in significant part because of the malign neglect of the regime," said British ...
• U.N. aid used by junta for propaganda
May 9: The U.N. pressures the government of Myanmar to widen its doors to aid. NBC's Ian Williams reports. YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military rulers held elections aimed at solidifying their hold on power, while brazenly turning cyclone relief ...
• Kosovo's Serbs vote in Serbia's elections
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Serbs in newly independent Kosovo cast ballots for Serbia's elections Sunday — a vote U.N. officials branded as illegal. The U.N. administration in Kosovo allowed Serbs to cast ballots but said the vote for municipal leaders was ...
• Taxpayers cut out of rebate program
I would have fed this economy as well," said Shelat, an Indian chemical engineer living with his wife and two children in the Buffalo, N.Y.-area.