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By Mil Arcega Washington 29 December 2006 watch Pakistani Whiskey report When whiskey connoisseurs think of single malt scotch, it's unlikely Pakistan would come to mind. But the Muslim nation is home to the only malt whiskey distillery in the Musli
US Activists Cautiously Optimistic About Anti-LRA Mission U.S. activists who have worked for years advocating against Central Africa's roaming Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are cautiously optimistic new U.S. military assistance to dismantle the deadly
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 31 August 2006 watch Iraq Tourism report In tourism promotional ads, children are playing in the water Recently the Kurdish region of Iraq launched an international advertising campaign called The Other Iraq. The campaign
Goldman Environmental Prizes Honor Diverse Group of Activists Kenyan Ikal Angelei is a hero to the people who live around Lake Turkana. She received a Goldman award for her efforts to halt construction of a dam on a river in neighboring Ethiopia that
By Brian Padden Sestiere, Italy 16 February 2006 view Turin Tourism report Olympic Organizers estimate that a million people will visit Turin, Italy during the Winter Games. Sounds like good news for
By Matt Steinglass Ho Chi Minh City 23 March 2007 Zen Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh sits at the opening of a three-day requiem for those killed on both sides of the Vietnam War, 16 Mar 2007 Eighty-year-old monk Thich Nhat Hanh has been back in his
By Phuong Tran Dakar 20 November 2006 Prosecutors who want Chad's exiled former ruler, Hissne Habr, to face charges of crimes against humanity say they are facing obstacles despite a pledge by the Senegalese government to organize a fair trial. ----
By Heda Bayron Kuala Lumpur 25 July 2006 Southeast Asian foreign ministers have opened their annual meeting with the political stagnation in Burma casting a shadow over their goal of regional integration, and damaging ASEAN's credibility with the in
By Steve Herman New Delhi 26 May 2007 The latest in a string of violent attacks blamed on separatists in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has left seven people dead and injured about 30 others. VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that the
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 29 June 2006 Foreign Ministers of the Group of Eight industrialized nations are calling on Iran to respond to an international proposal aimed at ending the standoff with the West over its controversial nuclear program. During
By Suzanne Presto Irbil 16 June 2008 A group of American tourists just wrapped up a two-week trip to Iraqi Kurdistan. Local tourism officials say they are the first American tour group, and only the second tour group ever, to travel through northern
Scientists Developing Salt-Tolerant Rice Scientists are developing a salt-resistant variety of rice. The move was prompted, in part, by last year's Japan tsunami, which flooded some 20,000 hectares of rice paddies. The rice varieties Japanese farmers
Scientists Seek HIV Vaccine Using Monkey Model Traditional vaccine methods have been unsuccessful in preventing infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. New techniques are being studied to boost antibodies or other parts of the immune system. Bu
Activists Honored by Refugee Advocacy Group There are about 44 million refugees and internally-displaced people around the world and 12 million stateless individuals living in limbo without citizenship rights. This according to Refugees International
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 10 May 2006 Former Communist Giorgio Napolitano has been elected Italy's new head of state. His election paves the way for the winner of general elections last month, Roman
By Paula Wolfson White House 07 November 2007 President Bush has personally contacted Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for the first time since the imposition of emergency rule in Pakistan. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, Mr. Bu
By Sean Maroney Islamabad 02 November 2009 Police in Pakistan say a suicide bomber killed at least 35 people Monday near the country's army headquarters in Rawalpindi, where gunmen kept up a nearly 24-hour hostage-taking assault last month. Pakistan
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 04 January 2008 A small team from Britain's Scotland Yard has arrived in the Pakistani capital to help with a government investigation into last week's assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. VOA's Nancy-A
South Korea has suspended a high profile tourist program to North Korea after a North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean woman on holiday at the special tourism enclave. The woman was apparently intruding in a restricted area off limits t