Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/categories/world-1.php http://thesop.org/categories/world-1.php http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:17:00 GMT Geoff considers the uproar about the reopening of a long-destroyed synagogue and calls for a little restraint all around. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/17/controversial-synagogue-reopens-in-jerusalems-old-city.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/17/controversial-synagogue-reopens-in-jerusalems-old-city.php geoff@al-pha.com (Geoff Dean) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:10:00 GMT The situation in the Middle East was the focus of discussions between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow today http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/18/un-chief-ban-discusses-middle-east-with-russian-leader.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/18/un-chief-ban-discusses-middle-east-with-russian-leader.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:52:00 GMT Russian authorities need to better assess the impact of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and tourism projects on the local ecosystem and put in place appropriate mitigation measures. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/16/un-russia-needs-greener-plan-for-2014-winter-olympics.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/16/un-russia-needs-greener-plan-for-2014-winter-olympics.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT Though considerable challenges remain in Afghanistan, success there is achievable and important, the commander of U.S. Central Command said here today. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/16/success-in-afghanistan-achievable-petraeus-says.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/16/success-in-afghanistan-achievable-petraeus-says.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:41:00 GMT Geoff is intrigued if a little disturbed by the plan of the red shirted Thaksin-backers to pour their own blood on the streets of Bangkok http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/16/thai-red-shirt-protestors-prepare-to-shed-blood.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/16/thai-red-shirt-protestors-prepare-to-shed-blood.php geoff@al-pha.com (Geoff Dean) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:49:00 GMT United Nations agencies and the Afghan health ministry are conducting a three-day campaign aimed at vaccinating an estimated 7.7 million children under the age of five against polio. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/15/un-to-vaccinate-millions-of-kids-in-afghanistan.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/15/un-to-vaccinate-millions-of-kids-in-afghanistan.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:20:00 GMT The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort arrived at Naval Station Norfolk here yesterday after its seven-week deployment in Haiti supporting Operation Unified Response. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/15/hospital-ship-comfort-returns-to-us-after-haiti-mission.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/15/hospital-ship-comfort-returns-to-us-after-haiti-mission.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:10:00 GMT Increasing access to clean water and sanitation forms part of one of the eight MDGs, which were agreed on by world leaders to improve human lives by 2015. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/15/un-over-billion-dont-have-access-to-safe-drinking-water.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/15/un-over-billion-dont-have-access-to-safe-drinking-water.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:27:00 GMT Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute today to the long-running efforts of United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to advocate for the rights of women. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/14/un-chief-ban-praises-hillary-clinton.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/14/un-chief-ban-praises-hillary-clinton.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:23:00 GMT Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned a wave of attacks in Pakistan in recent days which have claimed dozens of lives, including those of aid workers helping the countrys most vulnerable. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/13/un-chief-ban-condemns-suicide-bomb-attacks-in-pakistan.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/13/un-chief-ban-condemns-suicide-bomb-attacks-in-pakistan.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:57:00 GMT The United Nations-supported diplomatic group seeking to promote peace in the Middle East today condemned Israeli moves to expand settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory of East Jerusalem. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/13/un-condemns-israeli-plan-to-expand-settlements.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/13/un-condemns-israeli-plan-to-expand-settlements.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:49:00 GMT Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a one-day visit to Haiti on Sunday, his second to the Caribbean country since the 12 January earthquake, his spokesperson announced today. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/13/un-chief-ban-to-visit-haiti-on-sunday.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/13/un-chief-ban-to-visit-haiti-on-sunday.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:20:00 GMT Geoff considers using Ibaraki Airport if he has a strange desire to travel to Seoul, Korea in the least convenient way possible http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/12/japans-airport-to-nowhere.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/12/japans-airport-to-nowhere.php geoff@al-pha.com (Geoff Dean) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:23:00 GMT One in three Africans is chronically hungry, despite $3 billion spent on food aid for the continent annually and $33 billion in food imports, the UN Economic Commission for Africa has warned. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/11/un-one-in-three-africans-is-chronically-hungry.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/11/un-one-in-three-africans-is-chronically-hungry.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:46:00 GMT Resolution 1701 called for an end to hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah, respect for the Blue Line separating the Israeli and Lebanese sides, disarming of militias and an end to arms smuggling. http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/11/un-chief-ban-condemns-strident-rhetoric-in-israel-and-lebanon.php http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/03/11/un-chief-ban-condemns-strident-rhetoric-in-israel-and-lebanon.php mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3)