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10/25/2011 1:06:05 PM
Violence and protests in Yemen's capital and second largest city, Sanaa, erupt on Tuesday as calls for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down continued despite a harsh government crackdown
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10/24/2011 1:24:23 PM
Defiant Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is likely to ignore a non-binding UN Security Council resolution asking him to quit, feeding fears of an all-out civil war
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10/22/2011 11:32:55 AM
Pakistan emerges triumphant from one of the most hotly contested UN Security Council elections in years
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10/21/2011 10:30:00 PM
The UN Security Council on Friday passes a resolution calling on Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh to sign a deal under which he would quit and to end deadly attacks on protesters
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10/19/2011 5:01:49 PM
No objections are expected against a Security Council draft resolution on Yemen discussed Wednesday and voted on this week
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10/13/2011 2:50:20 PM
Yemen's government calls on the UN Security Council for peaceful conflict resolution, rather than issuing an anti-Saleh resolution to solve the country's political crisis
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10/11/2011 6:27:08 PM
Security Council discusses the situation on Yemen behind closed doors with no resolution expected to be formulated straight away
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10/5/2011 11:16:17 AM
Russia and China handed President Bashar al-Assad a diplomatic victory by vetoing a European-drafted UN Security Council resolution against Syria, six months into a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests
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10/4/2011 4:25:08 PM
Germany's FM Guido Westerwelle urges support by Security Council members for a UN resolution against the Syrian government voted on Tuesday
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10/1/2011 11:11:32 AM
Renewed violence in Syria claimed at least 19 lives, as Washington summoned the Syrian ambassador over the attempted assault of the US ambassador in Damascus
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9/29/2011 1:50:26 PM
Palestinians gain the support of Nigeria and Gabon in their efforts to secure nine votes in the Security Council in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state
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9/29/2011 9:34:26 AM
UN Security Council concludes talks on Syria without an agreement on a new resolution, after Russia slammed Europe's effort to threaten sanctions against Damascus
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9/28/2011 7:14:28 PM
The special UN Security Council committee poised to review the Palestinian application for full UN membership may take its time while pressure builds on members to support direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations instead
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9/28/2011 6:38:32 PM
Divisions remain stark in the UN Security Council's talks on Syria as Russia rejects European calls to impose further sanctions
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9/27/2011 10:02:39 AM
The UN Security Council will meet Wednesday to start the process of formally considering the Palestinian request for membership in the world body, the council president says
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9/26/2011 7:05:57 PM
Security Council talks will start today on the Palestinian bid for full membership of the UN, although a vote is not expected for several weeks
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9/26/2011 9:46:36 AM
The UN Security Council begins consultations Monday on Palestine's application for full membership of the world body, although a vote on the historic bid isn't expected for weeks
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9/24/2011 3:44:44 PM
A leading Fatah official says that Palestinian President Abbas will wait two weeks for the UN security council to decide on the bid for UN membership
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9/17/2011 10:08:12 AM
The U.N. Security Council eases sanctions on Libya to enable key institutions to recover
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9/14/2011 3:18:12 PM
Arab sources indicate that the Palestinian authority might go to the General Assembly to get UN recognition of the Palestinian state, instead of the Security Council in order to avoid a likely US veto
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