World

Ivanovka, 21 June, 2004— There was a sense of optimism in the air in a public park on Sunday as Tajiks refugees in the town of Ivanovka, near the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, marked World Refugee […]

Washington, 15 June, 2004— The United Nations plans to create a program to prevent HIV/AIDS from infecting a U.S.-backed international peacekeeping force that is arriving in Haiti. In a June 14 statement, the U.N. said […]

Sea Island, Georgia, 8 June, 2004— The Bush administration expects that leaders gathered at the G8 Summit in Sea Island, Georgia, will endorse key elements of the president’s Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in an action […]

Washington, 6 June, 2004— President Bush, paying tribute those who died and those who survived the D-Day, June 6, 1944, Normandy landing, said the operation to invade Fortress Europe and defeat the enemy Nazi forces […]

Tehran, 31 May, 2004— The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has said that 35 people were killed and 278 injured in Friday’s earthquake in northern Iran. The rescue phase is drawing to a close as […]

Washington, 26 May, 2004— ”Credible intelligence from multiple sources indicates that al-Qaeda plans to attempt an attack on the United States in the next few months,” says Attorney General John Ashcroft. Speaking with FBI Director […]

Washington, 25 May, 2004— The United States and the international community are working to facilitate Afghan national elections in September, demilitarize Afghan militias, and eradicate opium poppies as part of their commitment to the country’s […]

Ankara, 24May, 2004— The executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, started on Monday a six-day tour of four Central Asian states to review the drug control […]