By Marlene Smith Vienna 23 November 2006 The International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors has rejected Iran's request for assistance in building a heavy water reactor as part of its controversial nuclear program. For VOA, Marlene Smith repo...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 26 September 2006 North Korean deputy FM Choe Su Hon at UN A top North Korean official has ruled out a return to six-party talks on its nuclear program, and accused the United States of trying to rule the world. The...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 01 September 2006 The Sudanese government has expressed its strong opposition to Thursday's United Nations' Security Council resolution that calls for a U.N. peacekeeping force in the volatile Darfur region. Cathy Majtenyi...
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 13 July 2006 The leader of the Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army says he will not attend peace negotiations with the Ugandan government to end nearly two decades of fighting. The next round of negotiations is due...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 15 June 2006 President Olusesun Obasanjo's endorsement of a deal to hand over the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon has prompted a very angry reaction from Nigerians living in the area. --------------------------------...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 April 2006 Uganda's Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by opposition politician Kizza Besigye to challenge the results of the country's recent elections, won by incumbe...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 27 March 2006 Abdur Rahman Furious protests erupted in Afghanistan, after a local judge rejected the case against an Afghan Muslim who converted to Christianity. The move is...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 27 February 2006 The United States has announced its intention to vote against a proposal for a new U.N. Human Rights Council, calling it "unacceptable." A resolution...
By Michael Drudge London 23 February 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he will not have contact with the Hamas group that won the recent Palestinian elections until and unless it accepts Isr...
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 17 February 2006 Donald H. Rumsfeld U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says those who call for the closure the detention center at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanam...