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Enzi and Others Want OMB to Give Accounting of UN Contributions

Amy Richards — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:46:43 +0000

Every year, the federal government gives billions of dollars to the United Nations (UN) without having a full accounting of the contributions to the international body. U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo

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UN: Global Youth Unemployment Rate Is Rising

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:37:14 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s labor office says youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.8 percent by 2018, wiping out gains made in the recent economic recovery.

A report by the International Labour Organization said Tuesday the rate of unemployment among people aged 15 to 24 was 12

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UN Rights Chief Presses U.S. To Shut Guantanamo

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:30:35 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' top human rights official is pressing the U.S. to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.

President Barack Obama pledged to shutter the prison soon after taking office but Congress opposed it, passing a law that prohibits the government from transferring Guantanamo prisoners to U

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UN Chief Fears North Korea On 'Collision Course'

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:39:54 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. chief says he fears North Korea is on a collision course with other nations that could lead to war.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the isolated Asian nation appears to be "on a collision course with the international community" amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula

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UN: Legal Pot In Colorado, Washington Violates Drug Treaties

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:35:59 +0000

DENVER (AP) — A U.N. drug agency says the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington violates international drug treaties.

The International Narcotics Control Board urged the Barack Obama administration to challenge the legalization measures

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Commentary: UN Wants Global Welfare State

Dave Chaffin — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:11:54 +0000

07/06/2012

~~~~~~~By Sven Larson~~~~

The day we make contact with extraterrestrial aliens, what do you think would be the first thing our politicians ask them? “Give us free money, you wealthy ET’s! Send us entitlements, you galactic capitalists! Pay for our food, our health care! And throw in contraceptives, too, or else we’ll overpopulate this planet! Look at those shiny UFOs you are lucky enough to have – you’ve had a gazillion years to become rich, so you have got to spread your wealth around to our planet!”

Obviously ET would shake his head, pack up, move on and plan to come back in a couple of hundred years when we have a somewhat better grasp on the concept of economic freedom

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