By Jeffrey Young Washington 01 May 2008 With primary elections coming up on 6 May in the Midwestern state of Indiana and the southern east coast state of North Carolina, Democratic Party presidential contenders Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clint...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 April 2008 The World Food Program (WFP) has issued a new appeal for financial aid to respond to a growing worldwide food crisis. The agency says soaring fuel and food prices have rendered its original budget of nearly $3 bil...
By Steve Herman Kathmandu 08 April 2008 An anxious calm has descended over Nepal prior to Thursday's national election. Voters are to select members of a special assembly that will draft a new constitution, the latest attempt to move Nepal out of its...
By Jim Malone Washington 25 March 2008 The cases of two Americans held by the military in Iraq went before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday. The two men argue that they should have access to American courts to block their transfer into the control of t...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 March 2008 Pope Benedict XVI made a strong appeal for peace in Iraq at the end of Palm Sunday mass in Saint Peter's Square. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome thousands of people took part in the service, whi...
By David Gollust State Department 03 March 2008 The United States Monday appealed for a diplomatic solution of the dispute between Colombia and Ecuador spurred by Colombia's cross-border attack against FARC rebels inside Ecuador. The State Department...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 February 2008 The United Nations is urgently appealing for more than $25 million to help some two million people in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan who are suffering from severe cold and energy shortages. The United...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 11 February 2008 The United Nations has launched an appeal to assist Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe in responding to an ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by heavy seasonal rains that came early with little re...
By Mandy Clark London 11 December 2007 Film star and human rights activist Mia Farrow has helped to launch a campaign in London called Fund 4 Darfur in an effort to support Darfuris still living in their troubled homeland and in exile abroad. Farrow...
By Lisa Schlein Washington 06 December 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross has launched a record appeal for nearly $1 billion for lifesaving activities in some 80 countries next year. Iraq will constitute the ICRC's largest humanitarian...