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Philanthropist Bill Gates hopes polio will be eradicated by 2018

...co-chairs the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke ahead of a high-level meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly which launched the new campaign to stamp out polio forever. Timothy Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-09-28/philanthropist-bill-gates-hopes-polio
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The coming UN debacle

...tempting to imagine that the potential vote in the U.N. General Assembly on Palestinian statehood might help finally resolve...that's just how a Jewish state was born - by a U.N. General Assembly vote in 1947.But a U.N. vote that seeks to...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-09-28/coming-un-debacle
Opinion
Outside editorial: Break the gridlock in Haiti

...following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald:Haitian President Michel Martelly's first appearance before the U.N. General Assembly on Friday hardly came at a more crucial time. The international community is eager to help Haiti recover from...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-09-28/outside-editorial-break-gridlock-hait
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Israel: Delegitimization is just a distraction

...Obama used it in reference to the Palestinian effort to seek recognition of their national aspirations at the U.N. General Assembly, as Israel successfully did in 1947. He said that "for the Palestinians, efforts to delegitimize Israel will...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-07-20/israel-delegitimization-just-distract
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Not Arafat, Sharon or the UN

...implies by her omissions. As to him being guilty of genocide, Ms. Noble should consult a dictionary, not the U.N. General Assembly or Palestinian propaganda emissions. Genocide is an attempt to annihilate an entire people, and the events at...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/052102/let_letter5.shtml
Opinion
My Turn: The mirage of WMDs

...the American people, and our allies. Should you need reminding: On Sept. 12, 2002, Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly. His claims of Iraqi WMDs covered more than two, single-spaced pages of his speech. On Oct. 7, 2002, Bush...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060503/opi_myturn.shtml
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My Turn: C-student Bush gets a big fat F in my book

...eroded revealing the true aspirations of this destructive band of politicians. The general debate during the 61st U.N. General Assembly was a prime opportunity for Bush to reach out to other countries and present himself and our country as people...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092406/opi_20060924003.shtml
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This Day in History

...In 1965, Pope Paul VI became the first reigning pontiff to visit the Western Hemisphere as he addressed the U.N. General Assembly. In 1966, the kingdom of Lesotho gained its independence from Britain. In 1978, funeral services were held...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100406/sta_20061004011.shtml
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This Day in History

...Frenchmen who had been held hostage in Lebanon, were released. In 2001, President Bush, in an address to the U.N. General Assembly, warned that all nations were possible targets of terrorism and urged them to join with the United States in...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/111006/sta_20061110099.shtml
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This Day in History

...In 2005, Southern California running back Reggie Bush won the Heisman Trophy. In the world In 1948, the U.N. General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/121006/sta_20061210019.shtml
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