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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 April 2006 The Sudanese government is under fire for blocking the visit of a top United Nations official to Darfur and Chad and for ordering a Norwegian aid group to leave
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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 26 March 2008 A total of 40 international humanitarian organizations have issued a statement warning of the worsening humanitarian situation in Somalia and appealing for increased attention from the international community. Th
By Mona Ghuneim New York 25 April 2007 The Asian Cultural Festival celebrates and explores the multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-dynamic Asian-American experience. Where better to host such a festival than in Queens, New York - the most ethnic
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By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 19 June 2008 Rising inflation is putting pressure on governments all over Asia, as angry citizens protest spiraling food and fuel costs and politicians bicker over how to handle new fiscal constraints. Naomi Martig reports
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 24 September 2009 President Barack Obama chairs a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at the United Nations headquarters, in New York, 24 Sep 2009 President Barack Obama chaired a summit level-session of
Barack Obama will make history on January 20 when he is inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States and becomes the first African-American to hold the job. President-elect Barack Obama speaks to reporters in Washington, 12 Jan 2009 In the
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
By Kurt Achin Kyoto, Japan 05 May 2007 Financial officials from the major East Asian countries say they will cooperate on a major new initiative to insure the region against financial crises. The countries have agreed to form a pool of foreign curren
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 11 September 2007 A lawyer for Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has filed a legal challenge against the government for deporting him from Pakistan. The government, however, has argued Mr. Sharif was not forc
By Stefan Bos Budapest 04 November 2007 Hungarians remembered Sunday those who died when troops from the Soviet Union crushed the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet domination and Communism. But as Stefan Bos reports from Budapest, this year's
By David Gollust State Department 02 April 2008 The United States Wednesday pressed Zimbabwe's electoral commission to release results of country's presidential election without further delay. The State Department said presidential returns reflecting
By Barry Newhouse Hong Kong 17 July 2006 Israeli gunners cover their ears as an Israeli artillery piece fires at a target in southern Lebanon, July 17, 2006 Asian officials are scrambling to find refuge for tens of thousands of their citizens strand
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 13 October 2006 Collins report - Download 334k Listen to Collins report Environment ministers from ASEAN countries at the beginning of their meeting on the annual haze problem, Oct. 13, 2006 Southeast Asian environmen