Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/categories/world-1.php http://thesop.org/categories/world-1.php 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:13:00 GMT A United Nations-backed census has been launched in the Dominican Republic to improve to the lives of hundreds of refugees and asylum-seekers. http://thesop.org/story/20120207/unbacked-census-aims-to-improve-lives-of-dominican-refugees.html http://thesop.org/story/20120207/unbacked-census-aims-to-improve-lives-of-dominican-refugees.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 8 Feb 2012 03:04:00 GMT A UN food voucher scheme aims to help vulnerable families in the Libyan port city of Benghazi get the food they need. http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-helping-poor-get-food-in-libyan-city-of-benghazi.html http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-helping-poor-get-food-in-libyan-city-of-benghazi.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 8 Feb 2012 01:41:00 GMT Ban Ki-moon voiced hope that the resignation of the President of the Maldives will help to peacefully end the ongoing political crisis. http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-chief-ban-hopes-crisis-will-eease-in-maldives.html http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-chief-ban-hopes-crisis-will-eease-in-maldives.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 8 Feb 2012 01:04:00 GMT Pemntagon: Armed attacks by the Syrian regime that have killed thousands are deplorable. http://thesop.org/story/20120207/pentagon-syrian-actions-deplorable.html http://thesop.org/story/20120207/pentagon-syrian-actions-deplorable.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:50:00 GMT Ban Ki-moon urged eight key countries that have not ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty to do so. http://thesop.org/story/20120207/ban-calls-for-more-ratifications-of-global-treaty-banning-nuclear-tests.html http://thesop.org/story/20120207/ban-calls-for-more-ratifications-of-global-treaty-banning-nuclear-tests.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:39:00 GMT The UN war crimes tribunal for the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s sentenced a member of a legal team defending a Bosnian Serb to 12 months imprisonment for contempt of court. http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-tribunal-sentences-member-of-bosnian-serbs-legal-team-for-contempt-of-court.html http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-tribunal-sentences-member-of-bosnian-serbs-legal-team-for-contempt-of-court.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:49:00 GMT The UN called on Panama and the countrys indigenous groups to establish a dialogue process to stop the recent tensions and violence from escalating after recent protests. http://thesop.org/story/20120207/panama-un-calls-for-dialogue-between-government-and-iindigenous.html http://thesop.org/story/20120207/panama-un-calls-for-dialogue-between-government-and-iindigenous.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:39:00 GMT The UN has deployed staff to assist some 20,000 people who have been forced to flee fighting between Government troops and rebel Tuareg groups in Mali. http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-fighting-in-mali-uproots-20000.html http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-fighting-in-mali-uproots-20000.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Tue, 7 Feb 2012 21:18:00 GMT UN sounded the alarm about the plight of children caught up in the bloodshed in Syria. http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-concerned-about-plight-of-children-in-syria.html http://thesop.org/story/20120207/un-concerned-about-plight-of-children-in-syria.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:59:00 GMT Every legislator of every democratic country should support the movement to make the Middle East a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, and that specifically applies to both Israel and Iran. http://thesop.org/story/20120206/movement-to-make-the-middle-east-a-nuclear-weapons-free-zone.html http://thesop.org/story/20120206/movement-to-make-the-middle-east-a-nuclear-weapons-free-zone.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:40:00 GMT The United States has suspended operations of our Embassy in Damascus as of February 6. Ambassador Ford and all American personnel have now departed the country. http://thesop.org/story/20120206/breaking-news-united-states-suspends-operations-of-us-embassy-in-damascus.html http://thesop.org/story/20120206/breaking-news-united-states-suspends-operations-of-us-embassy-in-damascus.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:43:00 GMT UN Security Council has postponed the vote about Syria's resolution because of the Russia's veto threat. http://thesop.org/story/20120205/un-security-council-postpones-vote-about-syrias-resolution.html http://thesop.org/story/20120205/un-security-council-postpones-vote-about-syrias-resolution.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:37:00 GMT The number of civilian casualties resulting from the conflict in Afghanistan has risen for a fifth consecutive year. http://thesop.org/story/20120204/un-civilian-casualties-rise-in-afghanistan.html http://thesop.org/story/20120204/un-civilian-casualties-rise-in-afghanistan.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Fri, 3 Feb 2012 23:45:00 GMT UN stressed the need to boost preventive measures in Fiji, as heavy rains are predicted to occur more frequently. http://thesop.org/story/20120203/un-floods-continue-in-fiji.html http://thesop.org/story/20120203/un-floods-continue-in-fiji.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Fri, 3 Feb 2012 23:26:00 GMT The Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia upheld the conviction of Kaing Guek Eav. http://thesop.org/story/20120203/unbacked-court-sentences-khmer-rouge-figure-to-life-in-prison.html http://thesop.org/story/20120203/unbacked-court-sentences-khmer-rouge-figure-to-life-in-prison.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3)