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German clunkers find second life in third world 

By Carter Dougherty

The New York Times

FRANKFURT, Germany

When the German government developed its pioneering...

Sweden's been there, didn't give blank check 

A banking system in crisis after the collapse of a housing bubble. An economy hemorrhaging jobs. A market-oriented government struggling to stem...

Dollar's fall worries Europeans 

FRANKFURT, Germany -- The chief political spokesman for the euro has added his voice to demands that the United States make a greater effort to...

Burundi Inching Closer to Ending Long Civil War. 

Carter Dougherty is a writer with The Washington Times. Tiny Burundi has seen more than a decade of war, but events in the past few months...

Sifting Through a Dark Business.(fighting diamond industry's underground market, Democratic Republic of the Congo)(investigation for corrupt practice in deal between Emaxon Finance Corp. and Miba)(Industry Overview) 

The world's $7 billion rough-diamond industry thrives on secrecy. Victor Kasongo would like to change that. He heads the Democratic Republic of...

Sifting Through a Dark Business 

The world's $7 billion rough-diamond industry thrives on secrecy. Victor Kasongo would like to change that. He heads the Democratic Republic of the...

Dangerous Discovery.(oil exploration in Democratic Republic of the Congo) 

If there is one thing that the Democratic Republic of the Congo arguably doesn't need, it's oil. The country's northeast Ituri province, abutting...

Dangerous Discovery 

If there is one thing that the Democratic Republic of the Congo arguably doesn't need, it's oil. The country's northeast Ituri province, abutting...

WTO threatens U.S. law; a statute that protects U.S. businesses against product dumping is challenged 

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled against a U.S. law that creates a financial windfall for companies that successfully sue foreign...

Research becomes trade tool: increased utilization of faulty science to block trade is a reflection of the enormous success in reducing tariffs on farm products, according to agricultural-trade officials 

Red Delicious, Fuji and Granny Smith apples from orchards in the United States rarely show up on Japanese shelves, and American apple growers blame...