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United Nations peacebuilding efforts are more effective when post-conflict countries set their own priorities and take ownership of the national institution-building process, senior UN officials told the Security Council today.

?Building peace means helping national institutions reach a point where they are able to maintain a sufficient level of stability and security, in particular through respect for the rule of law and human rights,? said the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, in his remarks to a Council meeting on peacekeeping and its role in peacebuilding. ?Strong national ownership and leadership in the formulation of peacebuilding priorities is essential.?

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A couple have been banned from having animals for eight years after allowing their 69 pets, including 56 large dogs, to live in squalid conditions.

Nicola Hood, 31, and James Hood, 40, of Queens Road, Minehead, admitted nine counts of animal cruelty last month.

The couples baby was found in a bed with sheets soiled with bird droppings.

Taunton magistrates gave them a two-year conditional discharge and ordered them to pay £250 each in costs, which will go to the RSPCA animal charity.

Sea of dogs

The conditional discharge means they will be re-sentenced if they breach the conditions of their release.

During the sentencing, Ian Denley, defending the couple,...

ATHENS, March 28 (Reuters) – Cyprus would seek financing
from other countries and companies to help it build energy
infrastructure such as a key plant to liquefy natural gas, the
countrys energy minister said on Wednesday.

Cyprus reported its first natural gas discovery in December,
when US based Noble Energy said it had discovered an
estimated 5 to 8 trillion cubic feet in a block south of the
island.

Israeli firm Delek has suggested that Cyprus build a natural
gas liquefaction plant, which would process both Cypriot and
Israeli natural gas, discovered in even bigger quantities in
nearby waters.

Its clear that to build such infrastructure,...

NASHUA – The Telegraph invites you to celebrate all things with four legs, fins, wings and whiskers.

Pawsitively Pets Expo will be held from 10 am-2 pm Saturday, May 19, at Daniel Webster College in Nashua. Pets from all over New Hampshire are bringing their owners to the Expo to visit with pet-related vendors and enjoy demonstrations, giveaways and prizes.

Don’t have a pet? The Humane Society for Greater Nashua will have pets available for adoption.

The Humane Society for Greater Nashua is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the animals and people of the Greater Nashua community since 1900. The society operates a full-service shelter...

Veterinarians and their staff are constantly warning pet owners about the hidden dangers lurking in their homeplants, household cleaners, medications, and some foods are just a few examples. But what about beauty products, specifically nail polishes?

Although many nail products on the market today are labeled toxin free that might be a bit misleading. According to a recent California report, some nail polishes and other nail products used at salons and labeled toxin-free may have high levels of toxic chemicals. A team of researchers with the California Environmental Protection Agency bought 25 nail products and sent them to an independent lab for analysis. The products were tested...

Fasten your seatbelts. A new low in promotional advertising is making news at Spirit Airlines, which is flying high on the Secret Service prostitution scandal. The airline is offering one-way flights to Cartagena, Colombia and other destinations for $19.80. As if. Maybe that price is for the pet cicada that has to fly in your carry-on. The promo is as tacky as the ultra low-cost airline, which has the dubious distinction of vying with ATamp;T for most customer complaints.

The headline on the promo, More Bang for Your Buck, is an in-your-face reference, replete with scantily clad babes, to the Secret Service agents who gave themselves a green light to book services from the red light...

We invite our readers to interact here on the pets section any chance we get, and one thing is evident: people are passionate about their companion animals, no matter what breed they are. And as we see at the end of each week, they like to show off their cute pet photos!

Its always fun to see what our readers lives are like with their own pets and other animals, and there are always interesting stories to tell.

This week, youll see three dogs at Swift Run dog park, a Mini Rex bunny, a tired Schnauzer and an English Bulldog who loves to go for a ride in the truck!

Its all in good fun!

Unfazed by his detention at a New York airport by US immigration authorities for a couple of hours, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, joked about the incident later at Yale University, where he was honoured as a Chubb Fellow.

Khan, who has millions of fans in India and around the world, was detained at New Yorks White Plains airport, about 35 miles from New York, when he arrived Thursday on a private plane along with Nita Ambani, wife of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani.

While Ambani, whose student daughter Isha is president of the South Asian Society at the university, and the rest of their group were cleared immediately, Shahrukh Khan was allowed to go only after...

Greg Schianos intense and efficient approach has been a hit with Tampa Bay players. (Chris OMeara/Associated Press)

This weekend, I will take a trip back in time — sort of. I will fly to New Bern, NC, a quaint and charming Southern town. The tea is sweet and the people are sweeter. It is easy to see the appeal.

I am traveling to New Bern for a movie premiere of The Lucky One, the newest romantic movie based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks. The movie follows the story of a Marine returning from Iraq. He believes that he is alive due to a woman he has never met. He finds her, takes a job with her familys business and a romance begins. Sparks is a master storyteller and I have no doubt that I will be crying in the theatre.

The premiere is part of Sparkss Celebrity Family...