By Carol Pearson Washington 26 March 2008 Pre-term or prematurebirth is one of the leading causes of infant death in the developed world. A new study shows that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation not only have lower survival rates, but they fac
By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 26 March 2008 Egypt says it is sending a junior minister to the Arab League summit scheduled for Damascus this weekend. Lebanon is boycotting the meeting, and Saudi Arabia will also send a low-level delegation. The
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 26 March 2008 Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday said peace talks with the Palestinians will continue, but he ruled out any talks with Hamas militants who control the Gaza Strip. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 26 March 2008 A new report warns that if prevention efforts in Asia are not expanded, nearly 10 million people in that region will be infected by the year 2020 with the virus that causes AIDS. From United Nations h
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 26 March 2008 India's biggest vehicle maker, Tata Motors, has clinched a deal to buy luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover from U.S. carmaker Ford. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the latest acquisition is yet anoth
By Steve Herman Islamabad 25 March 2008 Pakistan's president has sworn in a political enemy as prime minister. Meanwhile, two top U.S. State Department officials arrived in the country and held talks with the embattled president and the new governmen
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 25 March 2008 Heavy fighting has been raging in Basra following a major pre-dawn offensive by thousands of Iraqi troops against Shi'ite militias in the southern city. Iraqi officials say at least 12 people have been killed
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 25 March 2008 The government of Comoros says its forces have captured most of the rebel-held island of Anjouan, following a pre-dawn invasion. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our Southern Africa Bureau in Johannesburg
By Raymond Thibodeaux Thimphu, Bhutan 25 March 2008 In Bhutan's landmark elections that ended a century of absolute monarchy, the party widely perceived as most loyal to the monarchy won by a landslide. Raymond Thibodeaux files this report for VOA fr
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 25 March 2008 Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi says his long-ruling coalition underestimated the power of the Internet, in advance of this month's elections. Mr. Badawi's ruling coalition suffered its worst losses in i
By Nina Maria Potts Ypres, Belgium 26 March 2008 The fields around the battlefield of Ypres, the site of four years of bloodshed during World War I, are littered with hidden trenches, bunkers and dugouts that are being excavated by archaeologists. Bu
By Paul Sisco Washington 19 March 2008 The planet Saturn has long fascinated astronomers because of its distinctive rings and multiple moons. NASA's Cassini spacecraft visited one of Saturn's moons last week, collecting samples, data and pictures of
By Tendai Maphosa London 03 March 2008 A new Amnesty International report describes Somalia as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. The report says the threat to journalists in the war-torn country is now the worst it has
By George Dwyer Washington 04 March 2008 For decades Washington's National Air and Space Museum has been among the city's top tourist attractions. It is an impressively large building - located within sight of the U.S. Capitol Building - and operated
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 March 2008 A brief lull in Israeli-Palestinian fighting is over. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, a new spike in violence is eroding hopes for a ceasefire. The Islamic Jihad group fired rockets at Is
By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 28 March 2008 Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders says he's ready to have a dialogue with Muslims about Islam and his controversial film Fitna , which made its debut on the Internet Thursday night. It is the first ti
By Luis Ramirez Kuala Lumpur 07 March 2008 People in Malaysia head to the polls on Saturday in snap elections that are a referendum on the rule of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and his long-ruling National Front coalition. The campaign has been domi
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 03 March 2008 Chad's government has created an official inquiry to look into the events surrounding a rebel attack on Chad's capital, N'Djamena, a month ago. But human rights activists say the inquiry will not be independent. F
By Steve Herman 23 March 2008 Pakistan's president says his country, is ushering in a new era of democracy following years of his autocratic rule. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from Islamabad that Pervez Musharraf, in his Pakistan Day addres
By Jim Malone Washington 27 March 2008 In the U.S. presidential race, a growing number of Democrats are worried that the long and bitter nomination fight between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton may be helping the presumptive Republican cand
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