By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 May 2007 Newly arrived internally displaced ethnic Tamils prepare themselves to be registered with camp officials in Kiran, Sri Lanka (File Photo) The World Food Program warns renewed fighting in Sri Lanka's long-running civ
By Deborah Tate Washington 15 May 2007 The White House says President Bush still has confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, despite controversy over his handling of the firing of federal prosecutors and of the reauthorization of a clandesti
By Dan Robinson Washington 04 May 2007 The U.S. plan to base defensive missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic to defend Europe against potential future threats from Iran was the subject of a congressional hearing Thursday. VOA's Dan Robinson
By Nazzy Belgari and Saman Arbabi Arabian Sea 18 May 2007 USS Nimitz The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz recently arrived in the Arabian Sea to support coalition forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. As one of two U.S. carriers in the region, it is a
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 14 May 2007 Civilians from the northern Casamance region of Senegal are being displaced again, following renewed fighting between rebel groups. Hundreds of people are reported to have fled to the nearby Gambian border region t
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 11 May 2007 Armenians go to the polls this Saturday in a parliamentary election seen as a key test for democracy ahead of next year's presidential vote. VOA's Lisa McAdams in Moscow reports two pro-government parties are runnin
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 04 May 2007 In Liberia, rebuilding after decades of devastating civil war, the country's first national amputee soccer team is now competing on an international level, and bringing new hope to the war torn country. The squad is
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 May 2007 Wednesday's suicide truck bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil was the city's first major bomb attack in two years. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Irbil on why residents believe the city has been relative
By Anita Elash Paris 21 May 2007 A film about American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002, has opened at the Cannes Film Festival. Pearl The film, A Mighty Heart , is based on a book writt
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 07 May 2007 Israeli aircraft have attacked a car in the Gaza Strip that Israeli military authorities say was carrying Palestinian militants planning to launch rockets against southern Israel. One militant was reported wounded
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 03 May 2007 Gunfire heard overnight across Guinea ended without external intervention. Witnesses say the gunfire came from soldiers agitating for unpaid back wages. Naomi Schwarz has more on the story from VOA's regional bureau
By Bill Rodgers Washington 07 May 2007 Turkey's Islamic-rooted government is pushing for a constitutional amendment to allow the president to be elected by popular vote instead of by parliament, following two failed attempts to get its foreign minis
By Bill Rodgers Washington 16 May 2007 The Bush administration is stepping up its campaign to protect U.S. intellectual property rights by putting convicted offenders in jail for longer stretches. The administration is proposing stiffer penalties aga
By Tom Rivers London 17 May 2007 Britons can expect a new style of government when Gordon Brown takes over from Prime Minister Tony Blair next month. That is the promise Mr. Brown has made to a country eager to see government trust rebuilt. For VOA,
By Kurt Achin Kyoto 07 May 2007 ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda answers to questions during a press conference, at Kyoto International Conference Center, 07 May 2007 The chief of the Asian Development Bank says the organization will not sacrifice its e
By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 May 2007 Burmese authorities have been arresting activists and opposition party members in the commercial capital Rangoon, as they staged vigils for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. As Ron Corben reports fro
By Meredith Buel Washington 15 May 2007 A Pakistani terrorism suspect being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has denied any connection to al-Qaida and says he was tortured while in prison. The comments from Majid Khan were contained in a transcript relea
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 16 May 2007 U.S. lawmakers are demanding greater oversight of the U.S.-government funded Al-hurra television for the Middle East, amid continuing controversy over programming carried by the station in late 2006 and early
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 13 May 2007 Villagers are dwarfed by giant windmills built by the Danish Development Agency in northern Philippines (File) The Asian Development Bank is helping to finance a 100-megawatt wind energy plant in India as part
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 21 May 2007 Nepal's government has agreed to begin making monthly payments to Maoist former rebels now living in U.N.-supervised camps. In return, the Maoists will allow the United Nations to resume efforts to verify the fo
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