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Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, addresses the 63rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 26, 2008 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)


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KABAL, Afghanistan, July 20 (UPI) -- Preparations are under way for August elections in Afghanistan, including ensuring enough security, the biggest challenge, the United Nations said Monday.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, July 18 (UPI) -- An estimated 3,000 child soldiers are to be released by November from camps in Nepal holding former Maoist rebel fighters, authorities said.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, July 17 (UPI) -- A U.N. team investigating the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto visited the city of Rawalpindi where the leader was killed.
U.N. panel visits city where Bhutto died
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 17 (UPI) -- The U.N. team investigating the 2007 assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto visited the city Friday where she was killed.
UNITED NATIONS, July 16 (UPI) -- The United Nations is urging Afghanistan to conduct a transparent voting process in August in its first attempt at independent democratic elections.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 16 (UPI) -- A United Nations worker was killed and another U.N. employee was injured during a kidnapping attempt in northwestern Pakistan Thursday, officials said.
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, July 16 (UPI) -- Leaders from more than 100 Non-Aligned Movement nations meeting in Egypt aligned themselves against terrorism in a declaration up for adoption Thursday.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 15 (UPI) -- Israeli and Lebanese forces narrowly avoided confrontation over the presence of an Israeli observation post in a village near the so-called Blue Line.
BUFFALO, N.Y., July 15 (UPI) -- The wife of a Buffalo, N.Y. minister has pleaded innocent to federal charges of defrauding the United Nations out of money for an Iraqi radio station.
DAMASCUS, Syria, July 13 (UPI) -- Syria has no intention of redrawing its border with Lebanon until Israeli forces withdraw from the disputed Shebaa Farms region, Damascus complains.
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