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URGENT ¥¥¥ UN rejects Haiti cholera damages claim

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The United Nations on Thursday formally rejected massive damages claims made by lawyers after UN peacekeepers were accused of introducing a cholera epidemic to Haiti.

About 8,000 people have died in the epidemic but UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said the global body had told lawyers the damages claim was "non-receivable" under a 1946 convention laying out the UN's immunities for its actions.

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130221/urgent-un-rejects-haiti-cholera-damages-claim

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