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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana says officials must use all diplomatic means to convince Myanmar's military leaders to let in more emergency aid to cyclone victims. Solana spoke Tuesday before emergency talks in Brussels with ministers from all 27 EU nations. He says EU diplomats are...
Day 6: Army warns armed groups to stay off streets by Hussein AbdallahBEIRUT: Lebanon's army said on Monday it would use force if necessary to impose law and order in the country and prevent any armed presence of any of the warring factions."Army units will halt violations ... in accordance with...
A top European Union official said Tuesday that most Serbs have voted for closer ties with the EU and urged Belgrade to quickly form a new pro-Western government. But EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana also suggested the EU would not object if a governing coalition included the Socialist Party...
UNICEF is setting up child-friendly spaces in camps giving shelter to people affected by Cyclone Nargis. These spaces offer care and protection for children and young people especially those who have lost or been separated from their families. Just in Laputta Township in the Irrawaddy Delta,...
Zimbabwe's riot policemen walk on a street in Harare HARARE (AFP) - The news came as opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai prepared to return home to contest the election with veteran President Robert Mugabe amid international pressure for a fair ballot. The UN's resident representative in...
U.S.-led coalition forces called in airstrikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced many families, officials said Tuesday. The coalition said in a statement that its troops opened fire and called in airstrikes Monday after observing...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The U.N. says only a tiny portion of international aid is reaching Myanmar's cyclone victims amid reports the military regime hoards the best for itself. The reports say rotten food is being doled out to victims. Richard Horsey, the spokesman for the U.N. humanitarian...
Zimbabwe needs urgent and drastic assistance from the African Union (AU) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders in order to have fair run-off elections, South African and Zimbabwean youth organisations said today. “The people of Zimbabwe need change and they need it urgently,"...
The five worst-affected areas - Ayeyarwady, Yangon and Bago Divisions, and Mon and Kayin States - are considered Myanmar’s food bowl, producing much of the country’s staple food of rice and fish, and the overall food security situation in Myanmar is seriously threatened, FAO said. While the...
The EU's foreign policy chief has suggested that the bloc would support including the Socialist Party of former strongman Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia's new government. Solana says Serbian voters have demonstrated their desire to be part of the EU. Any government that fulfills those hopes is...
