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By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 01 August 2006 watch Middle East report European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, left, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, right, during a media conference The European Union has called for an immed
By Ron Corben Bangkok 25 October 2006 Human rights groups have called on the Thai government to release 58 men arrested two years ago during a military crackdown in the southern Thai town of Tak Bai. Rights groups are challenging Thailand's new mili
By Crystal Park Washington, DC 26 July 2006 watch Fashion Market report The traditional clients of the fashion houses of Paris, Milan and other fashion capitals have been adults with the means to pay top dollar for designer labels. In recent years,
By Scott Stearns White House 23 September 2006 In his speech to the U.N. General Assembly this past week, President Bush spoke of a more hopeful world beyond terrorism, where voices of moderation are empowered and extremists are marginalized by a pe
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 22 May 2007 Fighting between the Lebanese army and an Islamic extremist group raged on for a third day in a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. At least 66 people are reported killed since the battles began Sunday,
By Sean Maroney Washington 28 June 2007 In New York Wednesday, Amnesty International and other human rights groups sponsored a vigil calling for the immediate release of detained Iranian-Americans by Tehran. In May, the government of Iran arrested fo
By Nijiba Khalil Washington 29 June 2007 Each year more than one million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer. To better battle the disease on a global scale, an international conference will be held in Budapest, Hungary in September to
By Challiss McDonough Dahab, Egypt 26 April 2006 In Egypt, a pair of suicide attacks on security forces near the Israeli border killed the two bombers but caused no other injuries Wednesday. But tensi
By Jim Malone Washington 26 April 2006 The rising cost of gasoline in the United States is the latest in a series of political problems facing President Bush and Republicans in Congress as they look a
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 27 March 2007 In the Democratic Republic of Congo, human-rights organizations say they are not reassured by President Joseph Kabila's statement that the military action that left dozens dead last week was necessary to maintain
By Jim Randle Baghdad 26 January 2007 A bomb blast in Baghdad Friday, killed at least 15 people at an open market. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Baghdad, the latest attack followed a pledge by the country's prime minister to crack down on all militan
By Efam Dovi Accra 24 January 2007 Kofi Annan (file photo) Former United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, Tuesday retuned to his home country, Ghana, to a rousing welcome. It is the first time Mr. Annan has returned to Ghana, since leaving the
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush says the United States must remain engaged in Afghanistan - and she is vowing to remain involved in efforts to help Afghan women long after her husband's term in office ends. We have more from VOA White House correspondent
By David Gollust State Department 09 August 2007 The United States Thursday announced a new, more aggressive, strategy for curbing the illicit drug trade in Afghanistan. U.S. officials concede that opium poppy production in the country overall is gro
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, may appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week, just not on Monday as the committee had planned. Her attorneys say th
This week's summit of advanced economy leaders in Japan produced first steps toward a global climate agreement. However, it also spotlighted gaps on the issue both between rich and poor nations and between the world's biggest polluters and several n
By George Dwyer Washington 02 August 2007 Afghan American Attorney Mariam Nawabi came to the United States as a child following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1978. After the fall of the Taleban, she returned home for the first time in 25 year
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says American forces need to do more to prevent killing civilians during military strikes in Afghanistan. While the secretary was in Kabul, U.S. military chief Admiral Mike Mullen visited Islamabad for talks with
By Tendai Maphosa London 23 November 2007 A former United Nations Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis warns that revised UNAIDS HIV statistics should not be seen as a signal that the fight against the pandemic can be relaxed. He says that
By Noel King Khartoum 16 April 2007 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte, on Monday, charged Sudan with actively supporting Darfur's feared Arab militias known as janjaweed. Negroponte called on Sudan to disarm the militias, which have lai