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	September 12, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate IAEA "increasingly concerned" about Iran's nuclear program Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, announced plans to publish information that pointed to Iran's intent to develop nuclear weapons capability. The statement came as the annual meeting of the IAEA's 35-country board kicked off in Vienna. Google/The Associated Press (9/12)      UN answers Pakistani plea for monsoon flood aid  Security concerns plague famine relief  UN urges education for West Bengal girls  Campaign inspires American "Philanthro-Teens"  Researchers raise alarm over Arctic ice melt  Israel's regional relationships are changing  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Spotlight: Girl Up! | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security |  T-7: Since 2009, GAVI has helped #immunise over 700,000 children against the leading cause of #pneumonia. #SocialGood" @GAVIAlliance "On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, tributes and remembrances abound, as they should. We learn by remembering. And we honor the fallen." UN Dispatch UN answers Pakistani plea for monsoon flood aid The United Nations has pledged to swiftly begin providing food, water and housing in the Sindh province of southern Pakistan in response to monsoon flooding that has already claimed the lives of 200 people, and damaged nearly 1 million homes. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday appealed for international assistance after the exceptionally heavy rainfall, which he said has affected some 5 million people nationwide. Al-Jazeera (9/12), Google/Agence France-Presse (9/11), United Press International (9/11)        China offered Gadhafi weapons despite UN arms embargo Documents discarded in a pile of trash in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, reveal that the Chinese government -- which voted in favor of a UN embargo on weapons sales to the government of Moammar Gadhafi -- nevertheless secretly offered, through three of its state-owned arms companies, to sell the strongman $200 million in weapons to put down the popular revolt. The papers underscore a policy conflict between the defense and foreign ministries of China, which has yet to recognize the Libyan rebels' Transitional National Council, now effectively in control of the country. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (9/11)      Other News Germany disputes Italian war restitution order at UN Google/The Associated Press (9/12)      Security concerns plague famine relief African leaders are rallying behind Somali authorities to promote security as vital to managing the drought-related famine that plagues the country while recording artists Bono and K'naan call for more aid and investment in Somalia. AlertNet (9/9), The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (9/12)      New group to fight global rise in LGBT hate crimes A new organization will lobby world powers to delay or prevent homophobic legislation around the world, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, in light of what the United Nations documents as a rise in crimes against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. The founding of Kaleidoscope comes days after men were executed in Iran for homosexuality, inciting hundreds of Iranians -- in and outside the country -- to post videos of themselves on Facebook to highlight discrimination against sexual minorities in the country. The Guardian (London) (9/12)      Water supply effort leaves Chinese families struggling Chinese families relocated so that authorities can build canals between the country's north and south to ease Beijing's water woes are complaining resettlement plans have left them in shoddy housing and failed to compensate them for farmland they gave up. Efforts to construct the South-North water diversion have uprooted more than 345,000 people. The Guardian (London) (9/9)      Other News George W. Bush to lead effort against cervical cancer The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (9/12)      Inflatable dinghy voyage nets $200,000 for polio fight ABC (Australia) (9/12)      Chinese society is rethinking long-standing one-child policy BBC (9/11)      UN urges education for West Bengal girls A report by the UN children's agency encourages greater school enrollment for girls, as well as vocational training for girls who drop out of school, in order to reduce the staggering 53.9% rate of child marriage across the Indian state of West Bengal. "Evidence shows that educated girls grow into agents of change for their families, communities and societies as a whole," said Lori Calvo, head of the UNICEF field office there. The Hindu (India) (9/10)      Campaign inspires American "Philanthro-Teens" Adolescent girls in the U.S. are being inspired to become Philanthro-Teens -- by helping girls in developing countries grow up healthy, safe, educated and free from violence and childhood marriage -- by a program of the United Nations Foundation. "The Girl Up campaign is driven by the ingenuity and enthusiasm of American girls, who are not only changing conditions on the ground in countries like Liberia and Guatemala, but they are changing their own lives in the process by learning critical organizational and leadership skills," Tamsin Smith writes in her blog. The Huffington Post (9/9)        Researchers raise alarm over Arctic ice melt Arctic sea ice melt is occurring at an accelerated rate not seen for thousands of years, scientists warn. German researchers cite human-induced global warming for the rate, arguing weather influences and natural variables from year to year would not cause such dramatic decreases. The Guardian (London)/Guardian Environment Network (9/9)      Livestock, wildlife compete for water in drought-struck region Competition between livestock and wild animals for water supply in the Horn of Africa is likely to intensify as the region becomes warmer and drier in the future, conservationists warn. Livestock herders and their animals have been encroaching on protected wildlife refuges during the current drought raising fears for the region's wildlife. CNN (9/9)      Other News Greenpeace: Japan renewable energy shift would cost $280 billion AlertNet/Reuters (9/12)      U.S., EU work to combat fishing piracy Der Spiegel (Germany) (English online version) (9/9)      Israel's regional relationships are changing Israeli officials have vowed to reopen the country's Cairo Embassy after violent demonstrations forced staff to flee Friday. Israel's regional relationships have changed this year as a result of changes in governments, the Palestinian United Nations membership bid and a diplomatic rift with Turkey. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (9/12), The Christian Science Monitor (9/11)      Search for Syria solution continues as death toll mounts More than 2,600 people have died as a result of the Syrian government's crackdown on pro-reform demonstrators the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said, as French officials continued to push for a Security Council resolution condemning the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Arab League officials met with Assad in Damascus in a bid to accelerate a reform process, but pro-reform leaders have called for Assad's immediate departure. AlertNet/Reuters (9/12), Google/The Associated Press (9/11), The Christian Science Monitor (9/11)      Other News Iraqi Shiite leader orders end to attacks on U.S. troops Los Angeles Times (9/12)      Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. 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