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The pilot of an Indonesian airliner that crashed in 2007, killing 21 people, has gone on trial - accused of deliberately ignoring warnings, causing the airliner to crash. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more. Indonesian pilot Marwoto Komar
By Paula Wolfson White House 25 April 2007 President Bush has announced an enhanced effort to combat malaria in Africa. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, the president spoke Wednesday at an event marking Malaria Awareness Day in the
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 April 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the security situation in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur continues to worsen and getting access to people in remote villages is getting harder.
By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 18 August 2006 watch Oil Spill report A ceasefire in the Middle East is allowing officials to assess some of the environmental damage from the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Some experts say the long-term envir
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 20 April 2006 As Iran continues to defy the United Nations Security Council by enriching uranium -- a process that could lead to building nuclear weapons -- the internat
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 27 March 2006 Nigerian militants have released three Western hostages held in the troubled Niger Delta for more than a month. The government is now under pressure to act prom
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 January 2007 Suspected armed militants attacked a Chinese oil company in the Southern Nigeria state, Bayelsa, Thursday, kidnapping at least two Chinese workers. From Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports the latest hostage-tak
By Jim Malone Washington 29 June 2006 The U.S. Supreme Court dealt the Bush administration a major legal setback in connection with the war on terror Thursday. The high court ruled that President Bush had overstepped his authority in ordering milita
The faithful have flocked to the West Bank town of Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas. Christians gather on Christmas Day inside the Church of Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursda
The Russian economy has been among the hardest hit of any country, during the current global economic crisis. Russia - a major energy exporter - has not only suffered banking and stock woes, as in the rest of the world, but also a precipitous drop i
Political opponents of Mauritania's military government say they will demonstrate against plans for new elections in June. The military says it will not allow unauthorized protests. Mauritania's military ruler Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (File) Now
Louisiana Oystermen Still Struggling Two Years After Oil Spill Nearly two years have passed since the accident that changed the Collins brothers' lives. We weren't rich like we can travel the world. But we weren't worried about [paying] our mortgage,
The U.S. military is providing more than 30,000 troops to help with security during Tuesday's presidential inauguration and to be ready to respond to any emergency. Members of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee attend a large-scale map exercise at
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev this week announced a large-scale military rearmament program, which he says will require considerable resources despite difficulties associated with the current global economic crisis. There are political and econo
Duo Civil Wars Releases Debut Album While Joy Williams and John Paul White of the Civil Wars may sound like they're in love when singing some of the songs on their debut, the pair is not in a romantic partnership, just a musical one. The duo recently
Civil Society Pushing for Arms Trade Treaty Final negotiations begin in July on the Arms Trade Treaty. The agreement would control the global trade in conventional weapons from rifles to tanks to warships. This week, the last round of preliminary tal
'Revenge of Electric Car' Takes a Wild Ride In his 2006 documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car , filmmaker Chris Paine examined the birth and premature death of battery electric cars in the mid-1990s. Now Paine is back with the commercial release o
US Oil Surge Could Impact Mideast Geopolitics The IEA report describes a 'supply shock' from the United States rippling through world oil markets. The key to it is the resurgence of shale development in the United States, John Mitchell, an oil market
Nick Cave素有音乐界颓废诗人之称,还有黑暗王子 哥特之王,痛苦批发商也是他的代名词, 在他的音乐里处处散发着一种无以名状的另界魔性和孤傲的诗人情怀。 They call me The Wild Rose-By Nick Cave (他们叫我野玫瑰) But my name was Elisa Day (但我的名字是Elisa D
By Kurt Achin Seoul 04 October 2007 The two Koreas have signed a cooperation pact that for the first time puts North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's personal signature on a pledge to end to his nuclear weapons programs. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from S