By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 11 June 2007 President Bush's nominee to be the next head of the World Bank is on a three-continent trip aimed at familiarizing himself with some of the Bank's financiers and customers. Robert Zoellick is in Europe after vi
By Peterson Ssendi Kampala,Uganda 02 June 2007 Many Pentecostal churches in Kampala invite the afflicted to be cured. Mrs. Frances Adroa, who is HIV-positive, took them up on the offer. I am a sick person (I have HIV AIDS) so,she explains, I was prom
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 05 June 2007 East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta in Dili (File Photo) The president of East Timor says the capital, Dili, remains volatile after two people were killed during election campaigning for parliamentary el
By Dan Robinson Washington 14 June 2007 A proposed free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea is still facing opposition from some members of Congress. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill. Objections center on concerns it
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 13 June 2007 Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will take over as head of the Labor Party. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem that Mr. Barak is expected to become Israel's new defense minister in the coalition gover
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 14 June 2007 Nepal's former rebel Maoist party has asked the United Nations to postpone the verification of the number of their fighters, after two party leaders were killed in the country's south. The United Nations was sc
By Katherine Cole Washington 07 June 2007 It's not surprising that in 1989, the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording was won by a song on Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2, by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. What is unusual is the song that rece
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 01 June 2007 Officials in the semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland have confirmed local reports that a group of armed fighters, believed to be remnants of Somalia's defeated Islamist movement, arrived in a small coastal set
By Scott Stearns Sofia 11 June 2007 President Bush returns from a six-nation tour of Europe Monday facing a contentious Congress pressing him over the fate of his embattled Attorney General and legislation to reform U.S. immigration law. VOA White Ho
By Phuong Tran Abeche, Chad 06 June 2007 In Africa, some Muslims interpret Islam's teachings to mean a husband has almost total control over his wife - including her health care. Even in cases when a procedure might save a woman's life, health-care w
By Sarah Simpson Lagos 15 June 2007 Military officials say gunmen have abducted more foreign nationals working in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta. News of the hostage-takings come a day after the release from prison of a prominent militant leader, hai
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta, Indonesia 14 June 2007 Indonesia is struggling to rein in corruption and money laundering among its businesses and branches of government. But, as Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, government and private anti-corruption ag
By Kari Barber Port Harcourt 12 June 2007 As kidnappings of foreign oil workers and attacks on oil facilities in Nigeria's Niger Delta continue to escalate this year, one former militant fighter has taken the risky step of denouncing the violence an
By Kari Barber Port Harcourt 01 June 2007 While violence has reached new heights this year in Nigeria's Niger Delta with nearly 200 kidnappings of foreigners since January, one former militant leader, now a peaceworker, has taken the risky step of de
By Cathy Majtenyi Kampala, Uganda 08 June 2007 In Uganda, there is widespread opposition over a proposal to allow part of the Mabira Forest Reserve to be clear-cut for sugar cane growing. Opponents say the move will destroy a delicate and unique Afri
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 20 June 2007 The Arab American Institute and the organization Americans for Peace Now have released the results of a joint survey that measures support for Arab-Israeli peace. The poll of Arab and Jewish Americans sho
By Ron Corben Bangkok 21 June 2007 Thai public prosecutors have formally charged former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with corruption in the first formal legal action against him to reach court since he was ousted last year by a military coup. Ro
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 June 2007 South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls the fighting between Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza Strip a natural consequence of years of occupation. The archbishop, who headed a high-level fact-finding mission to the P
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 June 2007 Most parts of Nigeria are quiet as many schools and banks closed, following the start of a general strike to protest government price hikes on fuel. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the new administration
By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 June 2007 Visiting officials from the United Nations Security Council are warning of delays in the latest peace plan in divided Ivory Coast. Despite the presence of U.N. peacekeepers, the world body is playing a limited rol
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