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By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 10 January 2007 watch Health Reform report The United States is widely acknowledged to have one of the best medical care systems in the world. But many Americans cannot afford it. The U.S. Census Bureau says that so
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 16 February 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has accused Sudan's president of breaking a promise to allow a human rights mission to visit Darfur. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports. Ban Ki-m
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 25 October 2006 Nearly four years into international mediation aimed at reuniting war-divided Ivory Coast, the U.N. Security Council is preparing to pass a new resolution creating another transitional period. Despite the effort
By Kurt Achin Beijing 19 July 2007 Negotiators meeting on North Korean nuclear disarmament in Beijing say so far, so good on implementing the first phase of a landmark February agreement. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports, China is now expected to present
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 25 August 2007 Economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Japan have put the final touches on a free-trade deal, one of the largest in Asia. The ASEAN officials also have agreed on a blueprint that
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 January 2007 watch Sudan Politics Juba report Sudan is commemorating the second anniversary of the signing of a peace deal that put an end to 21 years of fighting between the north and south. But at a ceremony in the sou
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as a member of parliament after winning a crucial by-election by a landslide, bringing him closer to his pledge to topple the government. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more. Malaysia
With the reeling U.S. economy his top concern, President-elect Barack Obama will announce members of his economic team at a news conference Monday. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, Mr. Obama and his aides are signaling their intention t
European Leaders Take Partial Step Toward Stabilization European leaders gathered in Brussels from all parts of the region and nearly as many points of view. In the end, they agreed to move toward tighter control of banks in countries that use the eu
As the world observes the 40th anniversary of the historic moon landing on July 20, 1969, the U.S. agency that accomplished that feat is working on plans for a return to the moon and an even more ambitious plan to use the moon as a base for missions
Paris Exhibit Captures Mandela's Journey In front of Paris city hall sits a bleak reminder of South Africa's apartheid regime. It's a reproduction of the Robben Island prison cell where Mandela spent 18 years in captivity. It's part of an exhibition
International Atomic Energy Agency governors have adopted a plan for inspecting India's nuclear facilities. The move is a key step that had to be satisfied before India and the United States can go ahead with a planned nuclear cooperation agreement. 国
By Tom Rivers London 02 February 2007 Interviewed for a second time by police, Prime Minister Tony Blair is under increasing pressure to step down early as the so-called cash-for-honors probe takes its toll on Britain's ruling Labor Party. For VOA N
In Bangladesh, local elections held in the country are being described as an important first step in restoring democracy. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, these were the first elections in the country since an army-backed government cancel
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 18 April 2007 A series of explosions in mostly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad Wednesday has killed more than 170 people and injured scores more. The attacks deal a blow to a two-month-old security plan in the capital. From norther
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 17 May 2006 watch report on Russia The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 raised hopes Russia would become more democratic and less authoritarian. In the 1990's th
By Roger Wilkison Beijing 18 December 2006 North Korea says it will not abandon nuclear weapons until all sanctions US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, right, and US Ambassador to China Clark Randt at the opening of six-party talks on
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 26 November 2007 During the next three days Israeli and Palestinian negotiators who meet in Washington D.C. and Annapolis, Maryland will try to do something that has eluded them for seven years - resurrect the Mideast peace pr
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 07 November 2007 Representatives of Sudan's ruling party and former southern rebels are meeting this week to discuss implementation of a 2005 peace agreement. As Derek Kilner reports for VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, th
By Phillip Wellman Abidjan 08 November 2007 Leading non-governmental organizations and the United Nations have recently expressed concern over the pace of the peace process in Ivory Coast. But after visiting a community of northerners living in the s