By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 April 2008 A senior U.N. official says a new task force set up to tackle the global food crisis hopes to have a comprehensive, integrated action plan produced in short order. The official says key agencies such as the World...
By Jim Malone Washington 30 April 2008 Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama sought to regain his political footing Wednesday in the U.S. presidential campaign, one day after denouncing his controversial former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah...
By Nathan King New York 29 April 2008 New York City business leaders say the U.S. visa system has become so restrictive that the city is losing out to other cities in the search for global talent. The business group Partnership for New York City says...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 31 March 2008 Australia has made a bid to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. The effort is part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's push to make Australia a bigger player on the world stage. Mr. Rudd...
By Uma Ramiah Dakar 20 March 2008 The Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank is trying to help the most impoverished member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, which held a summit last week in Senegal. Most of the poorer countries...
By Jeffrey Young Washington 07 March 2008 U.S. political candidates make great effort to get endorsements - - statements of support - - from other politicians, from issue groups, and others whose backing could bolster their campaigns for office. In t...
By Scott Bobb Nairobi 26 February 2008 A team of international diplomats has flown to a rebel island of theComoros to try to avoid a military intervention by the central government. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi the delegation is to meet with...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 12 February 2008 A dozen West and Central African countries are pressing mining companies for a bigger share of growing revenues, discussing the issue with industry leaders during a two-day meeting this week in Guinea's capital,...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 February 2008 India's northeastern states - geographically and culturally distant from the heart of the Hindu majority country - are referred to as the seven sisters. Official attempts to improve the economy of the isolat...
By Scott Bobb Nairobi 11 February 2008 Aid officials in Kenya are warning that the country faces a serious humanitarian crisis because of the 300,000 people who have been displaced by violence that followed the country's disputed presidential electio...