UN Wire: GA picks new president; hybrid force for Darfur one step closer

UN Wire
May 25, 2007
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* GA picks Macedonian as new president
QUOTE OF THE DAY
* Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, on a new plan to send peacekeepers to Darfur. Read the full story.
BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* Security Council team to visit Africa
* Pakistan denies peacekeepers sold weapons
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* Report: Staff shortage impedes expanded Africa AIDS efforts
* G8 may push drug firms to lower prices for poor nations
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* Germany, Japan push U.S. to act on climate change
* Commentary: India unlikely to protect Asiatic lions
HUMAN RIGHTS
* Analysis: ICC starting to gain momentum
* Many Africans said forcibly evicted
* Editorial: Journalists to establish Russia commission
PEACE AND SECURITY
* Hybrid force for Darfur one step closer
* Britain: UN best suited to bring peace to Afghanistan
* Iran says it's speeding along with nuclear work
* Analysis: Sri Lanka's stubborn conflict filled with mystery
* Lebanon insists militant threat to be wiped out
EDITOR'S NOTE
* UN Wire will not be published on Monday

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