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President Hugo Chavez is celebrating victory in a referendum to end term limits for elected officials. The president's proposal passed with 54 percent of votes cast. The measure will allow Mr. Chavez to stay in power as long as he keeps winning elec
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 May 2007 Fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamic extremists has been raging around a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. The death toll has climbed to more than 50 since the gunbattles started Sunday. VOA
By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 October 2006 The British general who commands NATO forces in Afghanistan says he launched the country's first nationwide security plan on Tuesday, and that the international community must take advantage of gains made in fig
My Waterloo advanture begins in C* in the southeast of England. These history enthusiasts rehearsing for huge reenactments of the battle some a*'s 200 anniversary. Some have ancestors who were there. When the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte's looke
By Michael Drudge London 07 March 2006 The attorney general of the United States has conceded mistakes were made in the handling of some prisoners captured in the war on terror, but he has told a Euro
By Melinda Smith Baltimore, Maryland 05 September 2006 watch report Celiac Disease For thousands of years, human beings have suffered from a genetic disorder that has received attention only in the last few decades. The disorder is called celiac dis
By Jordan Davis Dakar 06 December 2006 Spain's prime minister met with Senegalese leaders Tuesday to discuss ways to prevent illegal migration. Both countries reaffirmed their commitment to stopping the flow of Africans taking the dangerous boat jou
By Michael Bowman Caracas 03 December 2006 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is seeking another six-year term, as Venezuelans line up to vote at a polling station in Caracas, 3 Dec 2006 voters go to the polls in one of Latin America's most closely wa
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 15 November 2006 Bakers in Senegal have raised the price of bread, after many cost of living increases. Food prices could be an issue in the elections scheduled for early next year. Dakar resident selling bread from a rural ba
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar, Senegal 17 October 2006 Senegal and Spain's government say thousands of would-be illegal immigrants have been repatriated in the past month, after trying to get to Europe by boat. After their forced return, many are now deman
By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 13 June 2007 U.S. lawmakers got the chance to question the man who recently led the multi-national force in charge of training Iraq's new security and police forces. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey told
By Nico Colombant Dakar 16 January 2007 One year into the term of Liberia's post-war President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, many foreign analysts and aid workers are joining Liberians in giving her good marks for a job well done. But they also point to se
By Jim Malone Washington 13 March 2007 A political firestorm has erupted between Congress and the Bush administration over the firing of federal prosecutors late last year. U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales acknowledged Tuesday that mistakes wer
By Al Pessin Pentagon 02 February 2006 US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has compared Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the Nazi leader Adolph Hitler, sa
By Michael Bowman Washington 09 October 2006 Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez before the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday Sept. 20, 2006 The war of words between Venezuela and the United States reached new heights last month, when Venezuel
By Al Pessin Pentagon 06 October 2006 A senior U.S. general in Iraq says the suspension of an entire Iraqi police brigade on Wednesday demonstrates that the interior minister is serious about building an effective force. The general also says thousa
By Al Pessin Pentagon 01 December 2006 The commander of coalition forces in northern Iraq says the reported conclusions of the high-level Iraq Study Group in Washington reflect what his troops are already doing, and also reflect the goals already se
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 08 January 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has pledged to strengthen the world body's role in stopping wars and keeping peace. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports on Mr. Ban's first speech
By David McAlary Washington 02 May 2007 U.S. researchers have discovered a gene that promotes longer life in earthworms that eat much less than normal. Humans have similar genes, and VOA's David McAlary reports that, if they work the same way as in t
By Phuong Tran Dakar 07 June 2007 Senegal's electoral commission confirmed the presidential coalition's apparently easy victory in last Sunday's legislative election, which was boycotted by major opposition parties. The coalition dominates the legisl