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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 July 2006 Members of Congress held coastal field hearings about immigration reform Wednesday on both U.S. coasts. From left: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Edward Kennedy, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairm
By Tendai Maphosa London 18 June 2007 Many Zimbabweans have left home in pursuit of better lives elsewhere, as the country's economic meltdown worsens. From London, Tendai Maphosa looks at how some of them are finding innovative ways to help those th
A senior United Nations official said it will be very difficult for Afghanistan to hold credible elections earlier than July. Peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy's comment on Monday echoed concerns raised by NATO, the United States, and Afghanistan's po
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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 21 March 2006 Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, right, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhlook on after Zia's arrival for the ceremonial reception at the Presid
By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 21 April 2008 A new type of business consultant is emerging in South Africa. They help companies complete racial scorecards the government now requires under its black economic empowerment program. Some observers say th
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 13 May 2007 A woman begs in a street in Harare, Zimbabwe (File) Prices of consumer goods, particularly groceries, have doubled in a month in Zimbabwe. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that Zimbabwe shopkeepers and consumers
By Peta Thornycroft Johannesburg 07 October 2006 Zimbabwe's parliament has passed a new land law that allows eviction of remaining white farmers. This is the latest chapter in a six-year controversial land-redistribution program. Only a few hundred
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 19 December 2006 A bank electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index, 19 Dec 2006 Thailand's stock market fell more than 12 percent (update with closing) after the central bank imposed controls on the flow of foreign c
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 24 August 2006 India says it may withdraw its peacekeeping troops from southern Lebanon. The announcement comes as the United Nations tries to assemble a bigger international force to enforce the fledgling Middle East tr
By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 March 2008 Demonstrators in Papua New Guinea tried to disrupt a visit by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Landowners staged protests as part of a dispute over proposed mining of the Kokoda Track, a trail where Australian
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 16 June 2007 Hours before the first South African-mediated talks between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were due to begin in Pretoria, police in Harare seized the
The United States said it is withholding judgment on whether the unity government accord approved Thursday by Zimbabwe's parliament will lead to real power-sharing between President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai. The State Department said it i
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 05 July 2006 An Australian soldier salutes after receiving an M-16 assault rifle handed over by a rebel soldier in Gleno, East Timor Rebel soldiers in East Timor have turned in a handful of weapons to international peacekeep
By Tendai Maphosa Harare 10 August 2006 In Zimbabwe, a lawyers' organization is preparing to challenge the widespread seizure of cash from Zimbabweans, in the wake of the revaluation of the country's currency and introduction of new bills. ---------
Leaders from the world's biggest industrial nations met with African heads of state to discuss the political crisis in Zimbabwe. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, African leaders are divided over calls for sanctions against Zimbab
By Michael Bowman White House 20 May 2006 President Bush at the US Border Patrol station in Yuma, Arizona President Bush says it is time for Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. Mr. Bus
By Michael Bowman Washington 15 June 2006 Proponents of stricter U.S. immigration control say a bill passed by the Senate that provides a path to eventual citizenship for illegal aliens would do more harm than good. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 17 November 2006 In Zimbabwe, the association representing commercial farmers is reacting with caution to the government's latest offer to compensate white farmers for farms seized under a controversial land reform program
The U.N. children's fund says infant morality around the world has dropped nearly 30 percent during the past two decades. But that improvement in child survival is far smaller in West and Central Africa where growing populations are straining health