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By Chris Simkins Washington, D.C. 28 March 2006 watch Spy report Russia's foreign minister dismissed on Monday -- as politically motivated -- reports his country provided intelligence to Saddam Hussei
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 March 2006 India remained on high alert Wednesday to prevent sectarian violence in the aftermath of bomb attacks that killed 20 people and wounded more than 50 in a hol
By Katherine Cole Washington 30 May 2007 For close to 50 years, mandolinist and composer David Grisman has been one of America's leading proponents of acoustic music in America. In that time, he's recorded dozens of albums of his own music, and produ
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 Nico Colombant Kinshasa 28 October 2006 Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a military-installed son of a coup leader faces off against a former Uganda-backed rebel in a runoff election for president. VOA's Nico Colombant profiles the two
By David McAlary Washington 20 March 2007 Black Americans do not live as long as white Americans, but a new study shows that the gap in life expectancy is slowly closing. VOA's David McAlary says the findings explain some of the reasons why. Life exp
By Jim Bertel Washington, DC 22 February 2006 watch Port Controversy report There is controversy over the Bush administration's decision to allow an Arab company to manage six major ports in the Unite
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 20 April 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Baghdad Friday for meetings with top Iraqi leaders. From northern Iraq, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports he will be delivering a message that that they must move fa
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 20 April 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. military presence in Iraq is not open-ended. He has urged the Iraqi factions to ramp up their efforts for political reconciliation. Gates spoke on a surprise
By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 December 2006 Impoverished young women throughout Africa are sent into the homes of more affluent families, to work -- often in near slave-like conditions as maids. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from Dakar on a group trying
By Stephanie Ho Washington 26 October 2006 Mid-term election campaigns in the United States are usually dominated by so-called bread and butter issues - things like jobs, health care and the economy in general. But there are indications that these c
By Carol Pearson Washington 28 March 2007 watch Stent Study report A new, landmark study finds heart stents devices used to open blocked arteries - may not be as effective in the long term as medication in preventing heart attacks. VOA's Carol Pears
By Scott Stearns State Department 22 March 2007 U.S. President George Bush is sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the Middle East Friday for talks in Egypt, Israel and Jordan aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. VOA White H
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 December 2006 Pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars from top-selling drugs. But, the communities that harbor the traditional knowledge and genetic resources from which these drugs are made, reap few benefits. Th
By David Gollust Washington 19 May 2006 Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal (left) with Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday warned that the creation of rival Palest
President Barack Obama met Wednesday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and his special envoy for the Middle East, George Mitchell, who has just returned from his first official visit to the region, to discuss ways to bring stability to the Mid
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 20 March 2007 watch Rice EU report U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. plan to build a missile defense system in Europe will be a stabilizing factor by helping to protect against potential threats f
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 08 May 2007 Pakistan's PM Shaukat Aziz, center, shakes hands with NATO's General Bantz John Craddock as Sec-Gen Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, left, looks on during their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, 8 May 2007 NATO's secretary-
By Al Pessin Baghdad 15 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Baghdad, where he says he will press Iraqi leaders to move toward reconciliation and prove they can lay the foundation for a peaceful society. He is the third senior U.S. off
By Greg Flakus Houston 03 May 2007 In a speech before the Dallas Chamber of Commerce Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates cautioned against allowing weariness with the war in Iraq to provoke a withdrawal that he said would bring chaos to