Articles by ANA

Dead Sea, Jordan, 22 June– The successful reconstruction of Iraq will require that newly acquired political freedoms be accompanied by economic freedoms and the reversal of ”decades of economic mismanagement” by the former Ba’athist regime, […]

Kabul, 22 June– Lakhdar Brahimi, the senior United Nations official in Afghanistan, today called for the immediate release of two journalists arrested there last week. A spokesman for Mr. Brahimi told the press in Kabul […]

Dead Sea, Jordan, 22 June– Statement By The Quartet Representatives of the Quartet – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, […]

Lagos, 22 June– More than 100 people were killed when a ruptured fuel pipeline exploded and caught fire at a remote village in southeastern Nigeria last Thursday, Red Cross and local government officials said. Scores […]

Dead Sea, Jordan, 21 June– Most Arab countries would welcome greater democracy and economic freedom, but want to generate reforms from within their own societies and not have them imposed from without, say global leaders […]

Dead Sea, Jordan, 21 June– President Bush’s plan to work with Middle Eastern countries on a variety of pro-trade and investment initiatives — including creation of a U.S.-Middle East free trade area in the region […]

New York, 21 June– The Security Council plans to meet Monday on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a United Nations spokesman announced today. The Council’s meeting will be held behind […]

Geneva, 20 June– The UN refugee agency today attempted to clarify its position on ways to improve the protection of refugees in their regions of origin, dispelling misinterpretations that had sprung up in the run-up […]