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Next up, a new world leader has been chosen in South Korea, and changes could be ahead for how it deals with rival country North Korea. Moon Jae-in is a former special forces soldier and human rights lawyer. He's also the son of North Korean refugees
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 24 February 2006 Gloria Arroyo Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was swept to power in 2001 after a popular movement ousted her predecessor, vowing to end co
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 29 August 2007 Turkey's new President Abdullah Gul, foreground, arrives for a graduation ceremony at the Military Medical Academy in Ankara, 29 Aug 2007 Turkey's new president Abdullah Gul has approved the new cabinet submitt
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 24 May 2006 Aung San Suu Kyi (2002 photo) A senior United Nations official says Burmese authorities appear to be preparing for the release of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. -----------------------------
Iran's Council of Guardians says it is ready to recount votes from the contested presidential election in which incumbent Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was declared the winner amid charges of vote rigging. Popular reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who
Celebrated internationally just six months ago for his call to spend our way out of the global downturn, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's political fortunes have soured dramatically on the domestic stage. Under the backdrop of a deep recession
On Sunday, the Republic of Congo held its second presidential election since the civil war that erupted in 1997, but voter turnout appeared low after an opposition boycott. Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (file photo) Incumbent pres
By Paula Wolfson Sydney 05 September 2007 President Bush says he plans to call attention to the human rights situation in Burma at this week's annual 21-member Pacific Rim summit in Australia. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports from
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Rural Americans say drug abuse and addiction, including opioid addiction, are the most urgent health problems facing their communities. That's according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harva
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that a huge credibility gap remains among Iranians about their country's June 12 presidential election, despite the partial vote recount that is said to have upheld the announced victory by incumben
By Brian Wagner Miami 10 January 2007 Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has again taken the oath of office, following a landslide re-election in December. The former paratrooper is promising to continue socialist reforms thast he says are aimed at h
By Brian Wagner Miami 13 December 2007 Emergency officials in the Dominican Republic say at least 22 people have been killed in flooding caused by Tropical Storm Olga. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports many of the victims were killed by waters rel
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 22 November 2007 A special electoral court in Nigeria is investigating charges of cheating in April elections and could overturn the results in key votes. They have already overturned the results in several gubernatorial electi
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 16 April 2008 Ethiopia's electoral commission and several opposition parties are trading accusations of illegal actions as the country prepares for the second phase of municipal council and parliamentary by-elections. VO
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 12 March 2008 New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has resigned following a sex scandal that rocked the state and stunned political observers across the country. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau rep
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 15 March 2008 Turkey's top prosecutor has filed a complaint against the country's ruling Justice and Development Party, the AKP, aiming to ban it from politics. The prosecutor accuses the party of seeking to undermine the cou
By Cindy Saine Washington 02 June 2008 Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama appears set to claim his party's nomination this week, which would make him the first African American presidential candidate to be the nominee of a major U.S. political part
By Caroline Sawyer Nairobi 16 August 2007 Flooding in Sudan between June and August this year has killed over 100 people and left thousands homeless. The United Nations released $5 million Wednesday to help Sudanese victims, but as Caroline Sawyer re
The death toll from an earthquake in Indonesia has reached 57 with scores injured and missing. Casualty figures could increase. Rescuers search for victims after an earthquake-triggered landslide hit a village in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, 03 Se
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 2-345315 09 February 2008 Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party has succeeded in changing the country's constitution to ease a ban on Islamic head scarves worn in universities. But the move is proving controve