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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Reeling from the attack on U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday the world security system had been shaken to its core with divisions on the most fundamental issues. In a major report, Annan called for radical reforms in the United Nations and other institutions to cope with war, terrorism, poverty and human rights. "In peace and security I felt that this year a simple progress report would not be enough," Annan told a news conference at which he released the report." "I have an uneasy feeling that the system is not working...

UN chief Annan: Israel had no right to carry out `extra-judicial` killing of top Hamas leader Ismail Abu Shanab

AMERICA-BASHING U.N. SHOULD GET LOST By ANDREA PEYSER September 21, 2001 -- IT'S time for the United Nations to get the hell out of town. And take with it CNN war slut Christiane Amanpour. Also, short ABC comedian Bill "those bombers were brave" Maher. More on that in a sec. The U.N. building towers over the East River like a giant middle finger aimed at our shores. The once-shiny beacon of peace has devolved into a cancer, where all manner of anti-American lunacy is hatched. Today, the U.N. functions as an international megaphone through which every Third World dictatorship vents...