By Phuong Tran Dakar 27 December 2006 Only days away from the end of the United Nations' Year of Deserts and Desertification, four experts discuss the challenges of translating a decade's worth of research about the degradation of land in arid areas
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 27 December 2006 watch Iraq Prayers and Politics Sectarian violence in Iraq mostly involves mutual attacks by the country's Sunni and Shia Muslims. But Monday's Christmas holiday highlighted the plight of nearly one
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 26 December 2006 Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein listens to the prosecution during the 'Anfal' genocide trial in Baghdad on Wednesday 20 Dec. 2006 Iraq's highest appeals court has upheld the death sentence for Saddam
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 December 2006 Ethiopian troops Tuesday were heading towards the Somali capital as Islamist fighters retreated from the front line following Monday's bombing of two airports by Ethiopian forces. Ethiopian jets Tuesday als
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 December 2006 A Nigerian court in Abuja is expected to hear Wednesday, a motion seeking to set aside the removal of the vice president by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports Nigeria - which is
By Michael Bowman Washington 25 December 2006 The Bush administration is urging a halt to conflict in Somalia that has Islamic Court fighters wait at the airport of Mogadishu, Somalia, 25 Dec 2006 intensified since neighboring Ethiopia launched air
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 December 2006 Palestinian refugees leave buses that drove them through Iraq, upon their arrival to Tanaf border crossing, 300 kilometers northeast of Damascus, Syria, 9 May 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says more than 40 Pal
By Jessica Berman Washington 24 December 2006 A new study by the World Health Organization has found drug-resistant tuberculosis in virtually all of the 79 countries the organization surveyed around the world, with particularly high levels in countr
By Paula Wolfson Washington 24 December 2006 President Bush is spending the long Christmas weekend in seclusion with his family at Camp David - the presidential mountain retreat. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports on Christmas Eve, he paid tribute to the m
By Robert Berger Bethlehem 24 December 2006 Christmas is being celebrated at the traditional birthplace of Jesus. But there is little Christmas cheer, as we hear in this VOA report from Robert Berger in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Palestinians
By Stephanie Ho Washington 24 December 2006 The president of Iran dismissed U.N. sanctions imposed against his country as, in his words, superficial and unimportant. He spoke in Tehran Sunday, one day after the U.N. Security Council unanimously appr
By Michael Bowman Washington 24 December 2006 Iraqi man injured in a roadside bomb blast lies in a bed in Baghdad's Kindi hospital, 24 Dec 2006 Roadside bombs and sectarian violence have claimed the lives of at least 11 Iraqi security force members
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 24 December 2006 Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer at the Vatican, 24 Dec 2006 Pope Benedict addressed pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square this Sunday and said that the celebrati
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 26 December 2006 A Pakistani soldier keeps position inside a bunker as he monitors Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Kundi Gar post (16 Dec 2006 photo) Pakistan has announced plans to fence and mine sections of its frontier w
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 26 December 2006 Turkmenistan's top legislative body says a presidential election will be held on February 11 to select a successor to longtime authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov, who died last week. The People's Counci
By Kari Barber Dakar 26 December 2006 Two Chadian rebel groups signed an agreement Monday to combine their forces to continue fighting government troops. The announcement comes one day after President Idriss Deby agreed to a peace deal with a leader
By David Gollust State Department 26 December 2006 The United States said Tuesday Ethiopia has genuine security concerns in Somalia and has intervened at the request of that country's legitimate governing authority. But the State Department called o
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 27 December 2006 Former President Gerald Ford - the longest-living American president - has died at the age of 93. A statement from his wife, Betty, did not cite a cause of death. Mike O'Sullivan reports, Mr. Ford took
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Banda Aceh 27 December 2006 Indonesia and its tsunami-ravaged Aceh province have taken another big step away from their conflict-ridden past with first-ever direct elections in the former separatist region. The historic Decem
By Stephanie Ho Washington 27 December 2006 A debate is beginning to take shape once again in the United States between supporters and opponents of nuclear weapons. In the 1990s, following the end of the Cold War, many Americans questioned whether t
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