Special Reports Archives

August 4, 2008

Kosovo lives: A mixed village

(BBC News) In the first of five pieces by BBC reporters on life in Kosovo today, Nick Thorpe meets a Serbian family forced out in 1999, which made a new home in Kosovo five years later.

July 28, 2008

China's evolving Darfur perspective

(ISN Security Watch) Recent developments indicate subtle, important adjustments in Chinese policy toward Darfur, including the announcement that it will deploy an additional 172-member engineering battalion to Darfur by mid-July, bringing China's contribution to a total of 315 troops in support of the United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping force.

July 19, 2008

Iran 'silent' over nuclear deal

(BBC) - Iran fails to give an answer on a proposed deal for it to freeze its nuclear programme, the EU envoy says after talks in Geneva.
July 17, 2008

UN in call for basic sanitation

(BBC News) The number of people without clean drinking water drops sharply - but sanitation remains a huge problem, the UN says.
June 2, 2008

UN sets out food crisis measures

The UN secretary general calls for revitalising agriculture as a way of tackling the world's worsening food crisis.
May 26, 2008

Peacekeepers 'abusing children'

Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says the UK charity Save the Children.
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