By Nico Colombant Dakar 16 October 2006 Rains have been better than in previous years in West and Central Africa, meaning food shortages in the coming months will be lessened. But as the region marks World Food Day, U.N experts say more private inve...
By Nina Maria Potts The Hague 16 October 2006 watch ICC report International justice needs the support of the international community -- that's the word from chief prosecutors from the International Criminal Court, and its ad hoc tribunals. Chief pr...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 October 2006 An international campaign to draw attention to the huge agricultural potential of the Sahel drylands of Africa is gaining ground, with a recent workshop in Niamey, the capital of Niger. The campaign seeks to...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 16 October 2006 Israeli President Moshe Katsav speaks at a ceremony in Jerusalem (File photo - May 25, 2006) Israeli President Moshe Katsav, on Monday did not appear at the opening of the wintersession of the Israeli Knesset,...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 October 2006 The United Nations' drug agency says there has been another sharp fall in opium cultivation in the area of Southeast Asia known as the Golden Triangle, where Burma, Thailand and Laos meet. But, U.N. officials ar...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 16 October 2006 Ly Tong, center, a South Vietnamese air force veteran who later became a US citizen, talks to reporters at Criminal Court in Bangkok, September 7, 2006 A small but growing number of dissidents in Vietnam is c...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 October 2006 Nepalese Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula, left, and Maoist rebels spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara, address a joint press conference in Katmandu, October 12, 2006 Nepal's government and communist...
By Paula Wolfson White House 15 October 2006 The Bush administration is urging Iran to learn a lesson from the U.N.'s quick response to North Korea's nuclear-test claim. 2002, President Bush referred to Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an axis of evil....
By Stephanie Ho Washing 15 October 2006 U.S. officials say Washington is happy with the U.N. Security Council resolution that imposes weapons sanctions on North Korea. Pyongyang last week angered the world by conducting what it says was a nuclear te...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 15 October 2006 Efforts to convene a rare Israeli-Palestinian summit have broken down. The thorny issue of the release of Palestinian prisoners is at the heart of the dispute. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is seen at the weekly c...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 15 October 2006 Woman holds a flag bearing photo of Mexiacn Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia, in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, October 15, 2006 Pope Benedict has proclaimed four new saints at a canonization ceremony in...
By Noel King Khartoum 15 October 2006 Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol on Lam Akol Saturday. A spokesman at the Foreign Ministry told VOA that Darfur was on the agenda, but said Sudan will not change its mind...
By Franz Wild Abidjan 15 October 2006 The United Nations' elections supervisor in Ivory Coast, Gerard Stoudman, has said it will take another year to organize elections in the war-divided country. The United Nations had already said elections would...
By Doug Levine Washington 14 October 2006 A new dance craze that's been popping up in cities across the U.S. is poised for a major takeoff. Make that a major step off. A team of New York music producers are making big strides in the evolution of ste...
By Cindy Saine Miami 14 October 2006 In Ecuador, the frontrunner in a field of 13 candidates for president is an outspoken outsider with close ties to leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. One of Ecuador's former presidents once described politi...
