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By Michael Bowman Washington 18 February 2007 The Bush administration is reiterating that it has no plans to go to war with Iran, despite concerns over Iranian weapons filtering into neighboring Iraq as well as the country's continued nuclear progra
Washington 19 September 2006 President Bush meets with French President Jacques Chirac during bilateral meetings related to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006 President Bush and French President Jacques Chirac say they ar
By Paula Wolfson White House 27 December 2006 President Bush holds private consultations Thursday at his Texas ranch with members of his national security team. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House that Mr. Bush is expected to announce a
By Sean Maroney Washington 28 June 2007 In New York Wednesday, Amnesty International and other human rights groups sponsored a vigil calling for the immediate release of detained Iranian-Americans by Tehran. In May, the government of Iran arrested fo
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 March 2007 In a direct challenge to President Bush, the House of Representatives has, on a roughly party line vote of 218 to 212, called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq no later than the end of August 2008.
By Paula Wolfson White House 19 March 2006 Three years to the day after the start of the Iraq War, President Bush is hailing progress in that country on the political front, and praising the work of c
By Suzanne Presto Irbil 16 June 2008 A group of American tourists just wrapped up a two-week trip to Iraqi Kurdistan. Local tourism officials say they are the first American tour group, and only the second tour group ever, to travel through northern
On Sunday, the remote pirate stronghold of Hobyo in the Galmudug region of central Somalia fell to Islamist militants. The growing strength of Islamist groups in the coastal area may be tied to local anger over piracy and deepening poverty. A pirate
President Obama's latest remarks on Iran, in which he said the U.S. and the world are appalled and outraged by the Iranian government's crackdown on dissent, have met with praise but also some continuing criticism from members of Congress. The situa
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced a broad, independent inquiry into the country's involvement in the Iraq war. But despite considerable pressure, Mr. Brown said the inquiry would not be held in public. British PM Gordon Brown at 10 D
The explosion of piracy off the coast of Somalia in recent years has exposed a weakness in the United Nations maritime law that makes high seas piracy illegal throughout the world. An undated image made available in London, 08 Apr 2009 by Maersk Lin
Somali pirates have stepped up the seizure of ships along the coast of the lawless country. A Greek-owned vessel with 22 crew members was hijacked early Tuesday and there is word that a Togo-flagged vessel has also been seized. Monday, two Egyptian
By Al Pessin Washington 10 September 2007 The American commander in Iraq says the U.S. troop presence there will be reduced by about 2,000 this month, and another 3,500 by the end of the year. But General David Petraeus said he needs most of the 168,
The White House says next week President Bush will announce his plans for U.S. troop levels in Iraq for the rest of his time in office, an announcement that will also affect how many additional troops he can send to Afghanistan. Officials say senior
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 02 October 2007 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says about1,000 British troops can soon leave Iraq. As VOA's Jim Randle reports, the British leader visited Baghdad for talks with top Iraqi officials. Prime Minister Brown
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 03 October 2007 An attack on a diplomatic convoy in Baghdad has injured Poland's ambassador to Iraq and killedthree other people. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Irbil in northern Iraq. Explosions wounded the Polish ambassador
DAVID GREENE, HOST: I can't believe how much time flies. Amazing, but it has been 25 years since MORNING EDITION listeners first met a very un-merry Christmas elf named Crumpet. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) DAVID SEDARIS: (Reading) I wear green
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 03 October 2006 watch State of Denial report The White House is fighting off allegations that President Bush is concealing the truth about the situation in Iraq. The charges appear in a new book entitled State of Den
By Scott Stearns White House 10 June 2006 President Bush says the formation of a new government in Iraq and the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi made this past week a good one for the cause of freedom. Opposition Democrats say the pres
U.S. President George Bush and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met at the White House Wednesday to talk about Iraq's provincial election law and the need to finish talks on an agreement governing U.S. troops in Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Sco