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President Bush urges the U.N. General Assembly to support "the forces of moderation in the Middle East." Addressing the Iranian people, he said its rulers are the greatest obstacles to Iran's progress. Hours later, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his policies.

In 2012, it estimated that the Gaza Strip would be unlivable by 2020. "Gaza's 2 million people are seeing faster and faster decline in their living conditions," says the U.N.'s Gaza Coordinator.

Ann Powers picks her favorite chart-topping, radio-dominating songs of 2012.

The Aid Worker Security Database, which has compiled reports since 1997, said the number of killings rose from 293 in 2023 to 383 in 2024, including over 180 in Gaza.

The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency votes to ask the U.N. Security Council to consider action against Iran for its efforts to pursue a nuclear program. But at the behest of China and Russia, action will be delayed at least a month.

U.N. envoys say it's not possible to hold open elections in Iraq before June 30, the date U.S. authorities plan to hand over power to an interim Iraqi government. Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, a Shia Muslim cleric at the heart of the debate, said he accepts the U.N. determination but urges elections as soon as possible. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Deborah Amos.

U.N. troops open fire on mobs of protesters in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, killing at least two people. The conflict stems from anger over the rebel capture of Bukavu, an eastern border city. Crowds took to the streets, accusing the United Nations of allowing the takeover. Rioters also burned buildings and attacked U.N. and other aid compounds across the country. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

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This week the Vatican faced a U.N. panel investigating priest sex abuse. The panel called for an end to what it called a Vatican "climate of impunity."

Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N. special envoy to Myanmar, briefed the U.N. Security Council Friday on his visits with Myanmar leader Senior General Than Shwe, and with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.