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The queue for the auditions went on and on. Some of the girls have been lining up since yesterday evening to get their couple of minutes in front of the casting director. Thousands of young actresses
By Ron Corben Bangkok 17 May 2006 An international panel in Thailand has awarded the tsunami memorial design to a team of Spanish architects in a competition that had drawn entries from more than 40 c
By Tom Rivers London 17 January 2007 The producers of Celebrity Big Brother , Britain's latest reality television show, are facing claims that they are allowing racial slurs directed at one of the program's participants to be broadcast unchecked. For
By Michael Bowman Washington 10 July 2006 Britain's foreign secretary is urging the international community to work together to combat climate change and promote free trade. Margaret Beckett is on her first official visit to the United States since
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 06 June 2007 The U.N. refugee agency reported this week that some 4 million Iraqis have been displaced by the war and more than half of those have left the country. The rest are looking for a safe haven in Iraq, and some of th
By Sonja Pace London 30 October 2006 Britain's PM Tony Blair, left, arrives with Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown for the release of Stern report A British experts report on climate change warns that failure to curb global warming could trig
By Tom Rivers London 22 November 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged Wednesday to push for increased NATO participation in Afghanistan. Speaking in parliament, he also said Sudan must sign off on all outstanding issues that would allow fo
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 01 August 2006 British soldiers from the 2nd Battallion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers arrive at Kabul International Airport (File photo -July 12, 2006) Three British soldiers were killed during a suspected Taleban ambush on
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 25 May 2007 British Prime Minister Tony Blair leaves office on June 27. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at Mr. Blair's legacy in foreign affairs, a legacy largely defined by hi
By Tendai Maphosa London 26 June 2007 One of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's biggest concerns has been the plight of Africa, once describing it as a scar on the conscience of the world. For VOA Tendai Maphosa takes a look at Mr. Blair's African l
By Sonja Pace London 28 March 2007 Iran has shown television footage of some of the 15 British sailors detained by Iranian forces last Friday and hints they could be released soon. Earlier in the day, Britain announced it is freezing all bilateral b
A British court has rejected an appeal by a radical Muslim cleric who has been trying to block his extradition to the United States. From London, Tendai Maphosa reports for VOA that U.S. prosecutors accuse the cleric of attempting to set up a terror
U.S. President George Bush is launching one of the biggest conservation efforts in the world. He is designating large tracts of the Pacific as national monuments - meaning they are protected from commercial fishing, mining and other uses. President
A British official said nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France collided deep under the Atlantic Ocean while on separate exercises earlier this month, but limited details are only now emerging. A British Ministry of Defense handout picture
NOEL KING, HOST: Some artists are larger than life, and some are even bigger still. Actress, singer and comedian Jennifer Lewis stars in the hit ABC show, Blackish, as the irascible and hilarious grandmother, Ruby Johnson. Jennifer's career spans dec
The British Council, the United Kingdom's worldwide cultural body, said it is suspending operations in Iran after its staff members were unable to gain entry visas. The organization also said its local employees have been singled out for intimidatio
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 06 October 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks Friday with Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The secretary's stop in Irbil was a continuation of her effort to get Iraq
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 09 December 2006 The report published this week by a bipartisan U.S. panel urging policy changes in Iraq has not been warmly received in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, particularly its recommendatio
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
Two senior U.S. diplomats are due to arrive in Damascus Saturday in a visit upgrading the level of U.S.-Syrian contacts. Officials here said the Obama administration has no intention of matching the British opening to Hezbollah, which has long been