LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Several non-governmental organizations operating in Afghanistan are calling on military officials to re-evaluate the use of quick-fix aid projects.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross has increased the amount of financial aid it is asking for in preparation for ongoing worldwide armed conflicts.
TORONTO, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The Conservative Canadian government is tripling the amount of financial aid to banks in a bid to keep mortgage and credit markets viable.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- With warships from NATO operating off the coast of Somalia, the U.N. World Food Program says crucial aid is successfully reaching the war-ravaged country.
DETROIT, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Four Michigan mayors have asked for a share of federal funds meant for automakers, comparing closed factories to the effects of a natural disaster.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., who will be President-elect Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, said Sunday Obama favors government aid for the auto industry.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The French aid group Action Against Hunger says six of its aid workers serving in Somalia were abducted Wednesday by unidentified attackers.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A French aid worker was kidnapped and two people who tried to help him were shot to death in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, authorities said.
SAN'A, Yemen, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered emergency aid to parts of the country hit hard by heavy rains and flooding, officials said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka says it will allow Indian medics to administer aid to ethnic Tamils in the island nation's war-torn northern sector.
MOSCOW, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Part of the $3.4 billion in aid pledged to help Georgia rebuild after its conflict with Russia should go to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, an EU official says.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Democratic congressional leaders said Friday they would like to pass another U.S. economic stimulus passage before the next administration takes office.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Following the killing of an aid worker in Kabul, the Afghan government is reviewing how best to protect all such foreign aid workers, officials say.
TBILISI, Georgia, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- International plans to allocate $3.25 billion in relief aid to Georgia are being drawn up in secret with no input from the country's residents, critics say.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Myanmar's reversal of longstanding foreign aid policies could open the door for future international support, a report from the International Crisis Group says.
