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Major US Tax, Spending Decisions Could Hinge on November Elections Last week brought a tantalizing hint of movement in a politically divided legislature. The Democrat-controlled Senate passed a bill to retain current tax rates on earnings under $250,
Economic Confidence Declines in US, Europe Separate reports on U.S. consumer confidence and European economic sentiment added to the volatility in global markets Tuesday. In the U.S., consumer confidence fell to its lowest level in 16 months, while t
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By Michael Drudge London 07 March 2006 The population of Europe is aging faster than that of any other continent. In the coming decades, there will be only two workers or fewer for every retiree, putt
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 08 January 2006 Pope Benedict XVI baptizes a baby during a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel Pope Benedict has celebrated his first baptism ceremony, in the Sistine Chapel. In
By Bill Rodgers Washington 24 April 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presided over a special naturalization ceremony at the State Department to swear in 50 new American citizens. Four naturalized Americans also were singled out for speci
By Sabina Castelfranco Istanbul 25 November 2006 Pope Benedict arrives in predominantly Muslim Turkey on Tuesday, and already there have been demonstrations against his visit. But Vatican officials say they expect the trip to go well, although there
Economic Hard Times Increase Immigration Tensions in Europe Amid Romes many architectural splendors sits an unassuming doorway. It leads to a counseling center for immigrants, run by the Catholic Church. These people, some from the European Union and
By Doug Levine Washington 06 September 2006 Famed jazz trumpeter and bandleader Maynard Ferguson died of kidney and liver failure at a hospital in Ventura, California on Wednesday August 23. He was 78 years old. Like the late Dizzy Gillespie, Fergus
Hopes were dashed Tuesday as European stocks were flat following Monday's heavy losses on Wall Street. The losses in the U.S. Monday that pushed the Dow index below the 7,000 level for the first time in a dozen years spilled over Tuesday onto the ov
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 10 February 2006 Kofi Annan U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is urging Iran to suspend its nuclear activity and allow talks with Russia to move forward. ----------------
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 September 2006 East African heads of state meeting in Kenya are vowing to send a regional peacekeeping force into volatile Somalia, a move that could undermine an agreement signed Monday between the Union of Islamic Cour
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 13 May 2007 Villagers are dwarfed by giant windmills built by the Danish Development Agency in northern Philippines (File) The Asian Development Bank is helping to finance a 100-megawatt wind energy plant in India as part
By Paula Wolfson White House 17 January 2007 Big changes are being made in a highly controversial domestic surveillance program launched by the Bush administration after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States. VOA's Paula Wolfson
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 April 2007 For the second year, Pope Benedict led the traditional Way of the Cross procession in Rome's ancient Coliseum. Thousands took part in the solemn ceremony. For VOA, Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. Pope
By Doug Levine Washington 05 January 2007 Bluesman Mark Hummel hasn't taken a vacation in years. He's too busy touring and making records. As VOA's Doug Levine tells us, Hummel's also the founder and bandleader of the internationally acclaimed Blues
By Odil Ruzaliev Washington, DC 09 November 2006 watch Halal Grocer report Shoppers inside of the Halal store The continuing influx of immigrants to the United States has meant a proliferation of shops, restaurants and other businesses catering to s
By Nico Colombant Dakar 12 April 2007 International peacekeepers in Ivory Coast say they will withdraw slowly from the buffer zone that separates northern rebels and the Ivorian army. The process of reunifying divided Ivory Coast will begin with a ce
By Brian Wagner Sao Paulo 11 May 2007 Pope Benedict has canonized an 18th-century Brazilian monk who is credited with helping to cure thousands of people of physical ailments. In Sao Paulo, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that about one million people gat
By Brian Wagner Sao Paulo 13 May 2007 Pope Benedict, on a visit to Brazil, has been pressing church leaders to seek new solutions for social and economic problems in Latin America. From Sao Paulo, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that, in a speech on Satur