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Authorities in Pakistan say they have captured the chief spokesman for Taliban insurgents along with two companions in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The arrest comes nearly two weeks after a suspected U.S missile strike is believed to have
Terrorist Attacks in Afghanistan Get Bolder Terrorist attacks increasing A suicide bomber blew himself up right outside the Supreme Court building in the capital, Kabul, Tuesday, killing 17 people and wounding almost 40 others. Mohammad Zahir, Chief
By Cindy Saine Washington 02 October 2007 The U.S. commander of the multi-national corps in Iraq says violence in the country has decreased consistently over the past three months. As VOA's Cindy Saine reports from Washington, Lieutenant General Raym
Insurgents opposed to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continue to hold two strategic towns along the road to eastern Libya, after unsuccessful attempts by pro-Gadhafi forces to retake them. Libyan warplanes launched new air strikes Thursday against the
The Federal government has conceded it's still working out how much it will cost to store people's phone and internet records under new national security laws. The government's introduced legislation that would require the records be kept for two yea
February 22nd, 1732George Washington, the first president of the United States, is born in what's then the Virginia Colony. Washington commanded American forces during the Revolutionary War and led the Founding Fathers in drafting the U.S. Constituti
February 22nd, 1732, George Washington, the first president of the United States, is born in what's then the Virginia Colony. Washington commanded American forces during the Revolutionary War and led the Founding Fathers in drafting the U.S. Constitu
February 22nd, 1732, George Washington, the first president of the United States, is born in what's then the Virginia Colony. Washington commanded American forces during the Revolutionary War and led the Founding Fathers in drafting the U.S. Constitu
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 29 October 2007 The prime minister of Somalia's beleaguered interim government has resigned, following intense international pressure for the leader to step down after three controversial years in office. But as VOA corresponden
By Steve Herman New Delhi 19 September 2007 A day after Nepal's former Maoist insurgents bolted from the country's interim government, there is hope they may soon return, allowing planned national elections to go ahead unhindered at the end of this y
Michael Bowman Senior U.S. military officials have announced the first court martial procedure against one of seven American soldiers who allegedly abused detainees at Iraq's now-infamous Abu Ghraib p
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 October 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says a weekend of violence in Mogadishu has set off another wave of displacement from the war-torn capital of Somalia. It says an estimated 36,000 people have fled their homes and more ar
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 20 November 2007 In Somalia, the head of a clan-based group that has been critical of the presence of Ethiopian troops in the country tells VOA that he has been forced to flee the Somali capital after receiving unspecified threa
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 26 November 2007 Somalia's interim president has told officials he wants his interim government to tighten control over the country's politics, economy, and security. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa
By Selah Hennessy Goma 22 December 2007 A summit has been called in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to try to bring peace to the war-torn country. Conference organizers say they hope the meeting will initiate a dialogue between the army, reneg
By Deborah Block Irbil, Iraq 18 October 2007 Thousands of Kurds and other Iraqis took to the streets in northern Iraq. They were protesting the Turkish parliament's decision Wednesday authorizing a Turkish military incursion across the border into Ir
Despite official U.S. policy banning women from military jobs that could put them into direct combat, women have increasingly been part of the ground operations - and seen fighting - in Iraq. A special team of female soldiers has accompanied male tr
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 04 June 2008 The 192-member United Nations General Assembly has elected for one-year term a former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister and Catholic priest as its new president. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara
By Ravi Khanna Washington, D.C. 04 January 2008 Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's political party continues to call for a United Nations investigation into her assassination. Opposition parties have condemned the government's decision t
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 15 December 2006 On Saturday, Iraqi political figures, parties and other groups will gather in Baghdad to try to find a way to stop the sectarian violence that in recent months has been killing on average nearly 100 Iraqi