News headlines in 2011, page 188

During an open debate on Children and Armed Conflict, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1998, that includes a new provision: attacks on schools and hospitals as criteria for listing parties to conflict in the Secretary- General's annual report.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Tuesday appealed to the 192 member states to respond to a growing humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa.

Prime property in the Georgian architectural gem town of Bath? Check. Luxury brand shopping on London’s Bond Street? Check. A seat on the fine art auctions? Check. The wish list of Chinese visitors to the UK is endless, and their aspirations and wealth are reshaping the property, retail and art treasures market here in ways unforeseen a few years ago.

The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan is calling on religious scholars to help end the violence in the militancy-wracked province, in a desperate attempt to restore peace.

The Sri Lanka government is considering a further tightening of age restrictions on women leaving the country to become domestic workers. But some analysts say this is a quick-fix solution to the problem of women running afoul of the law abroad.

Violence against women is rampant, devastating and tolerated in South Sudan and the new country needs to address these gross human rights violations and train people, especially soldiers, to respect women’s rights.

Escalating its rhetoric against Bashar Al-Assad, the White House declared Tuesday that the Syrian president had 'lost his legitimacy' but declined to call explicitly for his resignation or removal.

The French vessel Dignité-Al Karama is the only boat from the Freedom Flotilla II actually sailing for Gaza in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade imposed in 2006. At the same time, six Spanish members of the humanitarian aid mission went on hunger strike in the Greek capital.

'I'm ready. Let's get this show on the road,' Humberto Leal Garcia told a prison warden minutes before his execution in Texas on the night of Jul. 7.

Indonesia has assumed a target to cut greenhouse gas emission rates by half and achieve an economic growth rate of seven percent by changing the way it manages its vast forest land, and giving greater control over land to local communities.