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 Steve Herman New Delhi 26 May 2007 The latest in a string of violent attacks blamed on separatists in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has left seven people dead and injured about 30 others. VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that the...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 14 June 2006 Sudanese women dance with their weapons as they take part in a military exercise in show of power Sudan's foreign minister says he is optimistic about peace talks opened this week with northeastern rebels. Foreign M...