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By Gary Thomas Washington 26 July 2007 U.S. officials now publicly say that the possibility of U.S. military action against al-Qaida and Taleban safe havens in Pakistan's tribal areas cannot be ruled out. The U.S. has criticized Pakistan for what U.S
By Suzanne Presto New York 31 August 2007 The U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Margareta Wahlstrom, says the humanitarian situation in Sudan's western Darfur region is worsening. From
By Phil Mercer Sydney 27 July 2007 The Australian government has dropped terrorism charges against the Indian doctor arrested there in connection with last month's unsuccessful car bombings in Britain. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports. The terrorism
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 31 August 2007 The U.N. refugee agency is appealing for seven million dollars to fund the voluntary repatriation of 24,000 Mauritanian refugees from Senegal and Mali. The UNHCR, which is launching the appeal Friday, says this r
By Noel King Gwesero, Rwanda 11 September 2007 Rwanda's 1994 genocide shook the world with images of brutality, as ethnic tensions in the central African nation flared into a frenzy of violence. In a little over three months, an estimated 800,000 eth
By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 26 July 2007 The National Basketball Association is on the defensive as the probe into a betting scandal involving one of its referees widens. The FBI investigation into veteran referee Tim Donaghy's alleged gambling ac
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 July 2007 Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua unveiled his new cabinet Thursday, nearly two months after he became leader of Africa's most populous country. The cabinet includes some opposition elements in what is labeled a
By Kari Barber Freetown 18 September 2007 A new president, opposition leader Ernest Koroma, has been sworn-in in Sierra Leone. With Koroma's inauguration, outgoing President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah - who is often credited with bringing the nation out its
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 29 September 2007 Ukrainian voters go to the polls on Sunday in a special election to choose a new parliament. But as VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Kyiv there is widespread doubt about the credibility of the e
By Phuong Tran Dakar 01 August 2007 In the west African country of Mauritania, a criminal court has dropped terrorism charges against 14 men who had been accused of aiding a group allied to al-Qaida. Phuong Tran has reactions to the court's decision
By Phuong Tran Dakar 06 September 2007 As trade negotiators meet in Geneva on the stalled negotiations known as the Doha round, government ministers from West Africa's biggest cotton producing countries met in Burkina Faso to prepare their demands on
By Mona Ghuneim New York 04 August 2007 Many U.S. restaurants are now taking steps to be more ecologically conscious in their business practices. From recycling to using nontoxic cleaning products to installing energy-efficient forms of lighting, din
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 September 2007 The world's biggest aircraft manufacturers are in the race to supply the Indian air force with 126 new fighter jets in a deal worth an estimated $10 billion. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, th
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 07 July 2007 A bombing casualty, from the village of Armili, Iraq, is treated in Kirkut hospital, 7 Jul 2007 A suicide truck bomber has set off his explosives in a rural Iraqi village, killing more than a hundred peopl
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 09 September 2007 Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan is seen lying in a bathtub filled with pink and red rose petals in a first-ever promotional campaign for Lux beauty soap India's beauty and grooming industry is targeting a
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 25 July 2007 Soaring temperatures and forest fires have forced thousands of holiday-goers in southern Italy to evacuate hotels, campsites and other tourist sites. From Rome, Sabina Castelfranco reports there have been at l
By Ted Landphair Washington 09 August 2007 Every day, American consumers are offered a simple choice when they areby a store's cashier: paper or plastic? But as VOA's Ted Landphair explains in today's searching for solutions report, some communities
By Greg Flakus Porcupine, South Dakota 28 August 2007 There are many ethnic radio stations and broadcast programs in the United States, but there is only one fully independent community radio station serving the residents of a Native American Indian
By Yi Suli Washington, D.C. 10 July 2007 Nearly everyone has secrets, something that, for whatever reason, they have never shared with anyone. An artist in Washington, DC has created a project that allows people to anonymously share their secrets and
By Meredith Buel Pentagon 13 September 2007 A roadside bomb has killed an important Sunni tribal leader who was cooperating with U.S. troops fighting al-Qaida insurgents in Iraq. Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha and two bodyguards died in the attack nea