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April 2008

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Chinese Ship Highlights Need for Arms Treaty

23.04.2008 Whatever happens to the Chinese arms shipment destined for Zimbabwe, the case highlights the urgent need for the UN to work towards an Arms Trade Treaty at a meeting in New York later this month, says a leading development group.

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From: Oxfam International
Related topics/regions: [China] [Zimbabwe] [Trade]

New Doubts About Health Care for U.S. War Vets

21.04.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 21 (OneWorld) - About 300,000 U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or major depression. Another 320,000 veterans likely suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI), a type of physical brain damage often caused by explosions from roadside bombs.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Iraq] [United States] [Health] [Governance] [Conflict]

Image: Soldiers Speak Out video.

UN Peace Missions Falter in Africa

08.04.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.

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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Somalia] [Sudan] [International cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations]

Image: © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations

UN Peace Missions Falter in Africa

UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

07.04.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.

Somalia Called 'World's Most Neglected Crisis'

Somali family displaced by fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian-backed Somali government; January 2007.

04.04.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - A leading humanitarian group is calling for the United Nations Security Council to take additional measures to help about 1 million Somalis who have been rendered homeless by the ongoing armed conflict in their country.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Ethiopia] [Somalia] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Refugees] [Conflict] [Security] [United Nations]

Image: Somali family displaced by fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian-backed Somali government; January 2007. © Manoocher Deghati/IRIN