Iraq's foreign minister has appealed to NATO to begin promised training for Iraqi security forces as soon as possible.
A new United Nations report says the number of children worldwide who have lost parents to AIDS has reached 15 million.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Thailand to do more to secure the release of Burnese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest.
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