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Republicans are getting their national convention back on track, with an address by President Bush, and a list of speakers focusing on Senator John McCain's leadership abilities. McCain was campaigning Tuesday before heading to the convention site i
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 30 March 2008 A controversial and partly boycotted Arab League summit has ended in the Syrian capital, Damascus, with no progress on the Lebanese political crisis and a summit declaration that Iraq refused to endorse. Desp
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 24 September 2007 Kenya is hosting Africa's first-ever conference about the sexual abuse of children, a problem that has become one of the widest-spread and most troubling issues on the continent. Nick Wadhams has the story fo
Democrats have formally nominated Barack Obama as their presidential candidate. The Illinois senator is the first African-American to be nominated as president by a major U.S. political party. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details from the Dem
By Brian Wagner Medellin, Colombia 02 June 2008 Delegates with the Organization of American States are meeting in Colombia to find ways to help millions of young people in the region. VOA's Brian Wagner reports from Medellin that regional leaders al
By Robert Raffaele Washigton 16 May 2008 One day after Senator Barack Obama picked up the endorsement of a key Democrat, U.S. media reports say Obama has gained as many as eight delegates. The reports conflict on how many moved from Senator John Edwa
Pakistani and Afghan political and tribal leaders meeting in Islamabad Tuesday have agreed to seek talks with Taliban insurgents in a bid to limit violence along their shared border. The announcement came after a two-day meeting described as a mini-
The European Union and dozens of countries have pledged to speed up social support for Holocaust survivors and the search for art and other items that were stolen during World War II by the Nazis. At the meeting in Prague, they agreed to establish a
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are seeking crucial votes in Indiana and North Carolina, where primary elections will be held Tuesday. Meanwhile, Democrats in the in the small Pacific island territory of Guam made
By Jim Malone Washington 13 February 2008 Senator Barack Obama got a major boost Tuesday with victories in the Democratic presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Obama remains in a tight race with Senator Hillary Cl
By Greg Flakus Houston 11 March 2008 Voters in the southern state of Mississippi are going to the polls in that state's Democratic Party presidential primary. Opinion polls put Senator Barack Obama in first place, but, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports fr
By Cindy Saine Washington 03 June 2008 America's presidential primary season ends Tuesday after five months with contests in Montana and South Dakota. Hillary Clinton's campaign says she will not concede nomination to Obama Tuesday evening. As we he
By Jim Malone Washington 01 February 2008 The remaining U.S. presidential candidates are preparing for a major showdown on Tuesday when more than 20 states hold primaries or caucuses to choose delegates to the Republican and Democratic nominating con
By Jim Malone Washington 15 February 2008 In the U.S. presidential race, Democrat Barack Obama continues to build momentum in the party nomination battle with rival Hillary Clinton. On the Republican side, John McCain is hoping some high-profile endo
By Jim Malone Washington 11 March 2008 For the next six weeks, the Democratic presidential race between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will focus on the state of Pennsylvania. The northeastern state holds its presidential primary on April
By Cindy Saine Washington 07 May 2008 Democratic Party frontrunner Senator Barack Obama scored a decisive win in North Carolina's primary election Tuesday, while his rival Senator Hillary Clinton eked out a slim, two-percentage point victory in India
By Michael Bowman Washington 04 May 2008 In the U.S. presidential race, both Democratic contenders have stressed party unity before two primary contests that could prove decisive in deciding which of the two will face the presumed Republican nominee,
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 17 December 2007 Discussions over the aims and timing of a new global climate change treaty have wrapped up in Bali after two weeks of often turbulent bargaining. The next step will be two years of negotiations over the new t
By Jim Malone Washington 05 March 2008 Democrat Hillary Clinton pumped new life into her presidential campaign Tuesday with decisive primary wins in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island. Rival Barack Obama continues to lead in the delegate count, but Clinton
Senator Barack Obama has raised more than $7 million for his presidential campaign in the hours since the Super Tuesday voting contests this week. This new wave of fundraising comes as Obama's Democratic opponent, Senator Hillary Clinton, said she lo