World Food Programme Launches Food Voucher Project In Eastern Afghanistan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a groundbreaking food voucher project in eastern Afghanistan, helping thousands of hungry people get the food they need to live healthy lives.

Short-changed And Angry in Zimbabwe

People in Zimbabwe are becoming angry about the lack of small denominations in circulation and tempers are fraying as a result: A policeman recently shot dead a taxi assistant for failing to give him the correct change.

Investor Sentenced to Prison for Scheme to Bribe Azerbaijan Government Officials

Frederic A. Bourke Jr., of Greenwich, Conn., has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to one year and one day in prison. Following a six-week trial, Bourke, 63, was found guilty on July 10, 2009, of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt...