<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Peacekeeping and Security: News &amp; Videos about Peacekeeping and Security - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Peacekeeping_and_Security</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Peacekeeping and Security from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:20:21 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Peacekeeping and Security: News &amp; Videos about Peacekeeping and Security - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Peacekeeping_and_Security</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Peacekeeping and Security from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Gunfights kill eight in Kashmir</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/kashmir.gunfights/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/kashmir.gunfights/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Indian army officer, a naval commando and two top militant commanders were among eight people killed in two extended gunfights in Indian-administered Kashmir, a senior police officer said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Radical Somali leader defends peacekeepers' killings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/20/somalia.peacekeepers.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/20/somalia.peacekeepers.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A radical Islamist leader in Somalia said Sunday that a suicide attack that killed 21 African Union peacekeepers was the right thing to do.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>21 killed in suicide attack on African Union base in Somalia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/18/somalia.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/18/somalia.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A brazen, daylight suicide bombing on the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia's capital has killed at least 21 people, mostly peacekeepers, the mission said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Security forces, protesters face off in Iran</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/30/neda.iran.memorial.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/30/neda.iran.memorial.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Security forces in Iran on Thursday confronted thousands of protesting Iranians across the city, first at a cemetery and later at a prayer venue and near a government building, witnesses and news reports said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Seven suicide attackers strike at Afghan facilities</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/afghanistan.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/afghanistan.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least seven Taliban insurgents wearing suicide vests and wielding machine guns struck at government targets Saturday in the eastern city of Khost, authorities in Afghanistan said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Red Cross 'gravely concerned' about conditions in Swat Valley</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.red.cross/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.red.cross/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>No running water, no electricity, no fuel and little food.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan military confronts Taliban in key Swat city</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/23/pakistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/23/pakistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Security forces in Pakistan have started the "most important phase" of their push against the Taliban -- clearing militants from the largest city in the troubled Swat Valley region.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 15:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rebel commander defiant over Sudan war crimes hearing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/sudan.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/sudan.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Sudanese rebel commander accused of responsibility for the deadliest attack on African Union peacekeepers in Darfur faced an International Criminal Court hearing Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Accused Sudanese war criminal shows up at Hague for hearing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/17/sudan.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/17/sudan.war.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Sudanese rebel commander, accused of being involved in the 2007 deaths of a dozen peacekeepers in Darfur, voluntarily arrived in the Netherlands Sunday for an International Criminal Court hearing at the Hague this week, officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 22:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Probe calls for Bangladesh troop deaths</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/bangladesh.troops/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/25/bangladesh.troops/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Human rights groups in Bangladesh and abroad are calling for an investigation after 16 borders guards accused of participating in a bloody revolt in February died in custody in recent days.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peacekeeper dies in Darfur shootout</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/darfur.peacekeeper/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/darfur.peacekeeper/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Gunmen killed a United Nations peacekeeper in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peacekeepers' fury over Somalia killing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/23/au.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/23/au.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The African Union responded angrily and defiantly to the killing of at least 11 Burundian soldiers in an apparent suicide bomb attack Sunday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. edges towards Somali peacekeeping role</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/somalia.security.council/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/somalia.security.council/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expressing its intent to, eventually, send U.N. peacekeeping forces back to the fractured, unstable nation of Somalia.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:49:00 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civilians' disgust with warfare.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: No one is safe in Congo strife</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/22/farrow.congo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/22/farrow.congo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"Every night someone disappears. Parents and children vanish. We don't know where they have gone. There are killings in the nights. We hear shooting," Valerie, a 27-year-old mother, said of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Possible war crimes in Congo, U.N. spokesman says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/08/congo.summit/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/08/congo.summit/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The deaths of 26 victims in the latest wave of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo might constitute war crimes, a United Nations spokesman said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Congo's Peacekeepers Are Coming Under Fire</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854483,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854483,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Peacekeeping missions are difficult and complicated, but that doesn't mean we should stop trying to intervene</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian Forces in the Hebron Minefield</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854183,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854183,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A new U.S.-backed security force will face a tough time in the tinderbox West Bank city, where both Hamas and militant Israeli settlers want it to fail
</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Colombian president to meet with Indian protest leaders</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/24/colombia.indian.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/24/colombia.indian.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and leaders of a massive Indian protest plan to meet Sunday in the city of Cali.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Uribe: Colombian police fired on protesters</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/23/colombia.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/23/colombia.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Colombian President Alvaro Uribe admitted Wednesday that police fired on Indian demonstrators despite a government pledge that security forces would not do so.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UN Peacekeeper Killed by Mine in Lebanon</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838350,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838350,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A United Nations peacekeeper in south Lebanon was killed in a land mine explosion Wednesday while clearing unexploded ordnance</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Huge fire as Georgian train hits landmine</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A train carrying fuel hit a mine and burst into flames near the Georgian city of Gori Sunday morning, according to an Interior Ministry spokesman.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia: We've completed pullback</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/22/russia.georgia.withdrawal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/22/russia.georgia.withdrawal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Russia said Friday that its forces have withdrawn from Georgia into South Ossetia, fulfilling its end of the cease-fire agreement reached last weekend.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tbilisi: Russian troops hold Georgian checkpoints</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/23/russia.georgia.withdrawal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/23/russia.georgia.withdrawal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Most Russian troops have withdrawn from eastern and western Georgia, but they still maintain some checkpoints in the country, a spokesman for Georgia's Interior Ministry said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. peacekeeper slain in Darfur</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/16/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/16/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Another U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in the Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N.: Darfur attack kills 7 peacekeepers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/09/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/09/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Seven members of a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping patrol have been killed by a heavily armed militia group in Sudan's Darfur region, the U.N. said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: 5 Darfur Peacekeepers Killed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821235,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821235,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Five peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force were killed
 and 17 were missing after their patrol was ambushed in northern Darfur</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Darfur diary: No end to the killing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/darfur.diary6/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/27/darfur.diary6/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>What surprised me the most about the aid camps is the sheer fortitude of the people. Fires burning down the flimsy straw shelters is a common occurrence here.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>First UN Peacekeeper Killed in Darfur</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810424,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810424,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The joint U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur says a Ugandan
    member of the force has been fatally shot</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 20:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>George Clooney's Anniversary Message to U.N. Peacekeepers</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203003,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203003,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>In a video message, the actor pays tribute to the peacekeepers on their 60th anniversary</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>When Peacekeepers Prey on Children</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809761,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809761,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>
A devastating report accuses U.N. peacekeepers as well as aid workers of engaging in the sexual abuse of children in disaster areas and war zones</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Darfur Rebels Surround Capital</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739072,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739072,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>An Associated Press reporter in Khartoum said security forces ordered residents to clear the streets Saturday</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi leader freezes assault on militias</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday ordered his security forces to stop raids on suspected Shiite militia members to "give time to those who are repentant" to lay down their weapons.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Sadr offers to help Iraqi security forces</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.alsadr/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.alsadr/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered Thursday to help purge Iraqi security forces of militia members.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi city appears relatively calm</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/02/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Security forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra hunted militants Wednesday in a stronghold of a powerful Shiite militia. </description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peaceful Iraq protests spark clashes; 50 reported dead</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fighting between Iraqi security forces and supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr left 50 dead in the southern city of Basra and spread to several Baghdad districts Tuesday, Iraqi officials said. </description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript: James Miles interview on Tibet</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/tibet.miles.interview/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/tibet.miles.interview/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>James Miles, of The Economist, has just returned from Lhasa, Tibet. The following is a transcript of an interview he gave to CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>US Pushes for Darfur Deployment</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719989,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719989,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The United States has called for a new initiative to get a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force on the ground in Darfur</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kenya peace mediator withdraws</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/04/kenya.