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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 January 2006 U.S. Senator John Kerry visited Pakistan's hard hit quake zone Saturday. The former Democratic presidential candidate toured a sprawling tent village in nort
By Liu Enming Washington, DC 27 February 2007 watch MLK Sculptor report A master sculptor was recently selected to carve the image of Martin Luther King, Jr. for a memorial to the slain civil rights leader in Washington DC. VOA's Elaine Lu introduces
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 January 2006 U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel One vocal critic of the Bush administration is a member of the president's own party. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
By Ron Corben Bangkok 13 September 2006 The International Campaign to Ban Landmines reports dramatic progress in de-mining around the world. But landmines still inflict a terrible toll in 58 countries worldwide, says the campaign group in its annual
By Dan Robinson Washington 10 June 2008 U.S. lawmakers have questioned a State Department official about the validity of diplomatic assurances the United States receives from foreign governments that they will not use torture. VOA's Dan Robinson rep
By Jim Malone Washington 30 May 2007 Former Republican Senator Fred Thompson is taking steps to join the 2008 presidential race. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone has the latest from Washington. Fred Thompson Several news reports quoting anonymou
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 26 June 2007 An influential U.S. Senate Republican says President Bush's Iraq policy is not working, and he is calling for a downsizing of U.S. forces in Iraq. The comments by Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana has sparked
By Jim Malone Washington 23 May 2006 Former Treasury Secretary and US Senator Lloyd Bentsen (Undated file photo) Former U.S. Senator and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen has died in Texas at the age o
In America, as in most cultures, you risk offending people if you call them dumb or an idiot to their faces. You also risk a punch in the nose. It seems as if there's not a question that can't be answered, or problem solved, these days by one of th
Aviation investigators have arrived in the town of Clarence Center, in western New York State, to sift through the wreckage of a commuter plane that crashed into a house late Thursday evening, bursting into flames and killing all 49 persons aboard a
It may be weeks or even months before U.S. President Barack Obama announces his first appointment to the United States Supreme Court. But, he is already getting a lot of advice from members of Congress about a possible replacement for retiring Justi
Arms control was one of the key issues discussed at the recent summit in Moscow between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev. We look at the preliminary agreement reached to reduce both countries' strategic - or l
By Dan Robinson Washington 09 September 2006 Rwandan soldier guard on the outskirts of Thabit, North Darfur Influential lawmakers are expressing concern about the situation in Darfur, where a massing of Sudanese government forces has raised fears of
By Meredith Buel Washington 13 April 2007 Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn has dedicated much of his career to reducing global threats from weapons of mass destruction. He is currently the co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a private group wor
By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 10 April 2007 Watch Data Theft report TJX, the parent company of a discount retail chain that includes TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores says it learned of a security breach involving the theft of 45 million credit and debi
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 09 June 2007 Somalia's interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed a story reported by VOA on Friday about a coalition being established in Eritrea, composed of groups opposed to the Somali government and its main b
By Kurt Achin Beijing 08 February 2007 China, the host of ongoing talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, is drafting a joint statement of actions the North would agree to take within weeks. Although details of the statement are
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 December 2006 Legislation to establish permanent U.S. normal trade relations [PNTR] with Vietnam is nearing consideration again in the U.S. Congress, and could win final approval before lawmakers are scheduled to adjo
By Efam Dovi 04 August 2006 The key to battling HIV/AIDS and poverty, say representatives from 18 African legislative bodies meeting in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, is working together to create stronger political and economic blocs within the con
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 14 December 2006 A senior U.S. senator visiting Baghdad is calling for more American troops to help stem sectarian violence in Iraq. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from the Iraqi capital. Sen. John McCain talks to reporte