HAVE YOUR SAY: Will the new U.N. aid chief do a good job?
LONDON (AlertNet) - Britain's envoy to Australia Valerie Amos, who is due to take over as the United Nations' new aid chief, is different from the man she will replace in more ways than one. Amos, 56, was born in Guyana and has served as Britain's secretar
BLOG-Little progress on Colombias displacement crisis during Uribe government
BOGOTA (AlertNet) - A sharp fall in kidnapping and murder rates along with heavy losses suffered by the FARC have made Colombian President Alvaro Uribe the most popular leader in his country's history. But while many Colombians credit the hardliner with sa