But both he and U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the agreement provides a hopeful beginning.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor says the investigation by the U.N.-appointed Goldstone Commission was one-sided and biased from the beginning.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

The U.N.report says the world's economy is beginning to show signs of modest recovery.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The herbicide-resistant alfalfa and sugar beet seeds under attack by activists are just the beginning of what will be necessary to feed a growing world: The U.N.

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"The professional and managerial jobs market has definitely picked up since the beginning of the year, but the most noticeable recovery is in the developing economies of the BRICs and N-11, " he says.

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