Peace is the one thing we all hope for in the world. I wonder if it will ever come. It seems so simple, really. Why cant everyone live in peace? It seems a lot easier to do that than to fight useless wars. If there was peace in the world, everyones l...
In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 36/67 declaring an International Day of Peace. In 2001, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a new resolution 55/282 declaring 21 September of each year as the International Day of...
A new business was opening and one of the owner's friends wanted to send flowers for the occasion. They arrived at the new business site and the owner read the card; it said Rest in Peace. The owner was angry and called the florist to complain. After...
The late Boris Nyof is becoming a nonperson. He was president of Akmenistan, a tiny but oil-rich country near Russia. The new president, Ivan Gurba, has banned all media use of Nyofs name. Gurba has removed all the photos, posters, and statues of Nyo...
As fighting rages on in the Somali capital Mogadishu, international stakeholders in Somalia are urging the country's transitional federal government and an Islamist-led opposition faction to implement a cease-fire agreement outlined in a recently-si...
A coalition of 21 international aid agencies says in a new report the Middle East Quartet is failing in its efforts to improve the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The report was released on the eve of the Quartet's next meet...
Nobel Peace Prize winners are helping young people tackle issues from disease to global warming through a group called PeaceJam. Mike O'Sullivan attended a PeaceJam conference in Los Angeles, California, that brought together six Nobel laureates wit...
The head of the Palestinian Authority says negotiations with Israel are not making any progress. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (File) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is quoted as sayi...
The Olympic Games have always brought international athletes together in peace for friendly if fierce competition. But two American sports researchers say the same spirit exists on a local sports field. Athletic competition, they've learned, is a gr...
Israel is lowering expectations for a breakthrough in U.S.-sponsored peace talks with the Palestinians in 2008. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he does not believe that Israel and the Palestini...
