By Purnell Murdock Washington 21 April 2006 The top U.N. humanitarian official says the relief effort in Sudan's Darfur region is on the verge of collapse because of a lack of funds and government res...
By Patricia Nunan/Kate Pound Dawson Kathmandu/Hong Kong 21 April 2006 Tens of thousands of protesters covered the main road surrounding Kathmandu, demanding that Nepal's King Gyanendra give up the con...
By Amelia Shaw Port-au-Prince 21 April 2006 Haitians return to the polls Friday to elect a parliament. The vote is seen as a crucial step in establishing a legitimate democratic government in the poli...
By Gary Thomas Washington 20 April 2006 John Negroponte The director of national intelligence says he has moved aggressively over the past year to improve American intelligence collection and analysis...
By Lisa Bryant San Sebastian, Spain 20 April 2006 After nearly 40 years of separatist violence, Spain's ETA terrorist group has announced a permanent ceasefire. The separatist organization has killed...
By Joe Bavier Niamey, Niger 20 April 2006 As part of a worldwide campaign against malaria, health workers in Africa are falling back on a proven weapon against the deadly disease: bed nets. While scie...
By Meredith Buel Washington 20 April 2006 Michael Chertoff, left, listens as Julie Myers gives remarks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters U.S. immigration agents have arrested seven e...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 20 April 2006 Ambassador Dan Gillerman Israel's ambassador to the United Nations this week linked the Hamas-led Palestinian government to Iran and to what he called a new "axis...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 April 2006 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching an appeal for $13.4 million for operations aimed at preventing the spread of bird...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 20 April 2006 Palestinian minister of Jerusalem affairs Khaled Abu Arafa, center, leaves following a meeting with Israeli parliament members Slapped with Israeli sanctions,...
By Lisa McAdams Kiev, Ukraine 20 April 2006 VOA Correspondent Lisa McAdams at the prohibiton zone near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant A recent United Nations report about the world's worst nuclear...
By Lindsay Wise Cairo 20 April 2006 When the Egyptian Movement for Change began organizing anti-government protests in Cairo a year and a half ago, it hoped it would pressure President Hosni Mubarak t...
By Jane M Friedman Washington, DC 20 April 2006 watch Biotech Industry report A report by the consulting firm Ernst and Young says that, although huge pharmaceutical firms like Merck and Pfizer pour b...
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By Franz Wild Abidjan 20 April 2006 The Nigerian university staff union says its members' working conditions have dropped below acceptable levels, and the government is interfering in academic affairs...
