UN Wire: WFP urges action against Somali pirates; child soldiers to be released

UN Wire
May 21, 2007
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* WFP urges action against Somali pirates threatening aid
QUOTE OF THE DAY
* Penda Mbow, a historian and labor activist at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. Read the full story.
BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* Commentary: Fix U.S. underfunding of UN peacekeeping
* Editorial: Zimbabwe as UN commission head will create confusion
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* University crisis poses danger to Africa's future
* Commentary: World Bank's corruption focus must go on
* Bangladesh launches control measures after confirmed polio case
* Gates Foundation opens China office
* No Blair at World Bank, Britain's Brown says
HOT TOPICS
* Girls face dangerous discrimination around world, report warns
* Wolfowitz agrees to resign
* World's mayors meet to plan global warming strategy
* New members to join UN rights council
* Indian girls suffer as child brides
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* Climate change complicates argument over nuclear energy
* Nepal to keep tabs on rare rhinos
HUMAN RIGHTS
* UNICEF: Child soldiers to be released in CAR
* Editorial: Sanctions justified against abusive Myanmar
* Protesters take aim at Russian media censorship
PEACE AND SECURITY
* Violence rages in Lebanon, dozens killed
* Ban's "quiet diplomacy" with Sudan tested
* Commentary: U.S. -- arms dealer to the world

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