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A change at the top in Britain. After ten years, Prime Minister Tony Blair is stepping down. CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar is live in London with the latest, Sheila, good morning. Good morning, Harry, well, it's a big day for Tony Blair and
There is more than there are the lawsuits. More than a dozen states are going to court to challenge this health care bill claiming its unconstitutional. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has more on that part of the push back. We simply can't h
AS IT IS - Efforts in Zimbabwe to write a new constitution From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS. Im your host Mario Ritter. All over the world, people have a desire to have their voice heard in their communities. Today we report on efforts
Libyan Rebels Defend NATO After Errant Strikes Libya's rebel military is defending NATO after airstrikes killed a number of Libyan civilians. The show of support follows Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's condemnation of the alliance as murderers. A reb
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Detroit officials say they are looking to the federal government for help for their city which filed for bankruptcy last week. Mayor Dave Bing was asked about a federal bailout this morning on ABC's This We
伊朗核协议将带来新关切 International officials involved in negotiating the preliminary agreement with Iran on its nuclear program say it is the first step toward guaranteeing that Iran is nuclear weapons-free thus making the world a safer
At an economic forum just held in Washington D.C., one of China's most influential economists has predicted an 8% growth rate for China in the coming decade. Our Washington correspondent Liu Kun has the details. Justin Lin Yifu, professor at the Nati
African Union Summit Tackles Conflicts on Continent African leaders at a summit in Gabon are trying to find breakthroughs to stop the three major conflicts remaining on the continent - in Ivory Coast,
UN Mission in Ivory Coast Seeking to Stop Attacks on Peacekeepers 联合国象牙海岸特派寻求方法停止对维和部队的袭击 The head of the U.N. mission in Ivory Coast is appealing to Pres
Peter Heinlein The United States and Britain have presented the U.N. Security Council a draft resolution on Iraq, outlining the transfer of full sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government. The handove
By Paula Wolfson President Bush has won a second four-year term in office.The Republican incumbent delivered his victory speech shortly after his Democratic Party opponent, John Kerry, conceded defeat
By Netsai Mlilo Harare, Zimbabwe 25 March 2008 In Zimbabwe, renowned playwright Cont Mhlanga, is extending his repertoire to include politics. He's contesting the upcoming polls in the hopes of becoming a rural councilor in the province of Matabelela
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 23 July 2007 Sudan's government is warning that it will not accept a joint United Nations and African Union force that has the mandate to use all means necessary - including force - to keep the peace in Darfur. As Nick Wadhams
Last week, the U.N. Security Council approved a request for a temporary surge of 3,000 peacekeepers to bolster the overstretched U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. Possible troop contributors met on Wednesday at the United Nat
Iraq's parliament has begun debate on a new military pact with the United States that was approved Sunday by the country's Cabinet. Among other things, the deal calls for coalition forces to withdraw from Iraq in three years. But radical Shi'ite cle
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continued on offensive near the town of Goma, as government troops retreated from their positions. Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi that the U.N. refugee agency says 30,000
The head of the U.N.-AU Mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, said Tuesday that there has been steady progress in talks between the Sudanese government and a major opposition group, but that the security situation in Darfur has deteriorated. UNAMID chi
Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo (L) and Burkina Faso's president Blaise Compaore meet at the airport in Abidjan on 22 Feb, 2010 after Campaore arrived to act as a mediator in Ivory Coast's political crisis The regional mediator for Ivory Coast's pol
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty recently ratified by the U.S. Senate deals only with long-range nuclear weapons. Tactical nuclear weapons are often every bit as lethal as the strategic nuclear warheads, but they are designed to be delivered o