Susan Rice

Susan Rice

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  UN Security Council condemns NKorea rocket launch

  The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response. 

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  Clinton defends Rice as 'stalwart' UN ambassador

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is defending U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice as a "stalwart colleague." Speaking Thursday ... 

• UN Security Council falls silent on Gaza fighting

  The U.N. Security Council is silent on Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. A draft press statement circulated to the 15 members' capitals overnight ... 

• Russia upset by Security Council silence on Gaza

  Russia's U.N. ambassador on Monday expressed frustration that the Security Council has remained silent about the escalating violence in Gaza between ... 

• US re-elected to UN Human Rights Council seat

  The United States was re-elected Monday to another three-year term on the U.N. Human Rights Council in the only contested election for the ... 

• UN imposes sanctions on Haqqani Network

  The U.N. committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions Monday on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, a fierce ... 

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  Syria conflict deepens sectarian rifts in Lebanon

  This Lebanese border town has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels, a way station for wounded fighters and home to hundreds of frightened ... 

• UN strongly condemns Syrian shelling of Turkey

  The U.N. Security Council overcame deep divisions to unanimously approve a statement Thursday condemning Syria's shelling of a Turkish town that ... 

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  A Benghazi power, Libya militia eyed in attack

  Suspicion in last week's attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans has focused on members of a hardcore Islamist ... 

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  Video shows Libyans trying to rescue US ambassador

  Libyans tried to rescue Ambassador Chris Stevens, cheering "God is great" and rushing him to a hospital after they discovered him still clinging to ... 

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  Clashes over prophet film; Hezbollah urges demos

  Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam film broke through a barricade near the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, ... 

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  Multiple personalities of the Muslim rage

  At the height of the latest Islamic rage, one of the Muslim world's first media-celebrity imams told worshippers they were indeed witnessing a clash ... 

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  Ethiopia gives Meles Zenawi state funeral

  Thousands of mourners gathered near a public square in Ethiopia's capital on Sunday to pay their final respects to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who ... 

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  UN General Assembly denounces Syrian crackdown

  The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown on dissent Friday in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security ... 

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  UN approves last 30 days for UN observers in Syria

  The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday renewing the 300-strong U.N. observer force in Syria for 30 days, leaving the door ... 

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  Russia and China again veto Syria resolution

  Russia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday aimed at pressuring President Bashar Assad's government to end the escalating ... 

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  UN vote on Syria delayed until Thursday

  The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on a new Syria resolution until Thursday in a last-minute effort to get key Western nations and Russia to ... 

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  Russia accuses West of blackmail on Syria plans

  Russia on Monday accused the West of effectively using blackmail to secure a new U.N. Security Council resolution that threatens sanctions and could ...