By Douglas Bakshian Manila 18 June 2007 A team of European Union (EU) experts has begun a 10-day mission to the Philippines to help the country solve extra-judicial killings that have claimed as many as 800 lives since 2001. There has been strong int...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 04 June 2007 The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, has boycotted the first day of his war crimes trial in The Hague, saying he does not believe the proceedings will be fair. Mr. Taylor still has supporters in Liberi...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 18 May 2007 A team of Australian malaria experts has been meeting in Canberra to find the most efficient ways to combat the disease in the South Pacific. Canberra has just announced a new multi-million dollar aid package to help...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 09 May 2007 Experts have urged U.S. lawmakers to press Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to take stronger action against al-Qaida and other Islamic extremists, and crackdown on radical madrassas or Islamic schools spr...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 May 2007 The human rights organization, Amnesty International, has presented an appeal from 147 countries to the United Nations to maintain an independent and effective system of human rights experts. A petition signed by mo...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 19 April 2007 Experts and activists appearing before a congressional committee have urged President Bush to take stronger action to pressure the Sudanese government to comply with international demands for a 20,000 - stro...
By Efam Dovi Accra 18 April 2007 Military communications experts from Africa, Europe and North America, are finalizing strategies for testing a continental communication network facility. Efam Dovi reports from the Ghanaian capital that the Ghana arm...
By Jim Malone Washington 18 April 2007 Authorities in Virginia are slowly gathering and revealing information about Cho Seung Hui, the university student who police say was responsible for the worst mass-shooting spree in U.S. history. VOA National c...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 17 April 2007 Experts say global warming is likely to affect people living in Africa more than on any other continent and warn that African policymakers must begin to prepare for such an event. An international panel of exp...
By Teri Schultz Brussels 06 April 2007 It took a contentious all-night session to bridge gaps between scientists and policy-makers, but participants at a U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changeconference in Brussels emerged with a document tha...