Ban The UN...

Here's an al-Reuters quicky:

United Nations approves S. Korea's Ban as leader

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly approved South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon on Friday as the next U.N. secretary-general, the last step in the process allowing him to assume the post on January 1.

Ban, 62, is the first Asian leader since Burma's U Thant held the post from 1961 to 1971. Asian nations had insisted it was their turn for the job to succeed Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian, who has led the 192-member world body for the past decade.

Ban was approved by acclamation for a five-year term as the world's top diplomat.

"The world's top diplomat?" But anyway; not that anything good will ever come out of the UN, but maybe Ban will feel like doing something about N. Korea, you know? since his nation could be annihilated any day now.