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/04/kenya.diplomacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The death toll from post-election violence in Kenya climbed to more than 1,000 Tuesday as government and opposition politicians discussed plans that could eventually lead to a power-sharing agreement.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Vow to pursue Kenyans who sent 'hate texts'  </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/05/kenya.deathtoll/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/05/kenya.deathtoll/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kenya's government Tuesday announced it will find and prosecute anyone who sent "hate text messages" that helped incite ethnic tensions after the contested election in December.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kenya opposition: We need help</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/03/kenya.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/03/kenya.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two days after reaching a plan with the Kenyan government to end violence that has wracked the country for more than a month, the opposition party asked both the United Nations and the African Union to send in peacekeepers.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gates backpedals on NATO comments</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/17/gates.nato.backtrack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/17/gates.nato.backtrack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, criticized by some for comments indicating NATO forces in southern Afghanistan are not up to par, praised them Thursday for their "valor and sacrifice," which has caused the Taliban "significant losses."</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice urges cease-fire in Somalia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/05/rice.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/05/rice.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Somalia should reach a cease-fire with its "non-extremist" opposition and finish plans to draft a new constitution, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: Somalia Needs Peacekeepers</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1691094,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1691094,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>More African countries should send peacekeepers to Somalia, where an Islamic insurgency has killed thousands of civilians this year, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ethiopia calls for help in Somalia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/04/ethiopia.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/04/ethiopia.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ethiopia's government Tuesday called on the international community to step up its support for an African-led peacekeeping mission in Somalia, where Ethiopian troops have been mired in an Islamist insurgency since invading last December.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Carter, Tutu Urge Darfur Peace Deal</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A group of elder statesmen, including former President Carter and Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu, urged all sides in Darfur's bloodshed to reach a peace deal</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Was Behind the Darfur Raid? 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Analysis: African peacekeepers appear to have been killed not by those accused of genocide, but by those claiming to fight on behalf of the victims
</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. condemns deadly Darfur attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/01/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/01/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed outrage after rebels killed at least 10 African Union soldiers in an unprecented attack on a peacekeeping base in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Darfur rebels attack base, kill 10 peacekeepers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/30/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/30/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A group of rebels stormed an African Union peacekeeping base in Sudan's Darfur region, killing 10 personnel from the AU mission and wounding several more, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. </description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Darfur peace talks to resume in Libya</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/06/sudan.UN.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/06/sudan.UN.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Thursday that new peace talks to end the four-year conflict in Darfur will start October 27 in Libya.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sudan 'breaks Darfur arms embargo'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/24/sudan.embarg.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/24/sudan.embarg.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A human rights group said Thursday that Sudan's government continues to violate a U.N. arms embargo in Darfur and urged the United Nations to give its planned peacekeeping force for the region the authority to confiscate weapons from combatants.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. triples Darfur peacekeepers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.N. Security Council has more than tripled an existing African Union-led force for the Sudanese province of Darfur by authorizing a 26,000-member peacekeeping mission.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peacekeeping with Hizballah's Help</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1642243,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1642243,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Menaced by al-Qaeda, peacekeeping forces become neighborly with Lebanon's powerful Shi'a group</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Colonel: Iraqi forces still need help from U.S. troops</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/01/pleitgen.surge/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/01/pleitgen.surge/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. military virtually abandoned an area southeast of Baghdad known as Salman Pak two years ago, leaving behind a refuge for insurgents to operate and allowing them to establish a key explosives smuggling route to Baghdad. </description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice Issues Warning on Darfur</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636636,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636636,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The world has fallen down on the job of ending the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>6 U.N. peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/25/lebanon.un.deaths/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/25/lebanon.un.deaths/index.html</guid><description>A suspected car bomb struck a United Nations peacekeeping patrol Sunday in southern Lebanon, killing six