By Michael Bowman Washington, DC 14 December 2006 watch News Media Ownership report TV anchor Setareh Derakhshesh With the exception of one domestic broadcasting network, the U.S. news media are privately owned and operated, and always have been. Ye
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 21 December 2006 watch Iraq Troop Debate In a recent front-page story, the Washington Post newspaper reported the White House and Joint Chiefs of Staff are at odds over sending 15,000 to 30,000 more U.S. troops to Ir
By Scott Stearns White House 16 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush continues to consider options for what he says will be a new way forward in Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, a bipartisan panel of senior officials is
By David McAlary Washington 13 December 2006 Two long awaited studies from Africa show that a man's risk of getting the AIDS virus heterosexually is cut in half if he is circumcised. As we hear from VOA's David McAlary in Washington, public health e
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 06 December 2006 On a visit to strengthen efforts to provide HIV/AIDS treatment, former U.S. President Bill Clinton strolled the streets of the Vietnamese capital, met with young Vietnamese and discussed the work of the newl
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 02 December 2006 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton wants disaster preparation in areas vulnerable to tsunamis to be stepped up, and called for faster work at sheltering thousands of people still homeless after the 2004 Indi
By Kari Barber Dakar 29 December 2006 The West African diamond industry was thrust into the limelight this year with the Hollywood movie Blood Diamond. The film depicts atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war. Some analysts say
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 19 December 2006 A little more than six months after seizing control of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Somalia's Islamic Courts Union is enforcing its form of law and order across a wide swath of the east African nation, home
By Steve Mort Addis Ababa 21 December 2006 watch Darfur Crisis Peacekeeping Kofi Annan Outgoing U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for intervention to end the killing in Sudan's Darfur region. His appeal came in a farewell speech earlier t
During Period of Accelerating Change By Barry Wood San Francisco, California 04 December 2006 watch High Tech Leadership Screenshot from hotzone.yahoo.com The Internet, as we know it, is only 15 years old (the World Wide Web invented in 1991), but a
By Jocelyn Ford Banda Aceh 19 December 2006 An Acehnese woman casts her ballot at a polling station, 11 Dec 2006 The Indonesian province of Aceh this month held its first direct elections for key officials, a landmark vote intended to cement a peace
By Al Pessin Pentagon 18 December 2006 The new U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, took office Monday, with a private swearing-in at the White House and a public ceremony later at the Pentagon. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. From left:
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 14 December 2006 South Korea's Ban Ki-moon has been sworn in as U.N. secretary-general, and though he has yet to assume his position he is already vowing to restore trust in the world body battered by scandals and di
By Larry London Washington, D.C. 18 December 2006 watch report on Leigh Nash When Leigh Nash was 16, she found herself on stage in front of thousands of adoring fans performing a number one hit. That song, Kiss Me, topped the charts internationally.
By Scott Stearns White House 20 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush says there will be no direct talks with Iran until it stops enriching uranium. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, a bipartisan panel studying U.S. policy in I
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 December 2006 A United Nations mission, that was to be led by South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace laureate, Desmond Tutu, to Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip has been canceled, because the group could not get Israeli trav
By Sabina Castelfranco Istanbul 01 December 2006 Pope Benedict held a final mass for Turkey's tiny Catholic community, again repeating a call for an end to divisions among Christians. In words that appeared directed to Muslims, the pope also said th
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 08 December 2006 Kenya's parliament late Thursday awarded an almost three-fold basic pay increase to President Mwai Kibaki, a move heavily criticized by opposition politicians. It comes as civil servants are striking for be
By Sean Maroney Washington 01 December 2006 watch Carter Interview on Iraq Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says convening an international conference on the world's commitment to help Iraq overcome the effects of war would reassure the Iraqi peop
By Barry Wood Mountain View, CA 01 December 2006 watch Google Yahoo report Silicon Valley rivals Yahoo and Google are located only minutes from each other at the southern end of the Silicon Valley not far from San Francisco, California. VOA's Barry
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