To prevent fraud and ensure security, the UN persuaded local electoral officials to cut the number of voting centres by half, to 803.

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Also in Hong Kong, South China Morning Post reports a "shock move" by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to cut financial aid from June to some 132 recognised refugees living in Hong Kong.

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As in Kathmandu in February 2005, when Nepal's King Gyanendra seized absolute power and cut most international communications, UN offices, with their own dedicated VSAT links, offered one of the few connections to the outside world.

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For the last five years the UN has run a program to encourage developing countries to cut down on emissions of global-warming gases.

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UN's inquiry, a bill was introduced in the American Senate this week that could cut off aid.

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America cut its habit by about a quarter between 2006 and 2010, according to the UN, and the number of employees failing workplace cocaine tests fell by two-thirds.

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