Spanish peacekeepers and wounding two others, Spain's Defense Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. peacekeepers killed in Lebanon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/24/lebanon.spain/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/24/lebanon.spain/index.html</guid><description>A suspected car bomb struck a United Nations peacekeeping patrol Sunday in southern Lebanon, killing five Spanish peacekeepers and wounding three others, Spain's Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Karzai blasts NATO over civilian deaths</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/afghanistan.karzai/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/afghanistan.karzai/index.html</guid><description>Afghan President Hamid Karzai, upset over the deaths of civilians caught in the middle of fighting between coalition troops and militant fighters, had harsh words for NATO forces Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Happens After Hamas Wins? </title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632614,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632614,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Washington hoped to neutralize Hamas by strengthening Abbas. But the rout in Gaza has left that strategy in shreds</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Curfew imposed after attack on Sunni shrine</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/15/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/15/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Attackers bombed a Sunni Muslim shrine Friday near the mostly Shiite city of Basra, two days after blasts destroyed towers at the revered Golden Dome Shiite mosque in Samarra.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. Force Traded in Gold, Weapons</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1624684,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1624684,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Pakistani U.N. peacekeepers charged with disarming Congolese militia instead engaged in gold and weapons trafficking with militia members, the BBC reported</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 20:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Explosion rocks Beirut; battles rage near Tripoli</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/lebanon.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/lebanon.violence/index.html</guid><description>In Lebanon, an explosion filled the Beirut sky with plumes of black smoke as fighting also continued in the north of the country between Lebanese soldiers and militants at a Palestinian refugee camp.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 07:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China anger over Darfur criticism</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/18/darfur.china.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/18/darfur.china.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China on Friday rejected growing criticism it is not wielding its influence with Sudan to stop bloodshed in the Darfur region and said attempts to use the conflict to politicize Beijing's Olympic Games will fail.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 02:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fighters claim they killed leader of al Qaeda in Iraq </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The Anbar Salvation Council claims it killed al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri in fighting Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 09:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi militants say 20 security force members 'detained'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.rape/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/14/iraq.rape/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi militants claim to have "detained" 20 Iraqi security force members in response to an alleged rape that has heightened Sunni-Shiite tensions.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Heavy fighting erupts in Mogadishu</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/03/06/somalia.peacekeepers/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/03/06/somalia.peacekeepers/index.html</guid><description>Mortar fire and heavy fighting erupted in Mogadishu on Tuesday during a welcoming ceremony as Ugandan peacekeepers arrived in the Somali capital, according to witnesses at the scene.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>10 killed in Baghdad car lot bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/02/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/02/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A bomb exploded at a popular used-car lot in Baghdad's Sadr City Friday, killing 10 people and wounding 17, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>More than 60 killed in three car bombings in Baghdad</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/18/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/18/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Amid a massive security operation to secure Baghdad, car bombs Sunday struck in two Shiite neighborhoods, targeting civilians and police, Iraqi officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NATO: Taliban commander captured</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/afghanistan.arrest/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/afghanistan.arrest/index.html</guid><description>Afghan troops and NATO forces captured a "prominent" Taliban commander in an overnight raid in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sudan warms to Darfur force plan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/17/un.darfur/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/17/un.darfur/index.html</guid><description>Sudan has agreed "in principle" to a plan that would allow U.N. peacekeepers to be stationed in the country's war-torn region of Darfur, and America's top diplomat hailed the development on Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunni leader dismayed by easing of security in Sadr City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The easing of a security crackdown in Baghdad's volatile Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City may be emboldening members of Shiite death squads, a Sunni leader said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. approves Darfur peacekeeping force</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/un.sudanvote/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/un.sudanvote/index.html</guid><description>The U.N. Security Council on Thursday voted 12-0 for a resolution that would put a U.N. peacekeeping force in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, provided the African nation does not oppose it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy offers to lead U.N. force in Lebanon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/22/italy.lebanon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/22/italy.lebanon/index.html</guid><description>Italy announced Tuesday it is willing to lead the U.N. contingent in southern Lebanon and could contribute as many as 3,000 troops.