Haiti's poverty struggle; Security Council reform; Darfur troubles

UN Wire
March 24, 2008
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* Poverty prompts many Haitians to yearn for past rulers
QUOTE OF THE DAY
* Rodolphe Adada, of the Congo Republic, the civilian chief for the peacekeeping mission in Darfur. Get the full story.
BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* Countries propose Security Council expansion
* UN to debate road safety
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* WFP appeals for $500M to counter rising food costs
* Indonesia to restrict bird flu sample sharing
* Venezuela's health drive for Latin America gets mixed response
* U.K. minister: Invest in water or face new wars
HOT TOPICS
* WHO: Tuberculosis killed 1.7 million people in 2006
* Five years on, Americans and Iraqis ponder a controversial war
* UN appoints peacekeeping support chief, ombudsman
* UN's budget swells amid growing demands
* Scientists find surprises in Antarctic waters
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* Security Council should tackle climate change
* Guitar makers team up to protect forests
* Endangered Nepal rhino population surges after violence ends
HUMAN RIGHTS
* In Mauritania, tradition of slavery endures
* Rights advocate's efforts spur discourse in Emirates
* Historic Bhutanese election under way, interest high
PEACE AND SECURITY
* Darfur: Difficulties stack up for UN's new peace force
* Taiwan election to bring closer China ties
* War in eastern Ethiopia goes largely unnoticed
* Initial absence of security in Lhasa raises questions
* Candidate named for Pakistani prime minister
* Iraq war claims its 4,000th U.S. death

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