By Scott Stearns White House 29 June 2006 President Bush met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the White House for talks on fighting terrorism and convincing North Korea to give up nuclear weapons. --------- An honor guard of America...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 29 June 2006 Foreign Ministers of the Group of Eight industrialized nations are calling on Iran to respond to an international proposal aimed at ending the standoff with the West over its controversial nuclear program. During...
By Greg Flakus Houston 29 June 2006 Samir Sumaida'a Iraq's ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaida'ie, spoke at the final luncheon of the US-Arab Economic Forum in Houston Wednesday, calling on neighboring nations to give more assistance to h...
By Dan Robinson Washington 29 June 2006 East Timor A U.S. official has told members of Congress that the Bush administration is committed to helping East Timor overcome its recent crisis amid continuing violence. --------- Deputy Assistant Secretary...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 28 June 2006 Several U.S. lawmakers are working behind the scenes to try to forge a compromise between very different plans for immigration reform passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. --------- The Hous...
By Challiss McDonough Kuwait City 28 June 2006 Kuwaiti voters will go to the polls Thursday in a historic parliamentary election. Women will be allowed to vote for the first time, and 28 women are running for office. ------------ Rola Dashti's campa...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 June 2006 Sauri, in western Kenya, is one of a dozen so-called Millennium Villages set up across the continent by American and African development experts and funded by governments and private donors. Local committees wi...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 June 2006 Israel has launched an air and ground assault on the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip. The offensive was prompted by the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier on Sunday. --------- One of the three bridges in Gaza, dest...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 June 2006 There's an angry backlash after Tuesday's arraignment of two Nigerian journalists in a court in Abuja on sedition charges. The trial is raising questions about tolerance for press freedom in Africa's most popul...
By Paige Kollock Washington 28 June 2006 Surfing has fascinated Americans for decades, and in some parts of the country has given birth to its own surfing culture and dialect. Some people grow up surfing, while others come to it from other sports li...
By Peter Heinlein New York 28 June 2006 Montenegro has become the 192nd member state of the United Nations. Montenegro's president and top leaders of the world body marked the occasion with a flag-raising ceremony outside U.N. headquarters in New Yo...
By Penelope Poulou Washington 28 June 2006 Watch culture report It has been five years since the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The political and cultural status of Afghan women has improved radically, especially in the cities. Change came slow...
By George Dwyer Washington 28 June 2006 Watch steel report The world's second largest steel producer, Arcelor Steel of Luxembourg, has announced it will merge with the world's largest steel company, Netherlands-based Mittal. The deal, announced on J...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 June 2006 World leaders have expressed concern for weeks over the possibility of a North Korean missile test. Beyond satellite images of the missile launch base, however, relatively little is known about Pyongyang's prospectiv...
By Patricia Nunan Trincomalee 28 June 2006 Hundreds of people have died in Sri Lanka this year as the government and rebels of the Tamil Tiger guerrilla group slip back into what some are calling an undeclared civil war. Leaders from both sides say...
