By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 17 August 2007 South Africa's former Law and Order Minister, Commissioner of Police and three former police officers have received suspended sentences after pleading guilty in a Pretoria court to the attempted murder o
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 February 2007 General David Petraeus has taken over as commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, during a time that he called a decisive moment for the country's future. In an address at his official handover ceremony Saturday, Ge
By Joe DeCapua Washington 16 January 2007 Three women have been nominated as the finalists for the annual Worlds Childrens Prize for the Rights of the Child. Nominations are accepted by the Swedish-based organization, after which a committee of chil
By Al Pessin Washington 16 January 2007 Robert Gates listens to a question during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, 16 Jan 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States would like to see Pakistan do more
By Noel King Khartoum 18 April 2007 Sudan's traditional society paired with a strict Islamic government means that HIV and AIDS are not often discussed in the public arena. Now, in an effort to stem the spread of the disease, the government is partne
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 13 June 2007 A car bomb in Beirut Wednesday killed a Lebanese member of parliament and nine other people. At least 10 more people are reported to be wounded. It is the sixth bombing near Lebanon's capital in the last month
By Margaret Besheer Washington 08 November 2007 Experts say that the weapons of terrorism today are not limited to bombs and guns, but include all the components of technology, and in particular, the Worldwide Web. They warn that extremists are using
By Liz Noh Tokyo 14 September 2007 Almost 40 years after the U.S. moon missions, Japan's Space Agency has launched its much-delayed lunar orbiter. Liz Noh reports from Tokyo. A domestically-developed H2-A rocket, carrying a lunar orbiter, lifts off f
By David Gollust Washington 12 March 2007 The U.S. State Department's top diplomat for Europe says he believes the U.N. Security Council will be able to approve a final-status plan for Kosovo, despite the failure of U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari to co
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 February 2007 In a bid to abide by the latest ceasefire, gunmen from rival Palestinian factions are withdrawing from streets in Gaza City, where fighting has killed 28 people since Thursday. Reports from Gaza say after f
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 January 2007 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer Friday warned that a stabilization force should be sent into Somalia to prevent further chaos, and announced more funding from the United States to help Somal
By Steve Mort Tampa, Florida 03 July 2007 An American company is in the process of determining the value of a haul of sunken treasure, thought to be the biggest ever discovered. Odyssey Marine Exploration says it is examining more than half-a-million
By Alan Silverman Los Angeles 12 December 2007 Novelist Khaled Hosseini's international best-seller set in 1970s Afghanistan and present-day America has been made into a Hollywood studio movie. Alan Silverman spoke with the author and cast members fo
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 15 November 2007 The spokesman for the Ugandan army says Uganda's 1,600 peacekeeping troops in Somalia will stay in the capital Mogadishu and defend themselves against any attack by militant Somali Islamists, whose leader has vo
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 19 October 2007 Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto are expressing outrage over the twin explosions that killed at least 125 people and wounded scores of others during her homecoming parade in Kar
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 03 December 2007 A coalition of Kenyan non-governmental organizations has released a new report charging parties and candidates with widespread bribing of voters before presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for De
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 08 January 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has pledged to strengthen the world body's role in stopping wars and keeping peace. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports on Mr. Ban's first speech
By Jim Fry Washington, DC 15 June 2007 The once promising relationship between the U.S. and Russia is now more prickly.The strain between the remaining superpower and its former Cold War foe was evident in statements by the two nations' leaders last
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 05 September 2007 Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with the country's Shi'ite religious leaderWednesday to discuss a political impasse that resulted inhalf of his cabinet quitting. VOA's Jim Randle reports from nort
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 10 September 2007 Six years after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, Bush administration officials say Islamic extremist groups, and al-Qaida in particular, continue to pose a threat to the United
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