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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 26 January 2006 watch Katrina Response report Hurricane Katrina rescue Senators probing the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the city
By Peta Thornycroft 12 March 2008 President Robert Mugabe says he has given teachers and other government workers large pay raises before national elections on March 29. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that the army has its pay boosted by at least 4
By Jim Malone Washington 31 October 2006 Republicans are depending on a strong voter turnout among conservative Christians on November 7 as one way to limit expected Democratic gains in the midterm congressional elections. But some liberal groups al
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 December 2007 Three research studies show that Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon are living under precarious circumstances. The UN refugee agency says the studies, which were conducted over the last few months, fin
By Scott Stearns White House 24 October 2006 President Bush says he expects his political party to keep control of both houses of Congress in next month's elections by campaigning on the issues of national security and a strong economy. The presiden
By Phuong Tran Dakar 29 November 2006 This Friday, South Africa will become the first African country, and the sixth in the world, to legalize same sex marriages if President Mbeki signs the civil union bill into law. Other countries on the continen
By Jordan Davis Dakar 02 January 2007 Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade attended funeral services Tuesday for a close political ally assassinated earlier this week in the Casamance region of the country. Violence in Casamance has persisted despite
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 16 February 2007 Voters in the southern African nation of Lesotho choose a parliament Saturday in elections that were called early after 18 parliament members split from the ruling party to form a new opposition party. Corr
By Thomas Rippe Kigali 28 August 2007 Military Leaders of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda met in Kigali to discuss taking action against negative elements operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thomas Rippe reports for VOA from the Rwandan
By Jim Stevenson Tainjin, China 24 September 2007 Defending champion Germany and 1995 winner Norway are about to battle for the right to play in the Women's World Cup football (soccer) final. VOA's Jim Stevenson has this preview of the first semifina
By Gary Thomas Washington 26 January 2006 Pakistan's former prime minister has rejected the issuance of an Interpol notice against her, calling it a political maneuver by the Pakistani government. Ben
By Al Pessin Washington 20 January 2006 The United States has dismantled its entire fleet of Peacekeeper missiles, the most modern, powerful and capable inter-continental ballistic missiles in the U.S
The European Union and Russia have agreed to resume strategic partnership talks next month that had been frozen over the conflict with Georgia. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports that French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he had also received backing f
International shipping companies have welcomed the deployment of additional warships in the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Somalia, where dozens of commercial and private vessels have been attacked this year. Concerned ship owners are also
Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are meeting with regional dialogue partners in Thailand to discuss challenges and cooperation. North Korea's nuclear programs and Burma's military government were high on the agenda.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is in Australia launching a new environmental pressure group made up of scientists and civic and business leaders. Safe Climate Australia demands emergency action to address warming temperatures and has plans to he
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 April 2007 Children hunt for clothes after their village of Titiana, where 15 people died, was hit by a tsunami on the outskirts of Gizo island in the Solomon Islands, 05 Apr 2007 The International Federation of Red Cross an
By Paula Wolfson Washington 06 August 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures during a news conference near President Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch, Sunday, August 6, 2006 President Bush is consulting with top aides at his Texas ranch on st
Analysts Say Medvedev-Putin Job Swap No Surprise Russian President Dmitri Medvedev will swap jobs next year with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In this report from Washington, senior correspondent Andre de Nesnera looks at the ramifications of such a
By Cathy Majtenyi Kampala, Uganda 12 June 2007 Earlier this year, Uganda launched its Universal Secondary Education program to enable more students from low-income and rural families to get a high school education. Cathy Majtenyi files this report fo