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The son of one of the leaders of the Iranian revolution has been sentenced to a 21 year prison term - 6 of which he is being required to serve. Ahmad Montazeri is the son of Grand Ayatollah Hosseinali Montazeri, once presumed to be in line for the po
Russians Worried, Defiant Amid Financial Crisis WASHINGTON Despite dire predictions about Russia's economy for 2015, many Russians welcomed the New Year with cheers and hopes for a better future. With the sinking value of the ruble, some people say t
As history books defined it, the Cold War started after World War II. It involved the U.S. and its allies versus the Soviet Union and its allies. The rivalry was political, economic, ideologic, but it stopped short of an outright military conflict. N
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 June 2008 The United Nations is lending its voice to widespread international condemnation of the decision by the Zimbabwean government of Robert Mugabe to suspend the delivery of aid by private agencies in the country. The
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 28 March 2008 Belarus is drawing strong international condemnation, following this week's crackdown against independent media and peaceful demonstrators in the former Soviet republic. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky is follo
By Richard Green Washington 17 September 2006 A woman carrying a sign supporting Arabs argues with a man at New York's Union Square (File photo - Sept. 15, 2001) In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States five years
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 18 July 2007 The United States is asking Ethiopia to grant clemency to 35 opposition members sentenced to life in prison for their role in election protests in 2005. Many people believe that the group will be freed; yet some i
By David Gollust State Department 29 August 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a war veterans group Tuesday that a premature U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq would cause immeasurable harm to U.S. interests. Domestic political pressure for
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 12 January 2008 The U.N. Security Council has formally condemned Monday's attack on a U.N.-African Union supply convoy in Sudan's Darfur region, and threatened action against any party obstructing the peace process.
By Brian Padden Turin, Italy 20 February 2006 watch Security report At the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy there have been no real security problems. But officials there say they remain on a high leve
NATO foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels warn - no business as usual with Russia unless Moscow immediately withdraws its troops from Georgia and adheres to the peace plan it signed. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London the alliance also said it w
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 14 June 2008 Eritrea has dominated discussions at an East African summit in Addis Ababa attended by all regional leaders except Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. From the summit site, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports the l
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 02 October 2007 The U.N. Security Council has condemned an attack on African Union peacekeepers in the Darfur region of Sudan, saying any attempt to undermine the peace process is unacceptable. The attack killed at
By Sabina Castelfranco Valencia 09 July 2006 Pope Benedict XVI greets Spain's King Juan Carlos, left, and Queen Sofia, center, as he arrives to hold a Mass in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, July 9, 2006 Pope Benedict has ended a lightening visit to Spain
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 27 February 2008 Turkey is continuing to send its forces into northern Iraq, in an operation against Kurdish rebels. The Turkish armed forces said it killed 77 rebels Tuesday and lost five soldiers. Since the incursion began
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 13 June 2007 A car bomb in Beirut Wednesday killed a Lebanese member of parliament and nine other people. At least 10 more people are reported to be wounded. It is the sixth bombing near Lebanon's capital in the last month
By Nico Colombant Dakar 02 February 2008 Chadian rebels are facing off against army troops and President Idriss Deby in the capital N'Djamena, after a day of heavy fighting in which rebels closed in on the presidential palace. VOA's Nico Colombant re
By Lisa Bryant Paris 16 October 2009 The French government is recommending that its nationals leave the volatile West African country of Guinea, nearly three weeks after a brutal army crackdown against protesters. The move comes a day after the Inte
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 April 2008 Israel and militant Palestinian leaders in the Gaza Strip are trading accusations over an alleged fuel shortage. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the Islamic militant group Hamas, which ru
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