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Mr Ban Ki-moon has placed education at the top of his agenda in his second term as UN Secretary General, and at the heart of the new global sustainability agenda currently being defined.
UNESCO: Irina Bokova joins UN Secretary-General to launch his new global ��Education First�� initiative | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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During this afternoon's presentation, the company used the term "Un-carrier" to describe its new direction -- considering that Deutsche Telekom's Capital Market Days programming runs through tomorrow in Bonn, this move could turn out to be but one piece of T-Mobile's overall marketing plan for 2013.
ENGADGET: T-Mobile preparing to ditch traditional subsidies, move entirely to Value Plans in 2013
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This is a long-term investigation into how UN arms sanctions against rebels in DR Congo are respected - or not.
BBC: US blocking UN report on DR Congo rebels, watchdog says
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E. the Secretary-General is making contacts to have an international resolution issued by the UN to counter Islamophobia (Medium term).
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: CAIR and the Foreign Agents Registration Act
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Prime candidates for the position would be Dore Gold - who served as UN ambassador during Netanyahu's first term as prime minister - and former minister Natan Sharansky - who Netanyahu has nominated to head the Jewish Agency.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama's High Commissioner
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The United States has been elected to the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council for another three-year term.
BBC: US wins re-election to UN Human Rights Council
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American Express earns a net interest income on the spread between the rate it earns from un-loaned amounts sitting in bank deposits and short-term investments in financial securities and the rates at which it extends credit to card members.
FORBES: American Express Charging Toward $50
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Jim Connaughton, the head of the American delegation, insists that the meeting is addressing issues that the UN has not yet broached, such as what the long-term target for global-emissions cuts should be.
ECONOMIST: Climate change: Warming to the environment? | The
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He said the operation was being well co-ordinated by the UN, and added that Britain was already in talks with the Indonesian government about the long-term recovery and rehabilitation of the area.
BBC: UK rescue team head to Indonesia