By Carolyn Weaver Nigeria 14 August 2006 watch Interview Tanzanians elected Jakaya Kikwete president last December. He is the second president elected since the East African state transitioned to multi-party democracy in 1992. President Kikwete spok...
By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 14 August 2006 watch Lebanon Ceasefire No major clashes have been reported between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon after a U.N.-mediated ceasefire took hold earlier today to stop more than a mont...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 14 August 2006 Soldier stands near site of an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, August 14, 2006 The United Nations has confirmed that at least 19 students were killed by a bomb in eastern Sri Lanka. Hours later, an...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 August 2006 Militant patrols creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria (File photo) Armed men seized four foreign oil workers Sunday in the latest kidnapping in the oil-rich Niger Delta. It was the fifth kidnapping in th...
By Gary Thomas London 14 August 2006 watch British Terrorists report Britain has lowered its security threat level, but warned that there is still a strong likelihood of a terrorist attack. The ban on carry-on luggage for airline passengers was also...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 14 August 2006 Australian Prime Minister John Howard Australia's conservative government has withdrawn a controversial asylum bill before the Senate looked ready to defeat it. Prime Minister John Howard, whose 10 years in offic...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 14 August 2006 Israeli PM Ehud Olmert addresses a special session of Israel's parliament, or Knesset, in Jerusalem, Monday, August 14, 2006 More than a month of heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants ha...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 August 2006 Security Council members at UN Headquarters in New York voted to adopt a resolution calling for a cease fire between Israel and Lebanon Friday, August 11, 2006 Consultations are expected to begin this week...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 13 August 2006 An Israeli artillery piece fires to targets in southern Lebanon from a position along the border in northern Israel, Sunday Aug. 13, 2006 Israel's Cabinet has agreed to a U.N.-mediated cease-fire, aimed at endi...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 13 August 2006 Vietnamese Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Viet Tien is handcuffed and led from his home in Hanoi (File photo) As Vietnam prepares to ratify the U.N. Convention Against Corruption, the government continues it...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 13 August 2006 The Sri Lankan government says the Tamil Tiger rebels have offered to resume peace talks, which could bring an end to nearly three weeks of fighting in the country's north and east. But international monito...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 13 August 2006 Students stamp on Pepsi bottles during a protest demanding the ban on sale of soft drinks in school and college cafeterias during a protest in Ahmadabad, India In India, six states have announced bans on t...
By Margaret Besheer Beirut 13 August 2006 The Lebanese Government has unanimously accepted a U.N. Resolution that calls on Israel and Hezbollah to cease hostilities following a month of fighting that has left more than 1,000 Lebanese and over 120 Is...
By Michael Bowman Washington 10 August 2006 It has been more than 10 days since Cuba announced that President Fidel Castro had undergone gastrointestinal surgery and temporarily transferred executive authority to his brother, Raul. Since then, there...
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 10 August 2006 The United States and France are continuing intense negotiations to agree on a joint resolution to present to the U.N. Security Council, aimed at a truce between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Secretary...
