By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 17 September 2007 Angola has completed a 10-month voter registration drive in preparation for elections next year. The balloting will be Angola's first in 15 years and is aimed at consolidating a transition to multi-party d

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By Sonja Pace Cairo, Egypt 06 September 2007 The Egyptian government has renewed a crackdown on suspected members and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the banned Islamic organization that has long been the main opposition movement in the country

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 07 September 2007 A senior U.S. military officer is disputing reports in two major U.S. newspapers, which said Friday that the U.S. commander in Iraq may be willing to send several thousands of his troops home by January. VOA's

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By Jim Malone Washington 06 September 2007 Former Senator Fred Thompson has made it official. Thompson is now one of nine contenders seeking the Republican Party's presidential nomination next year. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from

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By Deborah Tate Washington 20 September 2007 Legislation to regulate U.S. troop deployment cycles in Iraq was blocked in the U.S. Senate late Wednesday by Republican opponents who argued the measure could undermine the war effort. The action was a bl

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 September 2007 The United Nations warns floods in West Africa could provoke an invasion of locusts in Mali and Niger. It says it is critically important that UN experts be given access to the locust-prone region so they can

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By Kari Barber Freetown 06 September 2007 The two candidates vying for the presidency in Sierra Leone's runoff on Saturday did not take part in a joint peace march as they said they would. The march, ordered by President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, was suppo

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By Jim Malone Washington 13 September 2007 One of the leading contenders for the Republican Party's presidential nomination next year is former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani won praise for his handling of the aftermath of the September

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 08 September 2007 Civil society groups are marching in Niger's capital Saturday to demand that the French nuclear energy company, Areva, quit mining Niger's uranium. The march comes after months of government accusations that the

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By Scott Stearns White House 12 September 2007 President Bush gives a nationwide address Thursday in which he is expected to announce the gradual withdrawal of 30,000 troops from Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition D

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By Mona Ghuneim New York 07 September 2007 As the sixth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attack approaches, construction of a memorial and museum at the site of the former World Trade Center has been underway for more than a year. The N

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By Meredith Buel Washington 18 September 2007 Former South Korean President Kim says he believes the efforts to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program will be successful and diplomatic ties will eventually be established between

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By Carolyn Weaver New York City 10 September 2007 Toxic dust clouds resulted from the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings About 3,000 people died in the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Six years later, experts say the

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By Tendai Maphosa London 18 September 2007 As Zimbabwe draws closer to complete collapse under the weight of a deepening economic crisis, the International Crisis Group says a regional initiative for a negotiated political solution offers the only re

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By Carmen Gentile Port-au-Prince, Haiti 17 September 2007 More than three years into their mission in Haiti, United Nations peacekeepers say they have broken a wave of violence and crime across the Caribbean nation. Many Haitians say the U.N. force h

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Sydney, Australia 09 September 2007 APEC leaders stand behind AustralianPM John Howard as he delivers APEC final declaration at the close of their weekend summit in Sydney, Australia, 09 Sep 2007 The 21 leaders of the Asia Pac

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By Noel King Kigali 07 September 2007 Rwanda's special envoy to the Great Lakes region says a recent upsurge of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo poses a threat to Rwandan security. He also dismisses charges by the United Nations that

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By Noel King Kigali, Rwanda 06 September 2007 An estimated 190,000 people in Rwanda, about three percent of the population, are infected with HIV and AIDS. But there is optimism at the highest levels of government that education can stem the spread o

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By Paul Sisco Washington 05 September 2007 The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is entering an exciting new era of ocean research. A massive grant from the National Science Foundation is expected to change the way ocean science is done, and grea

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By Jim Randle Baghdad 19 September 2007 Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says the company that provides bodyguards to U.S. diplomats in Iraq has been suspended while the government investigates a deadly shooting incident involving the firm last

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