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By Paula Wolfson White House 28 February 2007 The Bush administration says there will be no direct talks with representatives of Iran and Syria at two upcoming conferences on Iraq. VOA's Paula Wolfson has details at the White House. The White House h
By Carolyn Weaver New York City 28 February 2006 watch Glass Architect report New technologies have made glass, that ancient, fragile material made from molten sand, suitable as an architectural build
African Refugee Children at High Risk for Kala-azar, Malaria, Viral Infections Some 300,000 children are receiving vaccinations against polio and measles at one of the largest refugee camps in Kenya. They also are receving vitamin A and deworming tab
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 November 2006 Ron Redmond (file photo) The U.N. refugee agency is appealing to the international community to send troops to help protect civilians and refugees in Chad from attacks by armed Arab gunmen. The UNHCR says new
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 June 2007 The United States and the European Union have raised objections to high import duties levied by India on their wines and other alcoholic products. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that the dispute has e
Economics Report - A New China-Taiwan Agreement Protects Investors This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. China and Taiwan may disagree on political issues. But on Thursday they reached an agreement to protect investors. The agreement is i
By Meredith Buel Washington 20 September 2006 A key U.S. senator says sectarian militias are growing in Iraq and is reaffirming a plan he says will break the vicious cycle of violence and create conditions for multi-national forces to withdraw from
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 24 January 2007 Experts say a Southeast Asian terrorism network has expanded its influence in Central Sulawesi amid escalating violence during the past month. A new report from the International Crisis Group says terrorist ce
U.S. officials said Monday they expect North Korea to make its long-awaited declaration of its nuclear program this week, probably Thursday. The action would open the way to the next phase of the six-party deal under which Pyongyang is to scrap its
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 17 June 2008 Lebanese Army sources are reporting that at least three people were killed in sectarian clashes, overnight, in two warring Bekaa Valley villages. It was the second time in a week that fighting has erupted in th
U.S. President Barack Obama is in the midst of his first trip in office to California - one of the states hardest hit by the economic recession. Mr. Obama planned the visit to highlight his strategy to rebuild the economy, but the trip is being over
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 04 August 2006 Deep divisions within the transitional government of Somalia appear to be worsening, with four more ministers defecting from the administration. International observers fear rising tension in Somalia could engu
By Brian Padden Detroit, Michigan 10 May 2007 There has long been concern within the Iraqi-American community in the United States that the war in Iraq, and the violence there between Sunnis and Shias, could spark tensions at home. Today, in our week
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 17 April 2006 An Egyptian Coptic protester, center, is beaten by plain-clothed policemen outside the St. Maximus Church in Alexandria A second person has died in the Egypti
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 04 January 2006 Afghan students listen to teacher at Loy Ghar secondary school in Kabul (File photo - Apr. 11, 2005) Suspected Taleban insurgents beheaded a school teacher l
By Kane Farabaugh Hartford, Connecticut 13 October 2006 watch Lieberman Lamont report The war in Iraq is the main issue in a key Senate race in the northeastern state of Connecticut. Incumbent Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman is now running as an
By Cathrine Drew London 07 June 2007 The Italian-born, British architect Richard Rogers has been awarded this year's Pritzker Prize, the world's most prestigious prize in architecture. The jury cited the 73-year-old Rogers as a champion of urban lif
By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 15 December 2006 watch Talks Preview Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program officially open Monday in Beijing but expectations are reported to be low that a breakthrough can be achieved. The talks -- which
By Ken Wekesa Nairobi,Kenya 18 June 2007 A university degree brings prestige in Kenya, where institutions of higher learning are still valued as a means of social advancement. But the universities reputations have been tarnished by years of strikes b
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 December 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the U.N. Human Rights Council to take action to protect the people in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur and to investigate abuses committed against them. An