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The global trade in precious stones is a multi-billion dollar business. It touches the lives of people in the mines of South Africa, stone cutters of India, and countless others around the world. These precious gems adorn, kings, queens, movie stars
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 08 June 2006 Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held talks Thursday with King Abdullah of Jordan in the Jordanian capital, Amman. It was Mr. Olmert's second visit to an Arab nation in the past week. -------------------------
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 19 April 2006 Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri Hamas officials are denying allegations that their militants have smuggled weapons into Jordan. The surprise charges have prompted
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 19 April 2007 The Arab League has picked Egypt and Jordan to take the lead in approaching Israel to promote the newly revived Arab peace plan aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. VOA correspondent Challiss
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 24 February 2007 Jordan's King Abdullah has called on the new Palestinian national unity government to accept international demands for recognition. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the monarch also war
By Scott Stearns Amman 29 November 2006 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki canceled Wednesday's planned meeting with U.S. President George Bush in Jordan, where the two had been expected to discuss ways to halt the spiraling violence in Iraq. Shor
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 September 2006 Members of a northern Ugandan rebel group who were to participate in negotiations with the Ugandan government have reportedly left their camps, leading some to speculate that peace talks to end almost two
By Cathy Majtenyi Uganda 26 June 2007 The Ugandan government has taken a progressive approach to helping the disabled by passing legislation that recognizes the rights of the disabled, providing representation for them in Parliament and specifying me
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 March 2007 Many people in Uganda are up in arms (very upset) about a government plan approved by the cabinet this week to clear cut about one-third of a national forest reserve for sugar cane growing. Lawyers and civic gr
The United States said Monday the government of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe cannot be considered legitimate in the absence of a presidential runoff election. In the wake of opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai's forced departure from the c
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 10 May 2007 The World Diamond Council, the association responsible for regulating the global diamond trade, has singled out Zimbabwe and Venezuela for not meeting global standards aimed at curtailing the trade in so-called con
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 March 2007 Jordan's King Abdullah is urging the United States to make a new commitment to peace in the Middle East. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where the king told a joint meeting of Congress that ina
By Cathy Majtenyi Kampala, Uganda 12 June 2007 Earlier this year, Uganda launched its Universal Secondary Education program to enable more students from low-income and rural families to get a high school education. Cathy Majtenyi files this report fo
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: New People is a novel where infatuation gnaws at what looks like happiness. Maria lives in Brooklyn with Khalil, her fiance. They met at Stanford. And they love each other, the light skin color they share and the life they begin in