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By William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 The political scene in West Africa showed improvement last year with elections in Liberia, where a 14-year civil war had spread refugees and violence to surrounding countries. But tensions continued in
By Sonja Pace Yarmouk, Damascus 13 February 2006 A few weeks after the militant group Hamas won a surprise victory in Palestinian legislative elections, there is still much uncertainty about what it m
By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 February 2006 A meeting of United Nations AIDS officials, government representatives and activists in Thailand has urged Asian countries to reform laws to reduce the spread of
By Paula Wolfson White House 18 December 2006 President Bush has signed legislation clearing the way for U.S. civilian nuclear cooperation with India. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports administration officials see it as a landmark event, ushering in a new
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 April 2007 U.S. lawmakers are already consulting on next steps after President Bush's expected veto next week of Iraq-Afghanistan war funding legislation. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, Democrats and Rep
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 19 July 2006 The House of Representatives, following similar action by the Senate, is expected to unanimously approve a strong resolution supporting Israel in its conflict with Hezbollah and Hamas. --------- An Israeli a
By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 21 August 2006 watch Population report The Population Reference Bureau (P.R.B.) released its annual data sheet on global population growth. The report had some interesting findings. Experts in world population growth
By Carolyn Weaver New York 25 June 2007 The 18th annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, now underway in New York, is a collection of often harrowing films, both fictional and documentary. They run the gamut of subjects, from environme
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 21 June 2007 A group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers Thursday introduced legislation that would boost agricultural trade with Cuba and lift the U.S. travel ban to the communist-ruled island nation. VOA's Deborah Ta
By Dan Robinson Washington 29 March 2007 A detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba being escorted by two U.S. soldiers Arguments for and against the closure of the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba used for the interrogation and detention of suspected t
By Lisa Bryant Paris 27 January 2007 Trade ministers cautiously agreed Saturday to resume world trade negotiations that have been stalled for months. Reporting for VOA from Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on an issue that dominated the last day of the a
By Dan Robinson Washington 23 January 2007 The chairman of a key U.S. House committee says President Bush's plan to deploy 21,500 additional troops to Iraq is unacceptable because it would hurt the U.S. military's ability to respond to other crises a
Authorities in Pakistan have agreed to introduce Islamic law in a restive northwestern region in a bid to stop a spreading Taliban insurgency. Taliban and Islamist militants listen to speakers at a meeting with Pakistani officials in Peshawar, 16 Fe
New Survey Finds 1/3 of World's Population Overweight Obesity is not just an American problem anymore. A recent international survey by the Worldwatch Institute, found that nearly two billion people around the world are overweight. Health statistics
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 14 December 2006 A U.S. Senate Democrat remains hospitalized after undergoing brain surgery in Washington. With Democrats poised to take control of the Senate with a razor-thin majority next month, Senator Tim Johnson's
By Tom Rivers London 14 March 2007 British legislators Wednesday approved British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to replace the country's fleet of nuclear submarines. The 409 to 161 vote followed a heated debate in parliament. For VOA News, Tom Riv
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 September 2006 The International Organization for Migration is calling for action to dramatically improve the positive effects of migration on development. The call goes out to countries attending a U.N. High Level Dialogue
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 18 January 2007 Members of the far left in Italy's governing coalition are threatening to vote against refinancing the country's mission to Afghanistan. As Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome, the lawmakers are
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 08 February 2007 An influential lawmaker says the United States and its international partners need to plan for possible deployment of a peacekeeping force to protect civilians in Darfur, without the permission of Sudan's
By Dan Robinson Washington 13 February 2007 The U.S. House of Representatives has begun the first major congressional debate on President Bush's Iraq strategy since Democrats won control of Congress in last November's mid-term election. VOA's Dan Ro