CHAPTER FOUR THE KEEPER OF THE KEYS BOOM. They knocked again. Dudley jerked awake. Where's the cannon? he said stupidly. There was a crash behind them and Uncle Vernon came skidding into the room. He was holding a rifle in his hands -- now they knew...
A donors' meeting in Brussels Friday has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for Kosovo, to help it get on its feet. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from Paris. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn (L) and Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci at press conference...
Pakistan has rejected as baseless and irresponsible Afghan allegations that its spy agency was behind a recent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai. The two countries are allies in the U.S-led war on terror, but accusations that Taliban i...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 May 2008 Various international agencies and advocacy groups say North Korea is close to its worst food crisis in a decade. However, political changes on the Korean peninsula have complicated South Korea's ability to come to the...
By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 01 May 2007 Cambodian and foreign judges meet to try to hammer out their disagreement over internal rules for Khmer Rouge genocide trial proceedings in Phnom Penh (File) The Cambodian Bar Association and international judges...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 September 2006 The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) says Somali refugees continue to flee to Kenya. Since September 13, the UNHCR says more than 3,400 Somalis have fled growing tensions and fighting in their country. ------- A S...
By David Gollust Washington 07 September 2006 Serbian President warned Thursday in Washington that independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo would create a dangerous precedent for the Balkans and elsewhere. The Belgrade official is holding tal...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 04 July 2006 Security officer keeps Afghans away from bloody site after bomb exploded in Kabul, July 04, 2006 Afghan authorities say two bomb explosions in Kabul have injured five civilians, while suspected Taleban militants ha...