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- U.S. vetoes Israeli condemnation
A top Palestinian official is pledging to launch a renewed bid to secure the UN condemnation of the continued construction of Israeli settlements after the U.S. veto Friday of a resolution that had garnered the support of all other 14 Security Council members. Palestinians protested the veto Sunday, while observers in the Middle East and elsewhere said the it damaged U.S. credibility as a peace broker in the region. Google/Agence France-Presse (2/20), Bloomberg (2/20), The Washington Post (2/20)       - UNAIDS meets in Bangkok
Social stigmas and laws discriminating against people with HIV/AIDS are preventing sufferers from gaining access to health services in 90% of the countries in Asia. "Instead of making sure of universal access [to treatment] for most at-risk populations, we are facing universal obstacles," the head of UNAIDS said on the eve of an Asia-Pacific meeting in Bangkok. AlertNet (2/17) Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
- UNEP urges big spending on green
About 2% of global economic output should be redirected annually to developing a global "green economy," the UN Environment Program says. The object would be to steer about $1.3 trillion a year away from industries that overuse resources to 10 other key areas. The new investments would help avoid repeated economic shocks from dependence on fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse-gas output. Bloomberg (2/21) - Stocks of large predator fish tumble, upsetting balance
The world's oceans are experiencing an ecological imbalance due to human overconsumption of large predator fish, experts say, resulting in the overpopulation of small fish, such as sardines and anchovies. Some two-thirds of the stock of large fish has been caught over the past 100 years, with more than half of the decrease occurring over the past 40 years. The Washington Post (2/20) - Iranian police stifle latest opposition protests
Iranian police wielding batons and tear gas sometimes outnumbered the protesters Sunday as people gathered sporadically throughout the country, chiefly in Tehran, to demonstrate against the deaths last week of two men during demonstrations in support of the revolution in Egypt. Reports of police firing upon, and ambulances driving into, the crowds could not be confirmed. The New York Times (free registration) (2/20), Reuters (2/20) - Gadhafi son defiant in face of spreading Libyan protests
 The son of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, the Arab world's longest serving leader, said today in a nationally televised address that the country was on the verge of civil war and, while the security forces had made mistakes, he "will keep fighting until the last man standing" against five days of protests that have spread to the capital, Tripoli. Opposition forces, reportedly including some defecting army troops, appeared to be in control of the country's second largest city, Benghazi. Reuters (2/21), BBC (2/21) - Peacekeepers attack Somali rebel fortifications
African Union peacekeeping forces last weekend staged an assault on an elaborate system of underground tunnels and trenches used by Islamist insurgents in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, resulting in the deaths of some 20 people, and injuries to dozens more. Among the dead were two peacekeepers, whose official mission is to protect the country's weak transitional government. The New York Times (free registration) (2/20) - Chinese government preps for possible protests
The Chinese government on Sunday deployed security forces nationwide after anonymous online calls for protests in 13 cities that were billed as the onset of a Jasmine Revolution -- borrowing the name of the revolt that recently toppled the Tunisian government. Although demonstrations were small, Internet search engines and social networking sites were partially blocked by Chinese authorities, and cell phone users could not send messages to multiple recipients. The New York Times (free registration) (2/20), The Wall Street Journal (2/21)  | |  | | | | | | Senior Development Associate, Girl Up | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Director, Global Vaccines Campaign | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Director, Nothing But Nets campaign | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Researcher on Afghanistan | Human Rights Watch | N/A, Afghanistan | | Peacebuilding Program Director | Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | | Leo Nevas Human Rights Fellow | United Nations Foundations | New York City, NY | | Coordinator, mHealth Alliance | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Human Resources Coordinator | United Nations Foundations | Washington DC, DC | | Various Positions | International Labour Office | Geneva, Switzerland | | | |  | |  |
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