Annan shocked by Aceh destruction
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says the devastation in Indonesia's Aceh is the worst he has ever seen.
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The UN's top humanitarian affairs official says he is shocked by the "grim" situation in the Gaza Strip.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Secretary of State Colin  Powell voiced shock at the devastation of tsunami-hit Asia  Wednesday, saying it was more horrible than the war he had  witnessed in his decades as a soldier.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Saturday he will visit tsunami-devastated Indonesia to work with regional leaders to help coordinate aid and relief efforts on the ground.
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LONDON: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that a crackdown on insurgents in Iraqi hotspots like Fallujah must be calibrated to avoid losing a battle for the hearts and minds of Iraqis.
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Aceh, the isolated Indonesian province  that accounts for more than half of the known deaths from last  week's earthquake and tsunami, is no stranger to tragedy, and  some believe this latest one may help end another.
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Wiping his brow after returning from a tour of ravaged Aceh province on Monday, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said he was worried that the devastation was even worse than has been reported.
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HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka  - U.N. Secretary-General  Kofi Annan saw the scars Saturday that the tsunami left in Sri  Lanka, where lives are in ruins but where hard work and outside  help have started to make a difference.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday he will visit tsunami-devastated Indonesia to work with regional leaders to help coordinate aid and relief efforts on the ground. Annan said he will attend a regional meeting there Thursday. Asked how long he thought the reconstruction would take, Annan replied: "It will differ from country to country, but my own ...
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During the past 18 months, Secretary-General Kofi Annan of the United Nations has expressed many reservations about the war in Iraq.
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Secretary General Kofi Annan cut short his vacation and returned to New York on Wednesday to oversee the United Nations&#39; extensive relief effort in Southeast Asia as the region&#39;s death toll topped 76,000.
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UN chief Kofi Annan says most Mid-East leaders regard the US invasion of Iraq as a disaster for the region.
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As the death toll from the earthquake-tsunami catastrophe soared to nearly 120,000, nations donated US$500 million (euro370 million) toward the world&#39;s largest-ever relief effort, but UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said even
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan tours  the tsunami's wreckage in Sri Lanka on Saturday, where lives  are still in ruins but where hard work and outside help have  started to make a difference.
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GENEVAUN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday met survivors and families of the 22 workers killed in a suicide bombing that shattered United Nations offices in Baghdad last year  an attack many employees refer to as &quot;our Sept. 11.&quot; ...
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The killing in Iraq is now worse than a civil war, outgoing UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says in a BBC interview.
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Starvation, injury and disease are pushing massive numbers of refugees in tsunami-devastated Aceh closer to death "every minute", the United Nations warned as the number of Indonesians confirmed killed in the disaster climbed towards 100,000.