By Lisa McAdams Moscow 06 April 2007 Watch video by Valer Gergely American computer software entrepreneur Charles Simonyi is reportedly paying about $25 million to fulfill his childhood dream of flying in space. He follows in the footsteps of Dennis
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 April 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says Chadian military authorities report at least 65 people were killed in weekend attacks by Sudanese Janjaweed militia on villages in eastern Chad. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR
By Phuong Tran Dakar 03 April 2007 Heads of states from around the world gathered in Senegal to attend President Abdoulaye Wade's swearing-in ceremony as second-term president. On the sidelines of ceremonial festivities were opposition parties that
By Kari Barber Dakar 14 April 2007 Hundreds of demonstrators in the restive Casamance region of southern Senegal filled the streets Saturday protesting what they are calling police brutality. Angry mobs in Kolda burned tires and razed houses to the g
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 05 April 2007 The United Nations is seeking to enlist religious groups in Africa in the war against human trafficking. The head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime announced the initiative during a visit to South Africa.
By Phuong Tran Praia, Cape Verde 15 April 2007 When people talk about Cape Verdean music, it is inevitable they mention Cesaria Evora, the singer who introduced many to the country's melancholic music known as morna . Some have said that singer Tete
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 April 2007 A California woman survived a personal tragedy with a commitment to help others that is keeping the memory of her late son alive. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan spoke with Valerie Sobel, who lost her son to cancer,
By Rosanne Skirble Washington 01 April 2007 The wife of presidential candidate John Edwards renewed her fight against breast cancer this week. Elizabeth Edwards is one of three million women in the United States living with the disease. Of the 275,00
By Mil Arcega Washington 11 April 2007 Afghan artisans are getting a helping hand from a small retail shop in Washington D.C. The store, called Pangea, is operated by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation. As VOA's Mil Arcega reports, th
By Paula Wolfson White House 01 April 2007 One of President Bush's longtime political advisors has now become one of the administration's biggest critics. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Matthew Dowd is taking on the White House in a very public way. Ma
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 April 2007 German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Israeli and Palestinian leaders Sunday in the latest international bid to revive the Middle East peace process. Germany and Israel enjoy warm ties, but as Robert Berger repo
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 07 April 2007 Somalia In Somalia, two cargo vessels that had been hijacked by pirates have been released. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. The first of the vessels seized, the MV Rozen , was in pirate hands for m
By Scott Stearns White House 07 April 2007 President Bush says he will veto funding for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because opposition legislators have attached timetables for a troop withdrawal from Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 13 April 2007 Protests against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's chief justice are continuing, despite the detention Thursday of about 200 lawyers and other critics of the suspension. VOA's
By Stephanie Ho Washington 03 April 2007 A new poll shows that declining American public support for the war in Iraq is leading to an increasingly negative public opinion of resorting to military force to settle global conflicts. The findings come in
By Efam Dovi Accra 18 April 2007 Military communications experts from Africa, Europe and North America, are finalizing strategies for testing a continental communication network facility. Efam Dovi reports from the Ghanaian capital that the Ghana arm
By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 11 April 2007 Two apparent car bombs have exploded in the Algerian capital, killing at least24 people and wounding more than 200. Some reports put the casualty figures much higher. The attacks come as Algeria and ot
By Peter Fedynsky Washington 16 April 2007 At least 32 people were killed in Blacksburg, Virginia, when a gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech University Monday in the deadliest mass shooting rampage in the United States. The g
By Peter Fedynsky Washington 17 April 2007 The gunman involved in the largest mass shooting in U.S. history has been identified as a 23-year-old resident alien from South Korea. As VOA's Peter Fedynsky reports, the investigation and mourning period a
By Steve Herman Kathmandu 17 April 2007 The U.S. ambassador to Nepal understands the need for a delay in elections in the Himalayan kingdom. In the meantime, he says, the United States will conditionally cooperate with government ministries now being
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