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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 May 2007 India's government is promising more inclusive growth as it begins its fourth year in office. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the pledge follows a series of recent electoral setbacks that have raise
By Tendai Maphosa London 24 August 2007 Amnesty International has released photographs it says show that Sudan's government is still deploying weapons to Darfur in what the rights organization describes as breathtaking defiance of a United Nations ar
By Scott Stearns Washington 25 April 2006 President Bush President Bush says Iraq's new government is an important milestone that will make America safer. Iraqi politicians broke a four-month deadlock
By Anjana Pasricha Bagkok 23 April 2006 Congress President Sonia Gandhi, center, gives a job card to a villager, second left, during the inauguration of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Program
By Subel Bhandari New Delhi 23 May 2006 Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli Nepal's deputy prime minister says the government is ready for peace talks with Maoist rebels, but rebel violenc
By Paula Wolfson White House 01 May 2006 President Bush says Iraq's new leaders are more determined than ever to succeed, and the United States stands with them. He spoke at the White House after top
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 20 February 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is holding talks with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on forming a new Palestinian government. The talks are taking place amid
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 30 March 2006 The new Palestinian government led by the Islamic militant group Hamas has begun its first day of work amid a looming political and financial crisis. Hamas is
Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif says his party, the Pakistan Muslim League-N has quit the ruling coalition government because its main partner, the Pakistan People's Party, has broken several key policy promises. VOA's Barry Newhouse r
With less than a week to go before elections in Bangladesh, the U.S. ambassador to that country is warning that whoever wins will have to simultaneously focus on democracy, development and fighting terrorism. Otherwise, he says, Bangladesh will face
Somalia's transitional leadership is struggling to form a new government, following the resignation of former president Abdullahi Yusuf, and trying to prevent Islamist extremists from taking control as Ethiopian troops withdraw. Somalia's two top le
Burmese pro-democracy activists have welcomed the stated policy approach by the new Thai government and its call for political change in Burma ahead of Burma's general elections, scheduled for 2010. The Thai Government is also looking to other South
Auto industry executives in Thailand are calling on the government to support the industry, in the face of sharply falling exports and local sales. Layoffs are starting to mount, but analysts are upbeat about the longer term future with more investm
Israel's Prime Minister-designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, is closer to forming a government that will be dominated by right-wing parties that oppose giving many concessions to the Palestinians. But Mr. Netanyahu is seeking to form a broad coalition by
For the first time since eight British soldiers died in Afghanistan last week, Britain's Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth addressed parliament as he tried to rebut claims British forces are under-equipped for the tough mission they are engaged in. Th
US Cities Brace for Mandatory Government Spending Cuts Air traffic controllers at the Frederick, Maryland, municipal airport guide pilots around the busy airspace. But, under the spending cuts known as sequestration, this control tower, like many at
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 December 2006 Police in Kenya's capital have dispersed demonstrators protesting government support of a faction within the country's main opposition party, a move observers say effectively splits the opposition before ne
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Unless there's a last-minute agreement, the federal government is about to partially shut down. Funding for most agencies expires at midnight tonight Eastern Time. So what exactly does that mean? NPR's Brian Naylor is here to tel
The U.S. ambassador to Kenya has angrily denounced print and broadcast advertisements placed by the government of President Mwai Kibaki, which accuses the United States and other Western countries of contributing to post-election violence in the coun
By Katy Migiro Nairobi 13 June 2007 The Ethiopian government today hit back at critics who say it is using the courts to harass journalists and get revenge against the opposition. Two journalists face a possible death sentence for trying to overthrow