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Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi, known as Carla Bruni, was born in December 1967. She is the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Frances First Lady. Bruni became famous in the 1980s as a top model and also has a career as a singer and songwrit
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 24 December 2006 In Iraq, American troops have many missions. At the American Forces Network headquarters in Baghdad's Green Zone, broadcasters and disc jockey soldiers are helping to keep America's 140,000 troops across
By Bill Gasperini Sakhalin, Russia 20 October 2006 A giant energy project on Russia's remote Sakhalin Island has recently come under scrutiny because of environmental concerns. A foreign run consortium has long been building parallel gas and oil pip
By Sean Maroney Washington 02 December 2006 Cuban President Fidel Castro failed to attend a military parade held in honor of his 80th birthday, increasing speculation about his health. Cuban tanks are seen during a military parade along the Revoluti
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In two thousand six, Defense Secretary Robert Gates advised President George W. Bush to base a missile defense system in Europe. Russia objected to what it saw as threat to its security. But supporters sai
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 22 November 2006 When Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization at the end of December, one group of businessmen will not be happy: those who make a living from stolen intellectual property. Intellectual property rights are
By Ron Corben Bangkok 19 September 2006 Thai soldiers on the streets of Bangkok Thai military leaders have seized control of the capital in an apparently bloodless coup. They say they acted out of loyalty to King Bhumipol Adulyadej. The move follows
By Dan Robinson Washington 27 September 2006 The House of Representatives Wednesday approved legislation establishing new guidelines for the handling of terrorist suspects in U.S. custody. The 253 to 168 vote was preceded by emotional debate. ---- E
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 20 September 2006 watch Deepwater Oil Super computers, mathematical formulas, and advances in imaging all played a part in a much-publicized recent oil discovery beneath the Gulf of Mexico. ----- Consider the idea of dri
By Sean Maroney Washington 28 June 2007 In New York Wednesday, Amnesty International and other human rights groups sponsored a vigil calling for the immediate release of detained Iranian-Americans by Tehran. In May, the government of Iran arrested fo
By Joseph Mok Washington, DC 29 May 2006 watch Wildlife Rehabilitation For the past 20 years, the New Mexico Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has taken in numerous injured animals, cared for them, and released them back into the wild after recovery. V
By Greg Flakus Houston 26 January 2006 An alleged incursion into the United States by Mexican soldiers guarding a drug shipment is helping stir debate over security on the US-Mexico border. Police pho
By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 March 2006 A U.S. military court has convicted a soldier of abusing prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 and 2004 by using a dog to intimidate them. Sgt. Michael S
The U.S. Defense Department is in the final stages of creating a new military command to defend against attacks on the nation's military computer systems. We report from the Pentagon on plans for U.S. Cyber Command. Deputy Secretary of Defense Willi
Thai soldiers are moving towards anti-government protesters in the Thai capital who have been demonstrating outside the main government compound. Earlier in the day, thousands of protesters clashed with soldiers, setting fire to buses and hurling st
Famous Children's Author Leaves Legacy of Wild Things Maurice Sendak, one of the most important American childrens book authors of the 20th century, has died at the age of 83 of complications from a recent stroke. In Where the Wild Things Are, Max is
US Civil Rights Organization Promotes Minority Voting Not on our watch are we going to be pushed away from the decision-making table when it comes to school and education, jobs and economic policy in this country, said National Urban League President
Chad says it has completed a ground and air assault against rebels based in neighboring Sudan, but the Khartoum government calls the bombing raids an act of war. Chad's ground assault into Sudan captured 100 rebel prisoners and its aerial bombardmen
The International Air Transport Association says world airlines are set to lose $4.7 billion in 2009 due to the global recession, almost double the amount of loss predicted by IATA in December. The International Air Transport Association says 2009 i
A Former military leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has won Mauritania's presidential election. Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, left, speaks to the press shortly after being declared the victor in the previous day's presidential election, in ce