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Experts: US Would Not Need South Korea's OK to Strike North South Korea's President Moon Jae-in says military action against North Korea cannot be carried out without his government's permission. However, former United States military commanders have
Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is continuing her party's push to link Republican candidate John McCain with an unpopular President George Bush. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, President Bush says campaigning
The Federal Government will use todays release of an updated economic forecast to push its economic credentials as it prepares to call an election. The forecast is expected to confirm that the budget will return to surplus in 2013. The Opposition say
At least ten people have died after suicide bombers attacked a hotel popular with westerners in the Afghan capital Kabul. Police in the Afghan capital say at least five suicide bombers have blown themselves up at the Intercontinental Hotel. A Taliban
Ten years after the Bali bombings, the world is pausing to remember the 202 victims, 88 of them Australian. Services will take place around Australia this morning and in Bali, flowers have been laid and candles lit outside what used to be the Sari cl
Britain remains in a diplomatic row with Ecuador over the fate of the Wikileaks' founder Julia Assange. Ecuador has granted him political asylum, but Britain says it's obliged to hand him over to Sweden. The British Foreign Office insists it does hav
Ecuador says it's hoping to grant asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. He's been sheltering in Ecuador's embassy in London for two months. The Ecuador foreign minister says the UK government has threatened to enter Ecuador's London embassy to
A political stoush has erupted over BHP Billiton's decision to delay the expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. The company has shelved the 30 billion dollar project because of weak commodity prices and high capital costs. But the Opposition leader Tony
By Greg Flakus Mexico CIty 26 July 2007 The July 5 and July 10 bomb attacks on natural gas pipelines in central Mexico led to the temporary shutdown of factories in several industrial cities and raised fears about the country becoming a target for te
Booming London Property Market a Haven for Dirty Money LONDON Billions of dollars of so-called dirty money from the proceeds of crime, especially from Russia, are being laundered through the London property market, according to anti-corruption activi
Max Baucus, the current US ambassador to China, will leave Beijing for home next Monday. In a video bidding farewell to China and its people, Baucus said he saw huge potential for cooperation between the US and China. It's really not easy for us to l
NOEL KING, HOST: Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani fled Iran fearing for his safety. He wrote for a pro-Kurdish magazine that was raided by the Iranian military. So he went to Indonesia, and from there, he got on a boat to Australia. He wan
Graincorp says the Federal Government's jeopardised the future of rural infrastructure along Australia's east coast by rejecting Archer Daniels Midland's takeover proposal. The Treasurer Joe Hockey said the multi-billion dollar deal was not in Austra
Thanks, Virginia. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will make his first major economic announcement this morning, unveiling the governments response to the merry inquiry into financial services. The report released in December last year made wide-r
Mexico has announced the allocation of more than 170 new sites for oil and gas development in an area in the country's northeast region. This comes at a time when production at the country's main field is falling dramatically, leading some analysts
U.S. President George Bush says the U.S. economy is sound, despite a series of financial setbacks. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports at a White House news conference Mr. Bush sought to reassure consumers unnerved by rising gas prices and uncertainty in th
By Scott Stearns Dakar 17 September 2009 A U.S. oil company has found what could be commercially viable reserves of oil off the coast of Sierra Leone. The first ever deep-water test well in the Sierra Leone-Liberia basin struck a deposit of hydrocar
England has got an wonup in the Ashes test series at Trent Bridge.Australia lost the first test by just 14 runs. The homesides seal the win with a not out inning. Brad Haddin was overturned on referral. James Anderson picked up five wickets for Engla
The fifth session of the China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services is due to open in the Chinese capital on Monday. The fair has become a magnet for international exhibitors eying a bigger market share. 00:00/02:35 With the theme opennes
Chinese authorities have so far handled 92 major cases, involving over 800 billion yuan, or 126 billion US dollars, of embezzled money transferred through underground banks and offshore companies. This is part of the wider Operation Skynet campaign,