The Obama administration agreed, saying i n a brief urging the court to deny cert. that the two cases have virtually nothing to do with each other.

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But the hard-liners are adamantly opposed, saying the U.N. will only make things more expensive and complicated.

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Russia has backed a French call for a new U.N. resolution, saying this would help form a new political leadership in Iraq and the holding of democratic elections, but questions remain over whether Washington would be willing to share control over post-war Iraq.

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Or are people or aid workers saying, gosh if the U.N. would only step in, then it would make things a lot easier for us?

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"We expect our U.S. and British colleagues to present this information in the nearest future, " Itar-Tass news agency quoted Russia's U.N. ambassador Sergei Lavrov as saying.

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Hun Sen then softened his position, saying he would favor a joint tribunal of Cambodian and U.N. judges.

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Speaking to reporters Annan called on the world community to support the commission members saying their work was the most important task for the U.N. and the Afghan interim government.

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Ambassador Bolton dismissed North Korea's threats that U.N. sanctions would be a declaration of war, saying that the consensus opinion holds that Pyongyang has hurt its standing with its tests and its public statements.

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However, Ahsan Iqbal, spokesman for the PML-N party, stopped short of calling it a coalition, saying only that leader Nawaz Sharif had met with PPP officials and pledged to work with other political groups to form a government to address Pakistan's problems.

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the shooting down of the helicopter, saying in a statement that it was clearly marked as being a U.N. aircraft.

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By nightfall, NATO jets were roaring over Sarajevo on surveillance and close air support missions, but the U.N. was receiving mixed messages -- a five page long letter from General Ratko Mladic that the U.N. said was unacceptable and a short terse note from Bosnian Serb political leaders saying they would comply.

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In response to my Tracy Morgan piece, I had gays and lesbians write me saying that I didn't say the same about Michael Richards or other examples of people who have used the N-word.

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