With the rainy season fast approaching, Darfur's next humanitarian crisis looms large and recently expelled aid agencies wonder who will fill the gaps as the peace process marks time, writes Claudio Guler for ISN Security Watch.

Written in Prague by Ron Synovitz, and Andy Heil with contributions from RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan, Azerbaijani Service, Balkan Service, Tajik Service, and Tatar-Bashkir Service. With additional wire service reporting.

The bad news in Italy has not slowed, it only seems that way to Italians. Unemployment levels are approaching a 12-year high; economic growth has slowed to near zero and will trail the EU average this year for the 13th

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In the first of a series of reports about food security, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how the efforts to improve oil-rich Nigeria's food supply are hindered by a lack of access to water and high supply costs.

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Almost 20 years after very humble beginnings, the Arlington, Va.-based Signature Theatre has become known for bold productions of challenging new and established works, winning this year's Tony Award as one of the nation's leading regional theaters.

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