By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 23 April 2007 Richard Ness walks upon arrival for his trial at a district court in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (File Photo) An Indonesian court is expected to rule Tuesday on pollution charges against one of the
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 April 2007 A young boy waits his turn to be tested for malaria, in Manhica, Mozambique (File photo) The World Health Organization says its Roll Back Malaria program is making progress in cutting the number of deaths from thi
By Deborah Block St. Paul, Minnesota 23 April 2007 The Midwest U.S. state of Minnesota is home to the largest Hmong community outside Asia. They originally came from Laos as refugees after the Vietnam War. At least half of Minnesota's 60,000 Hmong l
By Steve Herman Kathmandu 23 April 2007 Nepal has suffered through 10 years of a violent communist insurgency, and a coup by the reigning monarch. Now, precisely one year after mass protests forced King Gyanendra to relinquish absolute power, the Him
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 23 April 2007 Russian President Boris Yeltsin waves as he arrives at Helsinki airport (File photo - 20 Mar 1997) Russia's first freely elected president, Boris Yeltsin, has died of heart failure at the age of 76. VOA's Lisa Mca
By Larry James Moscow 23 April 2007 Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who had been in declining health for several years, has died at the age of 76. Mr. Yeltsin served as Russia's president from 1990 until his surprise resignation on December 3
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 April 2007 India has ventured on its first commercial space mission by launching an Italian satellite into space. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, this marks a milestone for the country's space program. India
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 23 April 2007 Scientists have discovered that an earthquake two years ago in Indonesia lifted hundreds of kilometers of sea floor out of the water, causing the largest death of coral reefs ever recorded. As Chad Bouchard rep
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 April 2007 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (file photo) U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is appealing to the Security Council to give him more time to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Darfur before imposing eco
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 22 April 2007 A Syrian woman puts her vote in the ballot box at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, 22 Apr 2007 Syrian voters are going to the polls Sunday and Monday to elect a new parliament. But widespread apathy appe
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 April 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross reports hundreds of civilians caught in fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia have been wounded in the past few days and thousands of people continue to flee. The ICRC warns t
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 24 April 2007 South Korean officials say their agreement Sunday to send rice to help North Korea feed its people will only go through if Pyongyang honors a pledge to begin dismantling its nuclear weapons program. And P
By Mil Arcega Washington 24 April 2007 New YorkStock Exchange opening on 20 April U.S. stock market indexes opened with slight gains in early trading Monday after a week of record gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 150 points on F
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 24 April 2007 Women stand outside Christ the Savior Cathedral, where farewell ceremony to former Russian president Boris Yeltsin will be held in Moscow, 24 Apr 2007 Russians mourning the loss of their first post-Soviet leader,
By Nico Colombant Abuja 24 April 2007 Opposition leaders, lawmakers and pro-democracy activists in Nigeria are mulling options on how to contest results from this month's fraud-filled and ruling-party dominated state and federal elections. Many of th
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 24 April 2007 Earlier this week an Egyptian court sentenced an Egyptian Canadian man to 15 years in prison for spying on behalf of Israel. In the same week, Egyptian authorities charged another man with giving Israel confidenti
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 April 2007 House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a military funding bill containing a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, approval of a conference report for the Iraq-Afgh
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 April 2007 Two media watchdogs are condemning recent attacks against print and broadcast media organizations in Somalia's capital. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi they are calling for a full investigation by
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 23 April 2007 A new law in Russia bans foreigners from working as clerks in retail stores and markets. Foreigners are able to work as loaders, cleaners, wholesalers or managers, but they are not allowed to sell directly to th
By Nico Colombant Abuja 23 April 2007 International observers have condemned Nigeria's recently concluded ruling-party-dominated state, legislative and presidential elections, saying authorities failed the Nigerian people. Meanwhile, national observe
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