By VOA News 10 May 2006 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday the United States will pause in its drive for U.N. Security Council action against Iran. The break would all...
By Cathy Majtenyi Bujumbura 10 May 2006 Efforts are under way in Burundi to recover from more than a decade of civil war. The government and the United Nations recently agreed on the terms of two post...
By Lindsay Wise Cairo 10 May 2006 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (April 2006) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has governed for the last 25 years. Many in Egypt have lived most of their lives under...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 10 May 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, shakes hands with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, after Ahmadinekad arrived at the Presid...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 09 May 2006 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged the U.N. Security Council to act quickly to stop the genocide and humanitarian crisis in Dar...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 09 May 2006 Los Angeles is one of the most diverse cities in the United States, where groups that are minorities in other parts of the country form the majority. Recent...
By Teresa Sullivan Washington 09 May 2006 The U.S. men's soccer team is making final preparations for its opening World Cup match June 12 against the Czech Republic in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. One play...
By David Gollust State Department 09 May 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is sending $10 million in emergency medical aid to the Pale...
By Al Pessin Washington 09 May 2006 Donald Rumsfeld U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has welcomed indications by Iraq's new leader that he is close to forming a national unity government, but sa...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 09 May 2006 Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki talks to reporters during a news conference in Baghdad, Tuesday, May 9, 2006 Iraq's Prime Minister-designate,...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 09 May 2006 President Bush says he thinks diplomacy is the first and most important option in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions. Mr. Bush was asked about the dispute du...
By Noel King Khartoum 09 May 2006 A top United Nations envoy has painted a grim picture of the humanitarian situation in Darfur. One day after a visit to the troubled region, U.N. Under-Secretary Gene...
By Jim Malone Washington 09 May 2006 Two recent public opinion polls show President Bush's approval ratings in the low to mid-30s, and those low numbers are a major concern for Republicans hoping to h...
By Efam Dovi Accra 09 May 2006 Ghana's army says it is ordering an investigation into allegations that its soldiers serving with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Liberia are involved in a sex-for-aid...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 09 May 2006 Iran's president has declared in a letter to President Bush that democracy has failed worldwide, and accused the United States of spreading hatred. U.S. of...