Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa 22 February 2010 The Green Revolution that ended food shortages in parts of the world decades ago may be coming to East Africa, bringing the promise of bountiful harvests in a region more often associated with drought and...
Members of the National Students Union of India protest against recent attacks on Indian students in Australia, in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he assured Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at his official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27 Jan 2010 (photograph released by the Sri Lankan President's office) Sri Lanka has declared President Mahinda Rajapaksa the victor over his former top general,...
Five years after a comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan was signed ending the longest running war in Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Sudan is at a critical juncture. The peace agreement left many issues undetermined, such as th...
Photo: AP Indonesian military carry the coffin of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid at his family cemetery in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia, 31 Dec 2009 Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has been buried after a state funeral....
Diplomatic activity aimed at ending the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is intensifying. The United Nations mediator for eastern Congo, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, arrived Thursday in Kinshasa for talks with Congole...
Diplomatic efforts to end the Gaza conflict have intensified with high level talks in Egypt, Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. But, there were no signs of an imminent cease-fire as Israel pursued its ground and air offensive in Gaza. Fro...
The United States is continuing diplomatic contacts for a Gaza cease-fire despite Israel's rejection of a French-proposed 48-hour truce. President Bush spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is said to have given an assurance Israel is t...
The Bush administration on Monday mounted a campaign of telephone diplomacy aimed at achieving a durable and sustainable Gaza cease-fire. Meanwhile, analysts say the Gaza crisis has complicated Middle East peace-making hopes for President-elect Bara...
By David Gollust State Department 20 May 2008 The Bush administration Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to a diplomatic resolution of the Iran nuclear issue though also saying it forecloses no options in dealing with the matter. The comments followed...