UN: Legal Pot In Colorado, Washington Violates Drug Treaties
A U.N. drug agency says the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington violates international drug treaties.
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UN Officials Call For Marijuana Ballot Rollback
The head of the U.N. drug watchdog agency is urging U.S. federal officials to challenge ballot measures in Colorado and Washington that decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults 21 and over.
Obama Condemns Violence Tied To Anti-Muslim Film
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Barack Obama is condemning an anti-Muslim film and the violence in the Middle East that has followed its release, saying there is “no speech that justifies mindless violence.”
President Obama To Address UN Today
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday will challenge the world to confront the root causes of rage exploding across the Muslim world, calling it a defining choice “between the forces that would drive us apart and the hopes we hold in common.”
UN Chief Urges Syria To Stop Attacks
STANBUL (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Syria to stop its attacks, saying U.N. observers monitoring the ceasefire were not there to watch the killings of innocent people.
Ban was speaking Thursday at a summit of the Alliance of Civilizations, a forum promoting understanding between the Western and Islamic worlds, days after more than 100 people were massacred in Syria’s cen
UN Observers Discover 13 Bound Corpses In Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — U.N. observers have discovered 13 bound corpses in eastern Syria.
The latest killings apparently happened in Deir el-Zour province. The U.N. team says the victims appear to have been shot execution-style, with their hands tied behind their backs...
UN Aims To Triple Syria Observer Team
GENEVA (AP) — A spokesman for international Syria envoy Kofi Annan says the United Nations hopes to have 30 cease-fire monitors in the country next week.
Ahmad Fawzi says seven observers are already on the ground and another two will arrive on Monday...
UN Strongly Condemns North Korea Rocket Launch
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning North Korea’s rocket launch and warning it will take further action if it conducts another launch or a new nuclear test.
A presidential statement, approved by all 15 council members and read at a formal meeting Monday morning, said Friday’s launch, as well as any future use of ballistic missile technology, is “a serious violati