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By Barry Wood Washington 28 February 2007 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday regulators are closely watching U.S. markets following the huge drop in stock prices Tuesday. But U.S. stock markets rebounded early Wednesday on
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 31 January 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin disagrees with critics at home and abroad who suggest Russia is rapidly retreating from democratic gains in favor of more author
By Lisa Bryant Paris 23 June 2006 A new assessment of Africa's massive Congo Basin rain forest finds that it is less degraded than environmentalists feared. The findings were announced in Paris, where African and Western officials ended a two-day co
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 November 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says Iraq is facing a displacement crisis, on a larger scale than was anticipated when the war began in 2003. The UNHCR says continuing violence is leading more Iraqis to flee their hom
This is Morning Edition from NPR news.I am Steven Skip and I am Renee Montagne .Time now for our consumer health segment. Lots of people turn to physical exercise to get their bodies in shape. The concept of reshaping the mind is more elusive. Some
By Al Pessin Pentagon 15 December 2006 President Bush and other dignitaries gathered at the Pentagon Friday to say farewell to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who will leave office on Monday. The president and others praised the often-controversi
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 12 January 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says American troops could begin withdrawing from Iraq later this year if the revised Iraq war plan announced by President Bush this week succeeds in reducing violence i
The U.N. refugee agency is appealing to European Union countries to make sure that people seeking asylum are given a fair hearing of their claims for international protection. The UNHCR says it is concerned about the treatment of the growing number
By Steve Herman Tokyo 20 January 2006 Japan has announced it is reimposing a ban on all U.S. beef products. Government officials say they were forced to make that decision after spinal material consid
By Margaret Besheer Washington 01 April 2006 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw Anti-war protesters greeted U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for
By Gary Thomas Washington 27 February 2007 The top U.S. intelligence officer says Pakistan could make more energetic anti-terrorist efforts along the Afghan border. But, he adds, Pakistan's military ruler has political concerns in an election year.
By Jim Teeple Washington 18 April 2007 Robert Gates U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, on a visit to Israel, says he believes diplomatic efforts to isolate Iran for it uranium enrichment activities are working. VOA'S Jim Teeple has details from
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 18 April 2007 The U.S. secretary of defense has warned that the implosion of Iraq would have dire consequences for the entire Middle East. He spoke on a visit to Cairo, the second stop on his current Middle East tour. VOA
By Peter Heinlein New York 23 December 2006 The UN Security Council unanimously votes to approve a resolution imposing sanctions against Iran The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on Iran for its suspect nuclear program. The vote came near
By Catherine Maddux Washington 30 October 2006 The top U.N. humanitarian affairs official says there has been dramatic improvement in northern Uganda since the start of peace talks to end nearly 20 years of devastating civil war. ----- Jan Egeland (
By Michael Bowman Washington 05 April 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says restricting U.S. military operations in Iraq could unleash massive bloodshed among the country's warring factions. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to name his new High Commissioner for Human Rights as early as this week. The new official will replace Louise Arbour who stepped down June 30 after serving a four-year term at the Geneva-based body. Fr
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 07 December 2006 Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses supporters on giant screen in downtown Beirut 7 Dec 06 The leader of Hezbollah has vowed that protests in central Beirut will continue until the government cha
By Ron Corben Bangkok 05 February 2007 Thai prime minister Surayud Chulanont has fired the Thai police chief after he failed to make progress in the investigation of bomb attacks in the capital Bangkok. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, new polls s
By Purnell Murdock Washington 03 June 2007 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates right, and General Peter Pace, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Singapore, 03 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has cautioned Turkey against sending