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U.N. rights body tells Israel to end Gaza blockade (Reuters)
Reuters - Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Friday.

N.Korea holds more talks with US military (AFP)
South Korean soldiers are seen standing guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas. N.Korea and the US-led United Nations Command held military talks Friday, a Command spokesman said, the third round since the sinking of a South Korean warship that was blamed on the North.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - North Korea and the US-led United Nations Command held military talks Friday, a Command spokesman said, the third round since the sinking of a South Korean warship that was blamed on the North.

Kuwait gets $650 mln in Iraqi reparation: UN (AFP)
Fire fighting crew work on a blown-out well damaged by retreating Iraqi soldiers in Al-Ahmadi oil field in southern Kuwait, 1991. The United Nations released 650 million dollars in Iraqi compensation to Kuwait, the latest payment of a war reparation scheme that began in 1994.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - The United Nations released 650 million dollars in Iraqi compensation to Kuwait on Thursday, the latest payment of a war reparation scheme that began in 1994.

Galapagos removed from UNESCO endangered list (AP)
AP - The Galapagos Islands have been removed from the UNESCO list of sites endangered by environmental threats or overuse.

Canadian woman is next top UN internal watchdog (AP)
AP - The United Nations turned to a Canadian woman on Wednesday who was chief auditor for the World Bank as its choice for the next head of the U.N.'s internal watchdog agency.

Rebels, Russian pilot were beaten in Darfur: UN (Reuters)
German aid worker Werner Stern (L) arrives at the airport in Khartoum July 27, 2010. Two German aid workers kidnapped in Darfur more than a month ago were released on Tuesday and said on arrival in Khartoum that they had been well treated by their captors. Stern and Malthe Golla were snatched on June 22 from their residence in the South Darfur capital Nyala, where they were working for Technisches Hilfswerk (THW). REUTERS/Mohamed Nurdldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY POLITICS)Reuters - A missing Russian pilot and three rebel commanders were beaten when their U.N. helicopter landed off target in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region earlier this week, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.

Serbian proposes new talks on outstanding issues in Kosovo (AFP)
Kosovo Serbs gather in a square in the northern part of the divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica on July 22, following the ICJ ruling on the legality of Kosovo's independence. Serbia submitted a resolution to the United Nations Wednesday which, in an apparent concession to international pressure, called for new negotiations on Kosovo but did not insist on status talks.(AFP/File/Laura Boushnak)AFP - Serbia submitted a resolution to the United Nations Wednesday which, in an apparent concession to international pressure, called for new negotiations on Kosovo but did not insist on status talks.

Serbia starts drive to contest Kosovo independence (Reuters)

UN 'concerned' over Nepal's repatriation of Tibetans (AFP)

UN's Blix: UK, US relied on dubious intelligence (AP)

Russia objects to EU Iran sanctions (AP)

Venezuela warns of aggression, seeks dialogue (AP)

Hamas blasts UN over call for Gaza land aid deliveries (AFP)