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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 24 January 2008 The world's largest drug company is embroiled in a global controversy over whether it tested an unapproved drug on sick children in Nigeria without their full understanding. The case involving Pfizer ra
By Michael Bowman Washington 30 April 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has accused Iran of
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. Homelessness here in Los Angeles has gone down by 5 percent according to the city's annual count that was released yesterday. The one area where numbers increase, though - the unsheltered homeless, up 32 percent over th
The United Nations Human Rights Office expresses great concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain. It says it is receiving reports of more people who have gone missing, been killed and subjected to intimidation and harassment.
By Nico Colombant Dakar 05 November 2006 (Additional reporting from Kinshasa provided by Eddy Isango.) In the Democratic Republic of Congo, transitional President Joseph Kabila is in the lead in early vote-counting, but election officials insist thi
By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 08 June 2006 watch Immigration Overstays Much of the discussion about illegal immigration control in the United States has centered on border enforcement and building fences along the border with Mexico. New analysis
By Michael Bowman Washington 25 June 2006 An al-Qaida-linked group says it has executed four Russian Embassy workers, who were abducted earlier this month in Iraq. The terrorist group made the announcement on an Islamist Web site, and posted video f
By Noel King Khartoum 15 February 2007 Amid growing concern over continued violence in Sudan's Darfur region, top United Nations and African Union envoys to the region said Thursday they remain optimistic that a political solution to the crisis can b
By Barry Wood Tirana 26 September 2006 Few places in Europe have experienced as explosive a growth in population as Tirana, the once small and now vibrant, sprawling capital of Albania. Downtown Tirana, Albania During the harshest of Albania's commu
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 17 May 2006 The Pacific Tsunami Warning System has been tested for the first time with a two-phase, region-wide drill, sending alerts about imaginary earthquakes and tsunami
By David Gollust State Department 07 March 2006 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has made no compromise offer to deal with Iran's nuclear program. He spoke after talks with U.S. Secr
By David Gollust Washington 05 March 2007 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill Senior U.S. and North Korean diplomats have begun landmark talks in New York on normalizing relations as part of the agreement under which Pyongyang has agr
By Noel King Khartoum 10 December 2006 Fighting is flaring across Sudan's embattled western Darfur region, the Kenyan woman holds a poster during a protest march in Nairobi, Kenya, 7 Dec 2006 African Union warned Sunday. The AU reports at least 22 p
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 11 April 2006 Official results in the Italian general election show center-left challenger Romano Prodi won enough seats in both houses of parliament to form a government.
By Tabinda Naeem Washington 17 April 2007 Visitors to The Smithsonian Museum's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. are experiencing the beauty and splendor of Asian gardens without taking a step outside. The exhibit, called East of Eden: Ga
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 May 2007 Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, informs journalists after return from her visit to Central Asia, 07 May 2007 The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, says countries in Centra
By Greg Flakus Merida, Mexico 13 March 2007 Merida, Mexico, is the last stop on President Bush's tour of Latin America. There he will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who shares many of Mr. Bush's views on free markets, trade and develop
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 08 January 2008 U.S. Senators Tom Harkin and Bernie Sanders and Congressman Elliot Engel are in Abidjan, Ivory Coast'scommercial capital, for a two-day visit related to child labor in cocoa production. They are set to meet with
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This weekend, the thrilling and mysterious Turangalila-Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen is being performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The masterpiece is rarely heard. It calls for over a hundred musicians and an unusual elec