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Aid to Syrian Opposition Falls Short of Expectations The continuing death and destruction in Syria have intensified international concern, but have not changed the strategic situation: The West and key Arab countries don't want to do anything that wo
By Stephanie Ho Washington 01 January 2006 The mayor of New Orleans, a city that was devastated four months ago by Hurricane Katrina, says his wishes for the new year include rebuilding the city's pro
By Lisa McAdams St. Petersburg 15 July 2006 Russian and U.S. trade negotiators have failed to reach agreement on Russia's accession into the World Trade Organization, but presidents Putin and Bush say they remain committed to the goal of Russia's ev
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 26 January 2006 Academy award-winning actress Nicole Kidman has taken on a new job, as a United Nations goodwill ambassador. Kidman will work to advance women's rights
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 09 November 2006 A former official of the Reagan administration says Washington should recall the lessons of history as it works to solve the nation's problems. Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese was recently hon
By Marianne Kearney Jakarta 15 June 2006 The United Nations has canceled an aid contract with a militant Muslim group chaired by Abu Bakar Bashir, who has just finished a jail term for terrorism-related offenses in Indonesia. The group was deliverin
By Malini Bawa Washington, DC 20 January 2006 watch Journalist report An insurgent group says it will kill a kidnapped American journalist Friday, and deadly bombings claim more lives in Baghdad durin
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 October 2006 The humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders, says new drugs to combat extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis are urgently needed. The group is calling for the World Health Organization to take the l
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 02 May 2006 The World Health Organization says it may be possible to prevent or delay a human bird-flu pandemic if countries immediately act to contain outbreaks. -----
By David Gollust Washington 19 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, continuing a bureaucratic shake-up, is reorganizing the United States' foreign aid apparatus. She is creating what amou
By Tendai Maphosa Harare 17 March 2006 Morgan Tsvangirai In Zimbabwe, thousands of delegates loyal to Morgan Tsvangirai, the president of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, are gathering i
By Cathy Majtenyi Mekele 21 March 2006 The northern Ethiopian region, Tigray, is plagued with inconsistent rainfall, environmental degradation, poor quality soils and other problems, making the area p
By George Dwyer Washington, D.C. 27 March 2006 watch Hispanic Business report A new report from the United States Census Bureau shows that between 1997 and 2002, Hispanic-owned businesses grew nearly
The United Nation's chief humanitarian official says efforts to fill the gaps left by the 13 international aid groups kicked out of Sudan are insufficient and that the upcoming rainy season could further complicate an already serious humanitarian si
Slaid Cleaves Reflects on Struggles of War Veterans Over the past two decades, Cleaves has won acclaim for his songs about the small-town, working-class men and women just struggling to get bylike the ones hes singing about in Rust Belt Fields. Rust
By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 July 2006 S. Korean protesters shout slogans as they hold N. Korea's flags and pictures leader Kim Jong Il next to North's mock missile during an anti- N. Korea rally, July 12, 2006 South Korea has taken its firmest stand to d
By Zulima Palacio Branson, Missouri 04 September 2006 watch Branson profile The small middle-American town of Branson, Missouri is becoming a popular tourist destination. It has fewer than 8,000 residents -- but attracts seven million visitors each
By Brian Padden Anchorage, Alaska 09 August 2006 watch Alaska Global Warming Global warming is considered a cause of glaciers melting While there is still an ongoing debate about the extent and impact of global warming worldwide, many scientists bel
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 07 August 2006 Fifteen aid workers have been found executed in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Muttur - where fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels has raged for nearly two weeks. Other humanitarian groups
A string of kidnappings and targeted killings of aid workers in Somalia in recent weeks has prompted some international and local agencies to suspend operations in Mogadishu and in other parts of the south. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports fr