'Doomsday' seed vault set to open; WFP mulls aid strategies

UN Wire
February 25, 2008
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* "Doomsday" seed vault set to open
QUOTE OF THE DAY
* Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, on the new seed vault in the Arctic. Read the full story.
BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* As UN mulls new sanctions, Iran warns of firm response
* Book on murdered UN diplomat portrays a life devoted to human rights
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* WFP mulls aid strategies amid soaring food prices
* Powerful drug wreaks havoc on Argentina's poor
* North Korea ramps up minerals exports to boost income
* Photos: Nigerian universities get a failing grade
HOT TOPICS
* Castro resigns
* Kosovo declares itself newest European country
* U.S. posts confidential UN documents online
* Scientists seek ways to turn greenhouse gas into fuel
* Asia cool on Kosovo independence recognition
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* World's first biofuel-powered flight takes off
* South African elephants to face legal culling
HUMAN RIGHTS
* Putin's firm hand of power extends across Russia
* Armenia cracks down on opposition protests
* Jamaican gays face bleak situation
* Myanmar opposition calls for Olympic boycott over human rights
PEACE AND SECURITY
* Raul Castro takes over as leader of Cuba
* China pushes Sudan over Darfur
* Kosovo's first week of independence marred by violence
* Communist Christofias wins Cyprus presidency

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