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By Margaret Besheer Irbil 26 March 2007 The departing U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said in farewell remarks that Iraq is headed in the right direction, but there is still much work to be done. From northern Iraq, VOA's Margaret Besheer
By Lisa Bryant Paris 23 June 2006 A major new museum in Paris dedicated to art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas opened its doors to the public Friday. The Muse du Quai Branly aims to give art from these regions the same respect as art fro
Many Palestinians in the West Bank are praising Barack Obama's election as the next U.S. president, saying he brings new hope for the stalled peace process. Israelis, on the other hand, received the news with disappointment, expressing concerns that
The United States and Russia have a testy relationship over a number of issues, including NATO expansion, the U.S. proposal to deploy a missile-defense system in central Europe, and the Russian attack on Georgia earlier this year. Russia eager for e
President-elect Barack Obama joined a growing call for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to resign on Wednesday amid a state corruption scandal that threatens to become a distraction for Mr. Obama's upcoming inauguration. President-elect Barack Obam
By Ravi Khanna Washington 19 September 2009 World trade and climate change are the two most prominent issues at the summit talks in Pittsburgh Thursday and Friday of the G-20, the influential group that brings together key members of the developing
Majority Democrats in Congress have provided details of a huge stimulus plan to help the battered U.S. economy, a bill that would be signed into law by Barack Obama after his inauguration as president next week. At a projected $825 billion, the meas
The U.S. military is providing more than 30,000 troops to help with security during Tuesday's presidential inauguration and to be ready to respond to any emergency. Members of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee attend a large-scale map exercise at
Presidential transitions always present the opportunity to reflect on the past and look toward the future, often at the same time. That is the case this week in Washington as preparations continue for Tuesday's inauguration of Barack Obama as the na
Widow of Slain Civil Rights Leader Delivers Inaugural Invocation It was a shining moment for Evers-Williams, as she delivered the invocation at Barack Obamas second Inauguration. Fifty years ago, Evers-Williams' husband, Medgar Evers, was shot and ki
US Presidential Inaugurations Transfer Power Peacefully At noon on January 20, in the year following the November presidential election, a new U.S. president takes office, or the incumbent president continues on to a second four-year term. Inaugurati
By Sean Maroney Kabul 19 November 2009 Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) takes the presidential oath besides Afghanistan's Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi during his inauguration at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, 19 Nov 2009 Afghan Preside
美国会大厦圆顶进行翻新修复 The last time the U.S. Capitol dome underwent a renovation was in 1960. Since then, the dome has become weathered and worn and, as the Architect of the Capitol reports,has more than 1,000 cracks and other defec
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Reservoir Dogs, Memento, The Blair Witch Project and the Coen brothers' debut film, Blood Simple, all have one thing in common. They premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. My co-host Kelly McEvers has more. KELLY MCEVERS, HOST:
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The inauguration of President-Elect Donald Trump is just 19 days away, and coal miners nationwide are waiting to see if Mr. Trump keeps election promises he made of new jobs through reopened mines. Reid Frazier of The Allegheny F
DAVID GREENE, HOST: So when President Trump signed an executive order banning travelers from six majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S., several states and civil rights groups sued to stop it. So did a 24-year-old mom from suburban Seattle.
The Communist Party of China is set to begin a key meeting today which will discuss the rule of law. The fourth plenum of the Party's 18th Central Committee will run through Thursday here in Beijing. Observers say this is the first time a CPC session
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen quickly made his way past reporters outside federal court in New York City after being sentenced to three years in prison. Inside, Cohen told a federal judge that it was his blind loyalty to Donald Trump that led h
By Sarah Simpson Lagos 01 June 2007 At least three foreigners have been kidnapped by gunmen and two people injured in Nigeria's southern oil city of Port Harcourt Friday. The incident comes days after new President Umaru Yar'Adua called for an end to
By Scott Stearns Monrovia 21 February 2008 President Bush has announced new American funds to help Liberia rebuild its education system. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports the president visited this civil-war scarred country on the l