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September 02, 2010, 11:39 PM EDT Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization called a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the global cereal markets as Russia extended a grain-export b...

The GuardianIn a snub, Pakistan asks India to send aid through UNHindustan TimesA view of destruction caused by heavy flooding in Nowshera, Pakistan. The death toll from massive... Pakistan has declined an Indian offer of million aid for flood victims di...

Kansas City StarFrance: Roma Policy ChallengedNew York TimesA United Nations-backed committee of experts sharply criticized France on Friday for deporting large groups of Roma and said the government in Paris should do more to combat what it called a grow...

Washington PostUN Congo Report Offers New View on Genocide EraNew York TimesA forthcoming United Nations report on 10 years of extraordinary violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo bluntly challenges the conventional history of events there after the...

swissinfo.chU.N. rights body rebukes France for mistreating RomaReutersGENEVA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body rebuked France on Friday for its crackdown on Roma and urged the government to try to integrate members of the EU's bi...

CBC.caEvacuations Continue in Southern PakistanNew York TimesISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Hundreds of thousands more Pakistanis fled their homes in the last 48 hours as high floodwaters reached the southernmost region of the country and inundated several more to...

swissinfo.chFrance Defends Deportation of Roma Migrants After UN CriticismBusinessWeekAug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- France's government said it respects human rights “scrupulously” in connection with its deportation of Roma immigrants after a United Nations ...

The GuardianRights Panel Criticizes France Over Roma PolicyNew York TimesGENEVA — A United Nations-backed committee of experts sharply criticized France on Friday for deporting large groups of Roma and said the government in Paris should do more to combat...

Moneycontrol.comPakistan aid workers defy Taliban threatABC OnlineAid agencies in Pakistan say they will continue to deliver emergency assistance to flood victims despite warnings of possible attacks by the Taliban. The United Nations is reviewing its sec...

The GuardianUN Security Council condemns Somali suicide attackCNN InternationalUnited Nations (CNN) -- The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the Somalia suicide bombing that took the lives of at least 33 people on Tuesday. Six members of ...