Brussels, Apr.

Brussels - The parents of missing child Madeleine McCann on
Thursday urged European Union governments and officials in Brussels to

Brussels, Apr.

Brussels - The European Union should act urgently to help bring about a peaceful re

Brussels- The European Commission on Wednesday urged European governments to submit detailed plans on how they intend to provide billions in aid to halve world hunger by 2015.

"(European Union) member states should set out clearly what they are prepared to spend on aid, year by year, until 2015," the EU executive's president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said.

At around 850 million, the number of chronically undernourished people in the world remains stubbornly high, and United Nations officials have warned that world governments will likely fail to reach their 1996 Millennium Development Goal of halving the number by 2015.

Brussels - The European Parliament on Wednesday gave its approval to the appointment of Cypriot Androula Vassiliou, as the EU's health commissioner.