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By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 April 2006 French President Jacques Chirac looks on during a joint address with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, unseen, at the Elysee Palace French President Jacques Chirac c
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 30 September 2006 Labor unrest is growing in the Gaza Strip, where cash-strapped Palestinians are venting their anger at the government, led by the Islamic militant group Hamas. Hamas has rejected international conditions
By Maura Jane Farrelly New York 31 March 2006 Bill Clinton Former President Bill Clinton says the Global Initiative he launched last year has resulted in aid pledges totaling $2.5 billion and commitme
By Brian Wagner Port-au-Prince 17 April 2008 Foreign aid groups in Haiti say they are hurt by the high cost of food just as much as ordinary citizens whose anger over the rising prices led to violent protests in the Caribbean nation last week. In Por
Congressional Democrats say they have reached agreement with the White House on a deal to give U.S. automakers billions of dollars in loans and require the companies to restructure to stay competitive in the global marketplace. Although the deal has
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 18 January 2006 After three days of bad weather, the United Nations has resumed emergency aid flights into areas of Pakistan devastated by October's massive earthquake. But
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 19 April 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it has sent medical and relief supplies to a small Somali town near the Kenyan border, the destination of many people fleeing violence and instability in Somalia. Cathy Majtenyi rep
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 21 February 2007 International aid agencies are expressing frustration and alarm at their lack of access to several needy regions of Somalia because of continuing insecurity. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu in our East Africa Bure
By Paula Wolfson White House 25 September 2006 President Bush has met with a group of American business leaders who are raising private funds to help the people of Lebanon. The president says they are working with U.S. government officials to streng
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 25 February 2006 David Welch, left, arrives for meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas A senior U.S. official says the United States will continue giving
By Noel King Khartoum 26 March 2007 The U.N. Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs has warned that the massive aid operation sustaining Sudan's war-torn Darfur region is on the verge of collapse if insecurity in the region continues. Noel King has
By Lisa Bryant Paris 25 January 2007 Lebanon is set to reap millions of dollars in aid Thursday, when representatives from some 35 Western and Middle Eastern countries meet for a donors' conference in Paris. From the French capital, Lisa Bryant has m
The United Nations' World Food Program says the U.S.-flagged container ship anchored off the coast of Somalia is carrying items to feed hundreds of thousands of starving people in Somalia, Uganda and Kenya. The ship's captain is being held hostage b
A coalition of religious groups and refugee organizations wants U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to take a new approach to Chad. The coalition of aid groups says the Obama administration should set a new foreign policy agenda for Chad that includes
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
IMF, International Community Step Up Aid for Ukraine 国际货币基金组织欲资助乌克兰 Around the world, support for Ukraines battered economy is gaining ground. On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund agreed to a two-year bailout worth
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 January 2006 The Kenyan government is investigating claims that some relief food that had been donated to famine victims in the north and east is instead being sold in the
By Terry Fitzpatrick Cape Town 14 June 2007 Business and political leaders in Cape Town for the World Economic Forum on Africa say agriculture can fuel economic growth in impoverished countries. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stepped in
Residents in Mogadishu, Somalia say they fear the apparent murder of the director of the U.N. Development Program there may cause aid groups to further scale down their operations and deepen the country's humanitarian crisis. As VOA Correspondent Al
By Brian Padden Jakarta 06 October 2009 A Muslim woman looks on as US military personnel build a field hospital in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, 06 Oct 2009 The United States today sent the first installment of a multi-million dollar assistance p