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Movie review: Old gags threaten to overthrow 'The Dictator'
May 16, 2012

U.N. investigator urges Sacramento to provide water, sanitation for homeless
February 04, 2012

Andres Oppenheimer: Ahmadinejad embarks on his Latin America 'tour of tyrants'
January 10, 2012

Obituary: Mary Bisharat was a noted peace advocate
March 02, 2012

From the notebook: The numbers, the law and comments about California contracts with private business
March 05, 2012

Viewpoints: Feds must end 'walls of death' net fishing
March 09, 2012

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United Nations Videos

Former Commander on Trial for Bosnian War Crimes
May 16, 2012 | Newsy.com

In Yemen, dire humanitarian crisis threatens transition
May 16, 2012 | Agence France-Presse

United Nations Ambassador speaks at Boca Raton synagogue
May 12, 2012 | WPTV NBC5 West Palm Beach

Sacramento Connect

Oxfam: G8 food security alliance answers question hungry people have not asked
May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012 - International agency Oxfam warned that today's announcement of the "New Alliance to Increase Food and Nutrition Security" focuses too heavily on...

Sub-Saharan Africa cannot sustain growth without ending hunger – UN report
May 16, 2012
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark (pointing) on a visit to Kenya to highlight food security. Photo: UNDP/Christina LoNigro ...

NATO: Investigate Civilian Deaths in Libya
May 14, 2012
BRUSSELS, May 14, 2012 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has failed to acknowledge dozens of civilian casualties from air strikes during its 2011...

Inclusion of Protections for Women and Girls Central to Transition Security Sector Framework – UN
May 12, 2012
May 12, 2012 - The Government of Afghanistan and NATO should ensure that protections for women and girls are a central component of transition and...

Bird Watching Can Help Eco-Tourism Fly High in a Green Economy
May 12, 2012
BONN/NAIROBI, May 10, 2012 - Migratory birds undertake some of the most daring journeys in the animal kingdom, often covering thousands of kilometers to migrate...

Ban calls for global leadership dedicated to the common good
May 09, 2012
May 8, 2012 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for global leadership dedicated to the common good, which brings nations together to find solutions for a...

Other local news reports

Thomas Sowell: Very ugly, very cynical and very dangerous
May 06, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
Labor unions, like the United Nations, are all too often judged by what they are envisioned as being -- not by what they actually are or what they actually do. Many people,...

Letter: Agenda 21 destructive
March 08, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
It is an agenda for America passed by the United Nations, signed... ...

Letter: Live Oak Council ignorant
February 20, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
Those who deny the influence of United Nations' Agenda 21 in local plans are ignorant, as was I until about a year and a half ago. Such is the Live Oak City Council, with the...

Acid oceans could hit California mussels
July 14, 2011 | UC Davis News
The acidity levels were based on projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a Geneva-based scientific body established by the United Nations. One of the...

From around the web

U. N. Nuclear Monitor Strikes Deal with Iran, Reports Say
May 22, 2012 | New York Times
The leader of the United Nations nuclear monitoring arm said Tuesday that he expects to sign a deal soon on an investigation into potential military uses of Tehran's nuclear...

International hunger program relies on private sector
May 19, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The number of people living with hunger globally has fallen slightly from its 2009 high of just over 1 billion, but 13 percent of the world's estimated 7 billion people still do not get enough food each day, according to the United Nations ...

U. N. Nuclear Chief Will Go to Iran, Elevating Talks
May 18, 2012 | New York Times
The United Nations nuclear monitoring agency said its leader would meet with the top nuclear negotiator in Iran, signaling greater urgency by both sides to resolve their dispute...

Internet Society's Wentworth: Treaties Like ACTA Won't Solve Piracy
May 17, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
Essentially, Mr. Putin would redeclare the Internet a telecommunications medium like any other, and reassign its governance to the International Telecommunications Union - the multi-country standards and policy department of the United Nations ...

Is Not Good For Me. The Dictator, Reviewed. [Grierson & Leitch]
May 15, 2012 | Deadspin
Without giving away any plot details, Aladeen is speaking to the United Nations about how good Americans have it, how in his country,'' our leaders just wage war on whoever we...

How The United Nations Is Using Social Media To Spot Disasters [ Video ]
May 07, 2012 | PSFK Trend: PSFK
From PSFK CONFERENCE NYC: Robert Kirkpatrick explains the mission for using data-for-good, and invites corporations to get involved with data-philanthropy, ...

United Nations on twitter

	Will the United Nations Support Crowdsourcing Sustainability? http://t.co/iapOr1HH Twitter: @cocreationforum
	Reading: "Greening the United Nations Charter. World Politics in the Anthropocene" Proposal for an #EarthAlliance in UN http://t.co/5O4hr0n4 Twitter: @RZondervan
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	RT @ImprovSanJose: United Nations Comedy is TONIGHT!!!!! #ComedyRocks - http://t.co/YScklwuW Twitter: @danfnwilson
	RT @indiancountry: Seneca Students Speak at United Nations Permanent Forum . . . http://t.co/77QMhi7u Twitter: @MoJoHinton
	@Amyliz_ Whats the number? Ill say Im from the united nations ;) thatll work right? Twitter: @GraHodgy