By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 March 2006 Population growth in most of Africa is expected to rise sharply over the next 50 years. But, in southern...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 08 March 2006 Russia's foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has indicated Moscow will oppose U.N. Security Council sanction...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 08 March 2006 The trafficking of women and girls for forced labor and sexual exploitation is a serious global problem. ...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 08 March 2006 The government of Uzbekistan is cracking down against Western organizations in the country in what some regio...
By Dan Robinson Washington 08 March 2006 A key committee of the U.S. Congress has approved legislation aimed at stepping up pressure on the government...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 09 March 2006 A company based in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Ports World, says it is transferring management operatio...
By Dan Robinson Washington 09 March 2006 Republicans in the House of Representatives have voted to block Dubai Ports World's acquisition of management...
By Steve Herman Okinawa, Japan 09 March 2006 The United States pledges to move 8,000 of its Marines off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. But U...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 March 2006 A South Korean man walks by a display of models of North Korea's Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean miss...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 09 March 2006 Israel has reopened the main commercial border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. Israeli officials say...
