Spiralling violence in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, is taking a heavy toll on civilians, aid agencies said on Friday.
The WHO was poised on Thursday to declare that the new H1N1 virus has caused the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years.
The appointment was met with surprise and disbelief by a range of sources in the criminal justice sector.
Countries should be ready for more serious H1N1 flu infections and more deaths from the newly discovered virus, the WHO said on Friday.
The WHO warned on Friday against a false sense of security from waning and apparently mild outbreaks of H1N1 flu, saying the worst may not be over.
A vivid blue diamond weighing 7,03 carats sold on Tuesday for a record ,49-million, the highest price paid per carat for any gemstone at auction.
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/ 12 December 2008
Amnesty International called on Friday on the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in eastern DRC to do a better job of protecting civilians.
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/ 30 November 2008
Cuts to Aids prevention programmes because of the global financial crisis could lead to a surge in HIV infections, the United Nations says.
Ugandans and tourists urged to avoid entering caves with bats in the Central African country after a Dutch woman died of Marburg haemorrhagic fever.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Tuesday planned Guantánamo war crimes trials fell short of international standards and handing down death penalties would be ”just not acceptable”.