By Paula Wolfson White House 12 June 2006 President Bush is holding two days of private talks with his top advisers to discuss - what he calls - the way forward in Iraq. Leaders of the new Iraqi government will join the discussions Tuesday by videoc

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 23 June 2006 Watch eBay Report eBay.com eBay, one of the biggest success stories of the dot.com era, is turning 11 years old. Economic experts say that's about middle age for many Internet start-ups. As VOA's Mil Arce

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 28 June 2006 U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reiterated Washington's full support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and promised that resurgent Taleban forces in the country will be defeated. --------- Condoleezza

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 08 June 2006 watch Secret Prisons report There have been vehement rejections in Europe and the United States of a report asserting the existence of secret U.S prisons in Europe. A Council of Europe investigation alle

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 15 June 2006 Leaders of the world's major industrialized democracies and Russia, known as the G-8, will meet next month (July 15-17) for the first time on Russian soil. G-8 finance ministers at Mikhailovsky castle in S

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By Michael Bowman White House 19 June 2006 Vice President Dick Cheney has defended domestic surveillance and other controversial federal measures to detect potential terrorist threats in the United States. Cheney, who usually shuns the public spotli

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By Catherine Drew Berlin 06 June 2006 watch World Cup Preview report With just days to go before the World Cup kicks off in Germany, preparations have entered the final stages. Twelve German cities wi

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By Parke Brewer Hamburg 09 June 2006 Football's World Cup, held in a different country every four years, is set to begin Friday in Germany. Thirty-two teams are set to vie for football's most prestigious trophy in the month-long tournament that will

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By Parke Brewer Gelsenkirchen, Germany 12 June 2006 Czech Republic's Jaroslav Plasil (l) fights for the ball with U.S. team's Eddie Pope The U.S. Soccer team got off to a rocky start in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, losing to the Czech Republic, 3-

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By Parke Brewer Munich 13 June 2006 Allianz-Arena stadium in Munich Twelve different cities are hosting the 2006 World Cup football finals in Germany. Of those 12, nine had existing stadiums undergo reconstruction for the month-long tournament, whil

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By Parke Brewer Nuremberg 22 June 2006 Ghana has defeated the U.S. soccer team, 2-1, to advance to the second round of the World Cup in Germany. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports the game in Nuremberg was not without controversy. --------------

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By Kane Farabaugh New York City 16 June 2006 watch Flag Auction report Original flag For more than 225 years, a series of four flags hung on the walls of a family home in southern England. As they passed through generations, so did the story of what

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By Dan Robinson Washington 22 June 2006 The House of Representatives is joining the Senate in expressing strong opposition to any Iraqi government plan to offer amnesty to those who have killed U.S. soldiers. Democratic lawmakers have introduced a r

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 June 2006 Israel has launched an air and ground assault on the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip. The offensive was prompted by the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier on Sunday. --------- One of the three bridges in Gaza, dest

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By David McAlary Washington 26 June 2006 Members of the space shuttle Discovery crew leave the Operations and Checkout building during a count down dress rehearsal for flight STS-121 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Flarida on June 15,

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By Deborah Block Washington, DC 08 June 2006 watch Road Rage report Traffic congestion causes road rage Experts say incidents of violent driving, known as road rage, have been on the rise in the United States for the past several years. There is eve

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 23 June 2006 Watch Fire Report With the long hot days of summer in the northern hemisphere come wildfires in many parts of the world. Paul Sisco reports on some new technologies being tried in the United States to dete

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By Bill Gasperini Moscow 09 June 2006 Ukraine's Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, left, looks on as NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 8, 2006 Joint military exercises between N

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By Gary Thomas Washington 23 June 2006 Videotape has surfaced in the West of the hours leading up to a reported massacre in the town of Andijon in Uzbekistan just over one year ago. Human rights groups have said the Uzbek government indiscriminately

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 13 June 2006 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Leaders of Japan's political opposition are demanding Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi fire a central bank governor who owns shares in a fund run by a shareholder activist who has b

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