By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 12 June 2007 President Bush Tuesday made a rare visit to Capitol Hill to press senators of his own Republican party to support legislation overhauling the nation's immigration system. Opposition Republicans, concerned abo...
By Noel King Khartoum 11 January 2007 The interim U.N. envoy to Sudan is appealing for a cessation of hostilities in the Darfur region, saying only a political solution can resolve the crisis, which has claimed hundreds-of-thousands of lives. Noel Ki...
By Sabina Castelfranco Istanbul 28 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI ended the first day of his visit to Turkey urging all religious leaders to utterly refuse to support any form of violence in the name of faith. He also spoke of his concern for incre...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 12 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Angelus prayer from his window, November 12, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to change their style of life and consumption to alleviate world hunger. He urged a ch...
By Peter Heinlein New York 20 July 2006 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, center, speaks at a security council meeting at UN headquarters, New York, July 20, 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for an immediate end to fighting between I...
By Scott Stearns White House 23 February 2006 President Bush is again appealing for calm in Iraq, amid reprisal killings following the bombing of one of the holiest sites of Shi'ite Islam. George Bush...
Ruth Elkins Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia has welcomed the offer of an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, but says he wants to return to the negotiating table as soon as possible. And, in talks w...