By David Gollust State Department 13 December 2006 The lead U.S. delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program says he wants to see concrete progress before the end of the year. The Chinese-sponsored negotiations reconvene in Beij...
By Noel King Khartoum 03 December 2006 The United Nations says it is making progress in combating HIV/AIDS in Sudan, but warned that infection rates may be on the rise in the war-torn Darfur region. The United Nations estimates that Sudan has the hi...
By Roger Wilkison Beijing 29 November 2006 Officials from the United States, North Korea and China have held a second day of talks in Beijing on resuming negotiations aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program. From the Chinese capit...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 November 2006 Indian girl collects drinking water from a tank at a slum in New Delhi (File photo) In its latest human development report, the United Nations says one of the world's poorest countries, Bangladesh, has m...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 11 October 2006 Police officers inspect the ruins of a nightclub destroyed by an explosion in Denpasar, Bali, in this Oct. 13, 2002 photo The threat of terrorist attacks is still alive in Indonesia. Security experts a...
By Dan Robinson Washington 28 July 2006 A bipartisan congressional panel reports that, while reforms of the U.S. intelligence community approved in 2004 have helped protect against new terrorist attacks, some serious weaknesses remain. Release of th...
By Scott Stearns White House 07 July 2006 President Bush says next week's summit of leading industrialized nations is a chance to show Iran that the world is serious about stopping it from developing a nuclear weapon. European diplomats expect Tehra...
By Efam Dovi Accra 06 July 2006 In Ghana an estimated 12,000 of the country's 20 million people are infected with tuberculosis annually, and for many of them access to treatment has not always been easy. So the Global Fund is sponsoring a new progra...
By Scott Stearns White House 19 April 2006 President Bush makes a statement on the Global War on Terror, Wednesday, April 19, 2006, on the South Lawn at the White House. Standing with Bush is his brot...
By Scott Stearns White House 29 March 2006 President Bush says the U.S. mission in Iraq is making progress despite continuing violence. Mr. Bush is explaining his strategy for success in Iraq at a tim...