The Japanese economy continues to be rocked by the global recession. Last month exports plunged and the nation's trade deficit hit a record high. Japan's government says exports dropped by nearly 46 percent in January compared with the same period l...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 27 June 2007 A top U.S. military commander says the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah is a real threat in Southeast Asia, and the United States is moving to speed up arms deliveries to the Philippines to help it in the fight...
By Brian Padden Washington, DC 31 January 2007 watch Anti war rally report Opposition to the war in Iraq continues to grow in the United States. A recent survey by the Los Angeles Times (newspaper) says 70 percent of Americans now disapprove of the...
By Scott Stearns Amman, Jordan 30 November 2006 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. President George Bush are scheduled to meet in Jordan Thursday to discuss sectarian violence in Iraq and what America can do to help stop it. VOA White Hou...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 November 2006 U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres is warning that humanitarian aid for hundreds-of-thousands of Sudanese refugees from Darfur and displaced Chadians could be jeopardized by a fresh outbreak...
By David Lewis Kinshasa 09 July 2006 Congolese militia fighters released Saturday the five remaining Nepalese U.N. peacekeepers they have been holding since late May, U.N. officials have said. In other developments, gunmen killed a journalist who wa...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 05 April 2006 The Philippines says it is very close to signing a wide-ranging economic agreement with Japan. The Philippines has also become the first nation to indicate support...