Overseas news archive

18.08.2006 The bombings may have stopped--for now--but over 150,000 houses have been destroyed and many Lebanese are still living in schools and warehouses without proper sanitation, says a global anti-hunger group.

18.08.2006 Sudanese officials have been sparring verbally with humanitarian groups supporting UN and AU reports of increased violence in Darfur despite thesigning of a peace agreement in early May.

18.08.2006 As the rental market gets tighter and the Gulf Coast's lowest-income families still stuggle to recover from Katrina's devastation, the regional housing authority is planning to sell at least three public housing developments, which Oxfam says could put hundreds of families out in the rain once again.

18.08.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 17 (OneWorld) - Twenty-one former generals and high ranking national security officials have called on United States President George W. Bush to reverse course and embrace a new area of negotiation with Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. In a letter released Thursday, the group told reporters Bush's 'hard line' policies have undermined national security and made America less safe.

18.08.2006 October's devastating earthquake in Pakistan took the lives of more than 18,000 students and more than 850 teachers. A photo essay from the International Rescue Committee documents efforts to build classrooms where children can be inspired to build new futures.

17.08.2006 NEW YORK, Aug 16 (OneWorld) - Rights advocacy groups here are calling for the United Nations to support human rights defenders in Iran.

17.08.2006 With a ceasefire finally taking hold Monday, thousands of displaced Lebanese have begun returning home to see what remains of their communities and the humanitarian response is shifting to respond to changing needs.

17.08.2006 More than 8,000 Mexicans have organized sit-ins for the 17th straight day in the nation's capital, vowing to stay until left-wing candidate Andrés Lopez Obrador is declared president. While a partial recount has narrowed his lead, Felipe Calderon still holds a razor slim edge in the current tally.

16.08.2006 This year's rankings show a slow but steady improvement in the commitment of rich countries to growth and poverty reduction in poor countries, says the Center for Global Development, but fall far short of leaders' soaring rhetoric. The UK and U.S. rank 12th and 13th.

16.08.2006 Eleven agencies in Kenya have agreed to share information, including classified intelligence reports, to form a common front in the fight against corruption.

16.08.2006 Humanitarian aid workers are working to distribute aid to those in need as Asia sees some of its worst flooding in recent years. China and Pakistan have been particularly hard hit.

16.08.2006 Tensions are mounting in the Philippines' political sphere, with more than 200 citizens filing another impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The complaint marks the eighth this month.

16.08.2006 As new fighting in Sri Lanka, which was sparked by a dispute over access to a reservoir, worsens the humanitarian crisis, many displaced Sri Lankans are going without water and toilets. Oxfam is making efforts to help civilians fulfill these basic needs.

16.08.2006 The Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has urged the international community and national governments to pick up the pace on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls to reverse the feminization of the AIDS pandemic.

16.08.2006 Leading national and global organisations have called for developing concrete measures to ensure safe labor migration across the world.

16.08.2006 Death hangs over this deserted town in eastern Sri Lanka and the stench of decomposing bodies is overpowering. Most of its 50,000-odd inhabitants have fled and there is no one around to bury the dead.

15.08.2006 The May Darfur Peace Agreement between the Sudanese government and several rebel groups has brought anything but peace. July was the deadliest month of violence for the region since the conflict began.

15.08.2006 Peace organizations commemorated the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki last week in the Sadaka Peace Garden named for a Japanese girl who died of leukemia ten years after the bombings, at the age of 12.

14.08.2006 Nigeria will soon publish the names of past and present leaders who looted the nation's treasury, including some who are waiting in the wings to take power in 2007, the country's chief investigator said Thursday.

14.08.2006 UNICEF has announced that it will work to ensure free, timely, and universal birth registration by 2015 for millions of children who remain "largely invisible" in Latin America and the Caribbean.