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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 January 2007 Representatives from southern Sudan have appeared before a U.S. congressional committee on Capitol Hill to detail what they say are deliberate efforts by the National Congress Party government in Khartoum
By Dan Robinson Washington 29 June 2006 East Timor A U.S. official has told members of Congress that the Bush administration is committed to helping East Timor overcome its recent crisis amid continuing violence. --------- Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office Cubicle Dwellers Build 'Walls' for Privacy Office mazes in which just about everybody below the rank of vice president works in large open spaces, divided by partitions into cubicles, are the standard workplace setting for millions of American
A U.N. representative on extrajudicial killings has called for the dismissal of Kenya's police commissioner and attorney general over the country's failure to address widespread killings by the police. The representative also called for widespread j
senior United Nations' official in Asia says the financial crisis hitting regional economies is an opportunity to boost investment in green technologies to impact climate change. The comments by U.N. Undersecretary General Noeleen Heyzer, head of th
The United Nation's official in charge of humanitarian aid has expressed concern over Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir's remarks Monday that he wants all international aid groups out of his country within a year. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir a
Gunmen in southwest Pakistan have kidnapped an American working for the U.N. refugee agency and killed his Pakistani driver. The kidnapping occurred in Quetta, the regional capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province. American John Solecki and his Pa
By Stephanie Ho Washington 02 March 2006 U.S. officials say they are working to step up global efforts to detect and contain outbreaks of the bird flu virus as soon as they occur. The virus has so far
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 June 2006 Key Bush administration officials have briefed members of Congress on the situation in Iraq. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as Democ
Once more the governor of the Reserve Bank, Alan Bollard, has cut the official cash rate, but this time by a large amount: 1.5%. This brings the official cash rate now to 5%, the lowest in a long time. This is the rate that banks pay to borrow overni
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 02 June 2007 A U.S. government official has called for an end to Maoist violence in Nepal, where the country's former rebels are making a jerky transition from armed insurgents to mainstream politicians. Liam Cochrane has m
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 11 December 2006 watch Rumsfeld Iraq The departure of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this month roughly coincides with the end of Lieutenant General Peter Chiarelli's tour as Commander of Multinational Forces
By Stephanie Ho Washington 07 May 2006 Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki, left and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani chat during farewell lunch for outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 04 July 2007 Pakistani students run out of a government office after setting on fire after a clash with police outside the Red Mosque in Islamabad, 03 Jul 2007 A standoff between Pakistani troops and students at a radical m
By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 June 2007 Visiting officials from the United Nations Security Council are warning of delays in the latest peace plan in divided Ivory Coast. Despite the presence of U.N. peacekeepers, the world body is playing a limited rol
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 05 June 2006 East Timor's defense minister has met with disgruntled soldiers in a tentative step toward settling a dispute that has plunged the country into violent unrest. Au
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 14 May 2007 Pakistani troops have been told to shoot on sight if need be to control political violence in the southern city of Karachi. Pakistani authorities have banned political rallies in the city, where at least 38 peop
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 01 June 2007 Officials in the semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland have confirmed local reports that a group of armed fighters, believed to be remnants of Somalia's defeated Islamist movement, arrived in a small coastal set
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 May 2006 U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour says there is no hope for peace in Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region until the fighting factions are disarm
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 12 April 2006 Rebels in eastern Chad have stepped up their campaign to overthrow President Idriss Deby, leading a week of attacks that have raised concerns among aid organization