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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 January 2006 U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel One vocal critic of the Bush administration is a member of the president's own party. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
By Tendai Maphosa London 18 July 2007 Global AIDS treatment will fall far short of a target to have five million people in Africa being treated in the next few years. A new report reveals that the continued lack of access to drugs by many of the worl
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 01 March 2008 The rules and procedures of Sunday's Russia's presidential election are widely considered to favor candidate Dmitri Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin's designated choice to succeed him. VOA Moscow correspondent
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 24 August 2007 Pakistani political experts say the country's president, General Pervez Musharraf, faces a decidedly uncertain future a day after the Supreme Court ended his chief rival's seven-year exile. With elections exp
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 24 August 2007 The Sudanese government has expelled the top Canadian and European envoys on allegations that they were interfering in the country's affairs. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, the expulsions raise new fears
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 March 2007 In a direct challenge to President Bush, the House of Representatives has, on a roughly party line vote of 218 to 212, called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq no later than the end of August 2008.
By Shally Zomorodi Los Angeles 20 June 2006 watch Tehrangeles report Los Angeles has become home to thousands of Iranians immigrants, to such an extent that the city is sometimes referred to as 'Tehrangeles.' Although many of them fled Iran and cann
By Lindsay Wise Cairo, Egypt 27 June 2006 The editor of one of Egypt's most popular independent newspapers was sentenced to one year in prison for insulting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Human rights activists and journalists consider the court'
Victories in congressional races across the United States have given Democrats, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, an expanded majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. VOA congressional correspondent Dan Robinson reports on some key races, and re
By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 22 September 2009 Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy (file photo) Cambodia has been accused of silencing critics with lawsuits, jail time, and assassinations. Cambodia's opposition leader says the crackdown is the gover
Medical panels extend age-related guidelines for mammograms and Pap test Melinda Smith | Washington, DC 01 December 2009 Woman taking mammogram test This study is absolutely ludicrous. They need to start getting mammograms at age 40. Mammograms pick
Dwindling US Space Budget Worries Scientist It's a trend that troubles astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, an outspoken advocate for space research and exploration. The director of the American Museum of Natural Historys Rose Center for Earth and Spa
Egypt has imposed new media restrictions that will effectively put all live broadcasts, including television talk shows and news bulletins, under the control of state television. Several Egyptian private broadcast service providers said Wednesday the
Washington Week: Focus on Syria, Immigration Reform President Barack Obama attends the G-8 forum days after the United States announced it will provide military aid to Syrian rebels. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said, We have steadily
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We want to take a moment now to remember John Young, NASA's longest-serving astronaut. His career at NASA was filled with firsts, including being the first to fly in space six times. Young was also 1 of 12 people to walk on the m
DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump begins his first overseas presidential trip tomorrow, and he has got an itinerary that could be mistaken for a religious pilgrimage. His first stops are Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican. It's a bold move for a
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Bobi Wine says the people who tortured him in an ambulance last month unscrewed an overhead light bulb to hide the beatings from the press. Bobi Wine is a politician and a pop star in Uganda, where he's been an outspoken critic of
By Cindy Saine Miami 14 October 2006 In Ecuador, the frontrunner in a field of 13 candidates for president is an outspoken outsider with close ties to leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. One of Ecuador's former presidents once described politi
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 23 November 2007 Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Sharif is planning to return to Pakistan, ending his seven-year exile in Saudi Arabia. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 21 November 2007 The sale of Burmese gems has become the target of a growing boycott following the violent crackdown of pro-democracy protesters in Burma in September. While Burma's ruling military government holds ano