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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday the Syrian president's offer does not have "much credibility" because the crackdown is continuing.

Syrian Soldiers Enter Village Near Turkish Border 2011

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says fighting in the west coupled with clashes in the political capital, Yamoussoukro, and continued fighting in the commercial capital, Abidjan, are a disturbing escalation of the political crisis that is drawing the country closer to re-igniting civil war.

Ivory Coast Government Troops and Rebels Fight Near Liberian Border 2011

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen scrambled to issue a statement Friday after the deputy-commander of the operation, British Rear Admiral Russell Harding, told reporters earlier it was the first time the alliance had heard that rebels were using tanks and that there was nothing for NATO to apologize for.

NATO and Libya Rebels Try to Mend Fences After Misfire Stephen Fidler 2011

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday the Syrian president's offer does not have "much credibility" because the crackdown is continuing.

Syrian Soldiers Enter Village Near Turkish Border 2011

On Monday, French president Nicolas Sarkozy authorized the use of French planes in the U.N. operation, after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon requested help.

Troops Attack Presidential Palace 2011

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he ordered the attacks in keeping with the Security Council mandate to protect civilians and U.N. peacekeepers after he says forces loyal to incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo shelled the headquarters of the internationally-recognized president Alassane Ouattara on Saturday.

UN and French Forces Attack Gbagbo's Heavy Weapons in Abidjan 2011

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned the bus attack and expressed concern over civilian casualties in Israel's strikes.

Israeli army strikes Gaza after school bus hit 2011

"He is in a basement and is ready to surrender," says Y. P. Choi, who is the special representative of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon.

Ivory Coast's defiant strongman denies he's stepping down 2011

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he ordered the attacks in keeping with the Security Council mandate to protect civilians and U.N. peacekeepers after he says forces loyal to incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo shelled the headquarters of the internationally-recognized president Alassane Ouattara on Saturday.

UN and French Forces Attack Gbagbo's Heavy Weapons in Abidjan 2011

He made the comments in letters, released Wednesday, to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council.

US Warns Americans Against Joining Gaza Aid Flotilla 2011