UNITED NATIONS: - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has outlined options for resolving outstanding issues involved in winding up the controversial oil-for-food programme for Iraq. The oil-for-food programme, under which a sanctions-bound

UNITED NATIONS: - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Israel to freeze all settlement activity in West Bank. In a statement issued by his press office, Ban expressed deep concern about the announcement of the initial

World leaders gathered in Rome for a UN summit on food security, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging "hard decisions" and heavy investment in agriculture. "For years, falling food prices and rising production lulled