By Selah Hennessy Dakar 28 September 2007 Congolese President Joseph Kabila has told world leaders at the United Nations general assembly thathis country, the DRC, needs more U.N. help to disarm and repatriate foreign armed groups. The speech comes a
By Alex Villareal Washington 28 September 2007 A U.S. military commander in Iraq says coalition forces have crippled the core leadership group of al-Qaida in Iraq in a series of raids over the past few months. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washi
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 28 September 2007 The problems of the Middle East figured prominently during Friday's U.N. General Assembly debate as many leaders from the region - including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Palestinian Authorit
By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 September 2007 Former French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn was tapped Friday to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund. From Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on the leftist politician who has vowed to bui
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 September 2007 The Nigerian military says it is leading a manhunt for gunmen who seized two foreign oil workers in the latest attack on the country's troubled oil industry. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the kidna
By Mona Ghuneim New York 28 September 2007 Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes says that if the United States wants to win the war on terrorism, it must continue to reach out globally with public diplomacy programs. From VOA's
By Jim Malone Washington 27 September 2007 The war in Iraq and U.S. relations with Iran dominated the latest debate among the eight Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination next year. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone has more from
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 27 September 2007 Army troops in Mali have retaken an area in the northeast of the country that was controlled by rebel Tuareg fighters. The largely nomadic, Berber Tuareg have carried out a series of raids in the isolated des
By Tom Rivers London 27 September 2007 Britain's largest air carrier - British Airways - has placed its biggest aircraft order in nearly a decade. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London says it spells good news for both European and U.S. manufacturers. Since
By Simon Marks Washington 27 September 2007 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has pledged to step down as military chief and restore civilian rule if lawmakers give him another five-year mandate. The Supreme Court is now considering whether he is
By Challiss McDonough Ghazl el-Mahalla, Egypt 27 September 2007 Thousands of workers have taken control of one of Egypt's biggest state-owned textile factories in a continuing protest over pay and work conditions. Tensions are mounting as the strike
By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 27 September 2007 Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have convicted two former Yugoslav army officers for their role in the 1991 murders of non-Serbs in the Croatian city of Vukovar. They acquitted a third former
By Greg Flakus Vermillon, South Dakota 27 September 2007 One of the strongest and most efficient construction designs is the dome. Dome structures like the Pantheon in Rome have survived for centuries, while other buildings around them have crumbled.
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 28 September 2007 In Beijing, negotiators are trying to cobble together an action plan detailing steps North Korea should take to disable its nuclear facilities. As VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 28 September 2007 Pakistan's Supreme Court has dismissed a series of challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid, paving the way for Mr. Musharraf to run in the October presidential election while still hold
By David Gollust New York 28 September 2007 Major world powers meeting Friday in New York agreed to delay a new UN sanctions resolution against Iran until November. The five permanent U.N. Security Council member countries and Germany said sanctions
By George Dwyer Washington 18 September 2007 American musical theater celebrates a major anniversary in 2007. Fifty years ago this month - on September 26, 1957 - West Side Story opened on Broadway. Based on William Shakespeare's famous tragedy Rome
By Kari Barber Freetown 07 September 2007 Sierra Leone's election officials say all preparations have been completed and the country is set for the presidential runoffs Saturday. Vice President Solomon Berewa will face opposition candidate Ernest Kor
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 September 2007 A few days before Bush administration reports to Congress on the situation in Iraq, U.S. lawmakers have heard additional views on the capabilities and weaknesses of Iraqi military and police forces, and
By Scott Stearns White House 20 September 2007 President Bush says one of the reasons for the slow pace of political progress in Baghdad is the continuing legacy of former dictator Saddam Hussein. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the s
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