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Jorge Mariscal, Regional CIO, Emerging Markets at UBS discusses the agenda for President Obama's Mexico visit plus the nation's growing importance for Asia-Pacific countries.
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UNITED NATIONS- The United States and China have struck a tentative deal on a draft U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution that would punish North Korea for its third nuclear test, which it conducted last month, U.N. diplomats said on Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS, March 1- Commodities giant Glencore supplied thousands of tons of alumina to an Iranian firm that has provided aluminum to Iran's nuclear program, intelligence and diplomatic sources told Reuters.
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UNITED NATIONS, March 1- Commodities giant Glencore supplied thousands of tons of alumina to an Iranian firm that has provided aluminum to Iran's nuclear program, intelligence and diplomatic sources told Reuters.
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*China, U.S., Russia all condemn North Korea's new test. UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12- The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's third nuclear test on Tuesday and vowed to take action against Pyongyang for an act that all major world powers, including traditional ally China, have denounced.
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*Global Ocean Commission to give advice in 2014. He will co-chair the Global Ocean Commission, which will start work this week and give advice to the United Nations on fixing the problems.
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PARIS, Feb 5- The chief executive of Total told a French court on Tuesday he had no knowledge that the French oil giant was buying illegally procured oil during the United Nations oil-for-food programme over a decade ago.
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GENEVA, Jan 31- The World Health Organization has for the first time recommended limits on children's daily consumption of sodium which it hoped would help in the global fight against diet-related diseases becoming chronic among all populations.
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GENEVA, Jan 31- The World Health Organization issued new guidelines on Thursday recommending that adults consume less salt and a minimum of potassium in their daily diets so as to reduce risk of heart disease and stroke. "Adults should consume less than 2,000 mg of sodium, or 5 grams of salt, and at least 3,510 mg of potassium per day," the U.N. agency said in a statement.
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GENEVA, Jan 31- The World Health Organization issued new guidelines on Thursday recommending that adults consume less salt and include a minimum of potassium in their daily diets so as to reduce risk of heart disease and stroke.
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Sean King, Senior Vice President, Park Strategies expects North Korea to carry through with its threat of rocket launches. He says that China needs to cut ties with North Korea.
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GENEVA, Jan 16- Dengue is the world's fastest-spreading tropical disease and represents a "pandemic threat", infecting an estimated 50 million people across all continents, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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*Brazil aims to increase diplomatic clout with candidacy. Brazil has emerged as an economic powerhouse in the last decade, which has increased its clout in global organizations like the International Monetary Fund and United Nations.
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DUBAI/ SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 13- An attempt by national governments to establish a worldwide policy for oversight of the Internet collapsed on Thursday after many Western countries said a compromise plan gave too much power to United Nations and other officials.
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DUBAI/ SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12- Most countries at a conference on telecommunications oversight agreed Wednesday that a United Nations agency should play an "active" but not dominant role in Internet governance as they struggled to reach a worldwide compromise.
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Andrew Gilholm, Head of Asia Analysis, Control Risks says North Korea has gradually developed its nuclear and missile technology in the last 20 years without any real obstacles from the global community.
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The United States has been leading efforts to stop a United Nations body extending its remit to cyberspace. The United States wants to restrict the debate to conventional telecoms and two of its three core recommendations have been approved, Kramer said.
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Israel announces new housing push in key West Bank area. JERUSALEM, Nov 30- Hours after the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to grant de-facto statehood to Palestine, Israel responded on Friday by announcing it was authorising 3,000 new settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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Israel announces new housing push in key West Bank area. JERUSALEM, Nov 30- Hours after the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to grant de-facto statehood to Palestine, Israel responded on Friday by announcing it was authorising 3,000 new settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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UNITED NATIONS- The U.N. General Assembly is set to implicitly recognize a sovereign state of Palestine on Thursday despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinian Authority by withholding much-needed funds for the West Bank government.
