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US Republican lawmakers taking aim at UN

(AP) – 1 day ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly empowered Republican lawmakers are taking their first shots at the United Nations, depicting it as bloated and ineffective as they seek to cut U.S. funding for the world body.

On Tuesday, a House of Representatives panel aired criticisms of the U.N. at a briefing expected to prescribe congressional action.

Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman of…

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Added by ZIRC on January 26, 2011 at 11:34pm — No Comments

Burmese refugees in Thailand face ration cuts

Umpium refugee camp, one of nine along Thai-Myanmar border
BANGKOK, 24 January 2011 (IRIN) - Rising food prices may prompt the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), an umbrella group of 12 humanitarian organizations working with more than 139,000 Burmese refugees in Thailand, to… Continue

Added by ZIRC on January 24, 2011 at 7:50pm — No Comments

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