Experts: UN better equipped to thwart genocide; World Bank's vision

UN Wire
October 11, 2007
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* Experts: UN better equipped to thwart genocide
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* Security Council expected to release Myanmar statement
* Security Council may issue new Lebanon resolution
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* Report: African wars have taken huge toll on development
* Zoellick outlines World Bank's vision
* Quality of food aid must improve, charity says
* Children in Cote d'Ivoire get schooling in the field
* WHO urges Nigeria forward on polio vaccinations
* UN: Opium production booming in Myanmar
* Impoverished Indians join Internet revolution
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* DRC pygmies use modern technology to preserve forest areas
* Brainstorm: Nobel laureates meet to ponder warming
* WWF: Endangered species face further risk from tuna fishing
HUMAN RIGHTS
* Details of Myanmar's abuse of monks emerge
* Chinese villagers challenge local government actions
PEACE AND SECURITY
* UN criticizes Sudan's hurdles against Darfur peace force
* UN's Holmes: World must act against DRC's rape epidemic
* UN urges accountability for security companies in Iraq
* Turkey angry over U.S. vote on Armenian genocide

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