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy to send 3,000 troops for U.N. peace force</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/18/mideast.italy/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/18/mideast.italy/index.html</guid><description>Italy's government Friday formally approved a plan to send up to 3,000 troops to Lebanon to take part in a U.N. peacekeeping mission there, the prime minister's office said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy to join U.N. peace force</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/18/mideast.france/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/18/mideast.france/index.html</guid><description>Italy's government Friday formally approved a plan to send an unspecified number of troops to Lebanon to take part in a U.N. peacekeeping mission there, the prime minister's office said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>President: Iraqi forces to take over by year's end</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.talabani/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.talabani/index.html</guid><description>President Jalal Talabani said Wednesday he foresees Iraqi forces taking over security in all 18 provinces by the end of the year.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plans for peacekeeping force taking shape</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/27/mideast.diplomacy/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/27/mideast.diplomacy/index.html</guid><description>France, Italy, Turkey and Norway show a willingness to join an international peacekeeping force for Lebanon, according to diplomatic sources familiar with discussions at Wednesday's emergency Mideast summit in Rome.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Twenty bodies found in Iraq after abductions</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/12/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/12/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Twenty people were found dead Wednesday northeast of Baghdad after gunmen kidnapped 24 civilians, an Iraqi official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Diplomats mull peacekeepers for Somalia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/19/somalia.au/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/19/somalia.au/index.html</guid><description>African and Western diplomats agreed to send experts to study conditions in Somalia before deploying a peacekeeping mission there, African Union officials said Monday, after militias vowing to impose Islamic rule took over the capital of the Horn of Africa country.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian security forces clash</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/12/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/12/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Palestinian security forces were on high alert Monday after Palestinian Authority and Hamas security forces clashed in Rafah, resulting in two deaths.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Six Palestinians killed in Israeli raids</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/30/gaza.airstrike/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/30/gaza.airstrike/index.html</guid><description>Four Palestinians were killed and nine others were injured Tuesday morning when Israel launched a raid into northern Gaza, Palestinian security forces said. At least two others were killed in the West Bank.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 07:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Governor: Brazil gang rampage over</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/15/brazil.violenceover/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/15/brazil.violenceover/index.html</guid><description>Sao Paulo state Gov. Claudio Lembo announced late Monday that all prison rebellions across the state have ended and 200 prison guards held hostage over the weekend have been freed without injury.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 02:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. envoy flees mob in Darfur</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/08/darfur.talks/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/08/darfur.talks/index.html</guid><description>Angry demonstrators have killed a Sudanese interpreter working with African Union forces in Darfur in riots that broke out during a senior U.N. official's visit to a camp for displaced Sudanese, forcing him to flee.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2006 09:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protests greet UN's Egeland in Darfur</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/07/darfur.talks/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/07/darfur.talks/index.html</guid><description>The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs was greeted by protesters on Sunday as he arrived in Nyala, the largest city in southern Darfur, to assess the humanitarian crisis in the region.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 09:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. envoy heads to Africa to mediate Darfur crisis</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/01/darfur.peace/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/01/darfur.peace/index.html</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sent her deputy to save peace talks on ending the violence in Sudan's western Darfur region, saying it was time to "shake the trees" and put a robust security force in place.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 01:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three dead in raging Palestinian gunbattle</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/31/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/31/mideast/index.html</guid><description>A gunbattle on Friday that erupted between Palestinian security forces and the militant Palestinian Resistance Committees killed three people --  a security force member, a Popular Resistance member and a civilian, medical sources said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli airstrike hits Islamic Jihad</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/05/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/05/mideast/index.html</guid><description>An Israeli airstrike Sunday killed an Islamic Jihad field commander and a man in charge of making rockets for the organization, Islamic Jihad sources said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli forces, protesters clash at settlement</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/01/mideast.outpost/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/01/mideast.outpost/index.html</guid><description>Israeli security forces clashed Wednesday with thousands of demonstrators before demolishing the illegal settlement at the center of the dispute.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. sends 'signal' to Liberia's Taylor</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/11/liberia.un/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/11/liberia.un/index.html</guid><description>U.N. peacekeepers in Liberia now have the authority to arrest former President Charles Taylor and transfer him to Sierra Leone for trial should he return to the country.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Five U.S. troops killed in Iraq 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killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/18/saudi.qaeda/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/18/saudi.qaeda/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces have killed a man in Medina they said was the leader of al Qaeda on the Arab Peninsula, an interior ministry official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Convoy attack kills Chalabi bodyguard</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/31/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/31/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>A bodyguard of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi was killed Sunday and three others wounded in an attack on their convoy south of Baghdad, a city emergency police official said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2005 06:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Syrian firefight leaves one 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