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>>Jerusalem - At least one gunman entered the Merkaz Harav seminary in Jerusalem on Thursday and fired 500 to 600 bullets, killing eight and endangering a fragile lull in the violence and the possibility of the resumption of peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Israel has said that it will not break off talks.
>>Weapons - Russian arms dealer Viktor "Merchant of Death" Bout, said to be the inspiration for the protagonist in Lord of War was arrested in a Bangkok hotel room on Thursday by D.E.A. agents posing as FARC rebels attempting by buy millions in arms. He was promptly charged with conspiracy in the U.S.
>>United Nations - Two top jobs at the UN just opened up as Jean-Marie Guehenno, the Undersecretary General for Peackeeping, and Louis Arbour, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, have decided to leave their posts. Guehenno oversaw UN peacekeeping over an 8-year period, during which time the number of peacekeeping missions and peacekeepers skyrocketed at the request of the UN Security Council.
Yesterday in UN Dispatch
- Scorched
Earth in Darfur - by John Boonstra
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href="http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/03/nhcr_releases_g.php">NHCR
Releases Guide Addressing Women's Protection and Empowerment
- by Mark Leon Goldberg
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href="http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/03/why_a_billion_p.php">Why
A Billion People Need a Stronger U.S.-UN Partnership - by
John Boonstra
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href="http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/03/mediators_on_ca.php">Mediators
on Call - by Mark Leon Goldberg
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Africa
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Darfur refugees seek safety in Chad
href="http://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/247255742/idUSL0728151420080307">Zimbabwe
shuts door on Western election observers |
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Asia
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href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/abe724fe-ebc5-11dc-9493-0000779fd2ac.html">Russia
may offer Afghan route for Nato
href="http://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/246759252/idUSHAF64592520080306">Iran
vote expected to test president's popularity
href="http://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/247072438/idUSN0623359720080307">U.S.
negotiator wants North Korean declaration in March
href="http://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/247243029/idUSCOL3559420080307">Sri
Lanka says fresh fighting kills 42, most rebels
href="http://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/247251609/idUSSEO1300620080307">North
Korea far poorer than reported: expert
href="http://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/247232481/idUSISL23682920080307">Musharraf
says will back new Pakistan coalition
href="http://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/247332787/idUSL075586920080307">Ukraine
president again blasts PM on Russia gas row
href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3501174.ece">Hamid
Karzai gets his way as UN appoints low-profile envoy
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/world/asia/07malay.html?ex=1362546000&en=cfca7717ca682f2f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">On
Election Eve, Hazy Prospects for Malaysia Premier |
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Europe
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leader "no longer trusts" coalition allies |
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Middle East
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href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3499735.ece">Nine
dead as gunman hits Jerusalem seminary
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/world/middleeast/07iraq.html?ex=1362546000&en=6604a9b9d8d66293&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Bombs
Kill 54 and Wound 123 in Baghdad |