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Photo of the Korean aid workers the day they left Korea for Afghanistan where they are now hostages.

SECOND KOREAN HOSTAGE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN: 31/7/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ - 31 July 2007 – The body of Shim Sung-Min, 29, (pictured above) was found yesterday by Afghan police, he was the second Korean hostage killed by the Taliban. A new deadline of 7:30 GMT Wednesday was proclaimed by the Taliban for the release of seven named Taliban prisoners in exchange for the South Korean hostages. SEE UPDATE >>

••• CONCERN AT U.N. OVER KOREAN HOSTAGES IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER PASTOR KILLED: 28/7/2007 SEE UPDATE >>

UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ - 28 July 2007 – Concern at the United Nations is mounting about the Afghanistan hostage situation involving the South Korean aid workers being held by the Taliban now that the Korean pastor has been killed.

"If any more are killed, it might force some aid agencies to pull out of Afghanistan and thus deny millions of Afghanis the vital help they need," said one long-time U.N. activist.

Baek Jong-chun, an envoy of the South Korean president, is scheduled to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai today.

At first the Taliban demanded that South Korea withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or they would kill the hostages.

The government in Seoul then reaffirmed its intention to remove Korean troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year as had been planned.

Then the militants changed their demands and asked for the release of Taliban prisoners.

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MaximsNews WORLD: TUESDAY, 31 JULY 2007

UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N. / - 31 JULY 2007 – The following is a summary of world news from MaximsNews.com, An Independent Voice from the United Nations:

••• CONCERN AT U.N. OVER KOREAN HOSTAGES IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER PASTOR KILLED: 28/7/2007 SEE UPDATE >>

••• UN: ATTACKS AGAINST AFGHAN SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO DISRUPT EDUCATION – UN: 30/7/2007

••• UN: UN WELCOMES START OF DISARMAMENT PROCESS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: 30/7/2007

••• UN: UN LAUNCHES FLASH APPEAL FOR DROUGHT- STRICKEN LESOTHO: 30/7/2007

••• UN: SIERRA LEONE: UN, PARTNERS VOICE 'UTMOST CONCERN' AT ELECTORAL VIOLENCE: 30/7/2007

••• UN: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA: 30/7/2007

••• MaximsNews WORLD: MONDAY, 30 JULY 2007

••• MEDIA ADVISORY: SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER, 7 AUG. 2007 (MaximsNewsJAPAN)

••• MEDIA ADVISORY: ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: 2ND STEERING COMMITTEE TO MEET 6 AUG. 2007 (MaximsNewsJAPAN)

••• U.S. POLICY TOWARD LEBANON: STEPPING BACK TO MOVE FORWARD: THE STANLEY FOUNDATION

••• POINT DE PRESSE QUOTIDIEN DU BUREAU DE LA PORTE-PAROLE DU SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL DE L’ONU: 30 JUILLET 2007

••• UN: UNITED NATIONS BRIEFING & TV: MONDAY, 30 JULY 2007

MICHELE MONTAS is the Spokesperson for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Ci-dessous les principaux points évoqués par Michèle Montas, Porte-parole du Secrétaire général de l’ONU, M. Ban Ki-moon.

MICHELE MONTAS, Spokesperson for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

SEE: UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 24 minutes

	••• JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH II MET U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH TODAY TO DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS: 24/7/2007 ••• JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH II MEETS U.S. SECRETARY RICE, IN EFFORT TO MOVE PEACE FORWARD: 24/7/2007
	••• MARK MALLOCH-BROWN: POLITICS OF HUMANITARIANISM AFTER IRAQ ••• LORD MARK MALLOCH- BROWN APPOINTED U.K. MINISTER FOR AFRICA, ASIA AND THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW BRITISH CABINET ••• SIR MARK MALLOCH BROWN: CAN THE U.N. BE REFORMED?
	••• STEPHEN SCHLESINGER: WHO IS KILLING AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ? (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) 27/7/2007
	••• MORTON HALPERIN: HUMAN RIGHTS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: TESTIMONY TO U.S. CONGRESS (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) 26/7/2007 ••• MORTON H. HALPERIN: BIO (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
	••• U.N. GOODWILL AMBASSADOR JULIA ORMOND DISCUSSES THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING: 23/7/2007

••• NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE PRESIDENT MARC MORIAL PROPOSES OPPORTUNITY COMPACT TO HELP URBAN AMERICA: 27/7/2007

••• IAN WILLIAMS: GORDON BROWN NEEDS A BIT OF GRAY: 27/7/2007

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