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The heads of the government and opposition in Kenya have signed a power sharing agreement aimed at ending the crisis over December's disputed elections. The agreement was reached after a day of talks mediated by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Ann
So let's go back in time, back 13,000 years to relive one day in the life of North America's great ice age plains. It's early morning at the end of a long, hot summer. Even major rivers are beginning to run low. Colombian mammoth herd follows the riv
By Scott Bobb Nairobi 29 February 2008 Opposition and government negotiators in Kenya resumed talks Friday, focusing on long-term aspects of the country's crisis. The talks received a boost after the leaders of the government and opposition reached a
By Amberin Zaman Ankara 25 April 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Ankara for talks with Turkish leaders on Iran's nuclear program and developments in neighboring Iraq. U.S. Secretary of
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 10 October 2007 More than 200,000 people have died and millions more have been displaced by the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. U.S. President Bush has called the crisis there genocide. Despite international pressur
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 25 October 2006 The Philippine Supreme court has ruled against allowing a referendum on whether the country should change to a parliamentary system of government - dealing a major blow to President Gloria Arroyo who has be
By Scott Stearns Washington 25 April 2006 President Bush President Bush says Iraq's new government is an important milestone that will make America safer. Iraqi politicians broke a four-month deadlock
By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu 22 April 2006 Riot policemen stand guard as pro-democracy protesters shout slogans, within a mile from the royal Narayanhiti Palace in Kathmandu Nepalese police fired tear
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 17 March 2006 Thais demonstrate against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinwatra In Thailand, tens of thousands of protesters continue their daily rallies demanding the resignation of Pr
Thailand's Cabinet plans to declare a state of emergency around two Bangkok airports to end opposition blockades. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok the failure to break the political deadlock has led to increased fears of violence between pro- and
Protesters Occupy Durban Climate Conference About 100 protesters staged a two-hour demonstration Friday at the convention center in Durban, South Africa, where United Nations climate talks are stuck in deadlock. Youth activists at the U.N. climate co
UN Security Council Urges Somalis to Resolve Political Crisis The U.N. Security Council expressed its grave concern Wednesday at the continued instability in Somalia, which it says has led to a multitude of problems, including terrorism, piracy and a
U.S. Senator Jim Webb, who won the release of an American prisoner in Burma, says the United States must develop new ways to bring about political and economic change in the isolated state. Senator Webb called on China to end its silence on Burma and
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 June 2007 Most parts of Nigeria are quiet as many schools and banks closed, following the start of a general strike to protest government price hikes on fuel. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the new administration
By Carolyn Presutti Washington 09 November 2007 Lebanon has postponed presidential elections twice in the past two months.A group of Christian bishops in Lebanon worries that the election deadlock is affecting national unity. As VOA's Carolyn Presutt
By Al Pessin 14 August 2007 The head of the U.S. army says the military can sustain the current surge of forces in Iraq until next spring without changing deployment policies. But the general says it will take longer than that to create a stable soci
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali, Indonesia 13 December 2007 Former U.S. vice president and Nobel Laureate Al Gore blamed the United States on Thursday for blocking progress at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bali. He urged delegates to forge ahead
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 December 2006 The ruling Islamic militant group Hamas has rejected demands from rival Palestinian leaders to resign. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, a power struggle between Hamas and the oppositio
South Africa's new government has asked former president Thabo Mbeki on Thursday to continue as the region's mediator in Zimbabwe's political crisis despite his ousting as president. But, as Peta Thornycroft reports, Zimbabwean President Robert Muga
By Stefan Bos Budapest 07 October 2009 The Visegrad Group of European Union Foreign Ministers have agreed to support Serbia and other western Balkans countries to become full fledged members of the EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The deci