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• Immigrant's death shows tensions in N.Y. town
The coffin containing the body of Ecuadorean citizen Marcelo Lucero arrives at Gualaceo, Ecuador, to be cremated, on Wednesday. Lucero, who lived in the U.S., was killed Nov. 8 in Long Island, New York, in what police called a racist attack ...
• Zimbabwe refuses entry to Carter, Annan
Carter and two other members of The Elders group — former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and rights advocate Graca Machel, who is married to Nelson Mandela — had planned to assess the country's humanitarian needs as Zimbabweans are stalked by ...
• U.N. resolution would increase Congo force
UNITED NATIONS - A proposed new U.N. resolution would increase the 17,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in conflict-wracked Congo by about 3,100 troops and police, according to the draft obtained Monday. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the ...
• U.N. climate chief hails Obama commitments
ALGIERS, Algeria - The recent commitments on global warming by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama mark a new beginning for world negotiations to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the head of the U.N.'s climate change body said Wednesday. Obama "indicated ...
• U.N.: Somali pirates hurting their homeland
UNITED NATIONS - Somali pirates preying on international ships are also damaging their homeland's battered economy, worsening the instability that opened the door to piracy and inroads by Islamic extremists, the U.N. chief warned Wednesday. Secretary ...