By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 January 2006 People carry coffin of 15-year-old Fatma Kocyigit for burial in her hometown, Dogubayazit, Jan. 5. 2006 The World Health Organization, WHO, says a team of intern...
By Nico Colombant Reported by Pauline Bax in Conakry, Guinea 06 January 2006 Guinea's opposition is expressing dismay over the organization of recent local elections, leading one party to quit parliam...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 January 2006 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was taken back into the operating room for the third time on Friday after doctors performed a brain scan on him. The medical...
By Greg Flakus San Antonio, Texas 06 January 2006 Dry conditions and high winds are making life difficult for firefighters in Texas, where wildfires continue to threaten life and property in various p...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 06 January 2006 In Washington, the Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings Monday into the nomination of Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. VOA...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 January 2006 Acting before the start of the second session of the 109th Congress, an increasing number of lawmakers are supporting legislation and proposing rule change...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 06 January 2006 The top U.S. military officer expressed the hope on Thursday that as a new Iraqi government takes power in the coming months, many of the Iraqi insurgents will de...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 05 January 2006 While Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is unpopular in the Arab world, some Arab political analysts are watching Mr. Sharon's health with great interest,...
By David Gollust Washington 05 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday an international consensus is growing for referring the issue of Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Securi...
By Paula Wolfson White House 05 January 2006 President Bush is reaching out beyond his usual circle of advisers for suggestions on the way forward in Iraq. He invited a group of former secretaries of...
By Noel King Juba 05 January 2006 One year ago, a peace deal between Sudan's northern Islamist government and southern rebels turned Juba city into the capital of a new autonomous southern Sudan. Loca...
By Noel King Juba, Southern Sudan 05 January 2006 Young children carrying school books in Nyala, southern Darfur region of Sudan (File photo - Feb 16, 2005) It has been one year since a landmark peace...
By Malini Bawa Washington, D.C. 05 January 2006 Mining Safety 12 U.S. coal miners were killed in an explosion this week. It's the nation's second worst coal mining disaster since 1984. But U.S. mines...
By David Gollust State Department 05 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she believes Israeli support for peace with the Palestinians is broad-based despite the potential de...
By Kay Maddux Washington 05 January 2006 A top U.S. diplomat in Ethiopia says the government there should drop treason, genocide and other charges against five Ethiopian-born journalists working for t...
