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President Xi Jinping will head to Finland and the United States next week at the invitation of the presidents of both nations. The Chinese Foreign Ministry says it expects both trips to be productive. From the 4th to the 6th of April, Xi Jinping will
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 July 2007 Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua unveiled his new cabinet Thursday, nearly two months after he became leader of Africa's most populous country. The cabinet includes some opposition elements in what is labeled a
Anjana Pasricha In Sri Lanka, President Chandrika Kumaratunga's party is trying to get support from smaller allies after her party won the most seats in Friday's parliamentary elections, but fell shor
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 17 July 2007 Benin's president Thomas Boni Yayi marched more than 10 kilometers through the streets of the capital, Cotonou, late Monday, shouting slogans against corruption in the country. A local journalist says the march is
By Sonja Pace London 26 March 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a two-day state visit to Britain and addressed a rare joint session of parliament. Mr. Sarkozy hailed bilateral relations, speaking of a new era of Franco-British brotherhood
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 August 2007 Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has appointed a retired chief judge to head a panel on electoral reforms. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the review is considered crucial for the country's political f
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas is meeting with top Lebanese officials, on a two-day visit, expected to include discussions over the future of the large Palestinian refugee community in Lebanon, and the armed presence of different Palestini
By Peter Fedynsky Kyiv 03 October 2007 With less than half a percent of ballots still uncounted in Ukraine's special parliamentary election, President Viktor Yushchenko has called for the country's three leading parties to begin coalition talks. But
By Michael Bowman White House 01 October 2007 President Bush has taken part in a military ceremony honoring the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and welcoming his replacement. From the White House, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. Preside
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 21 December 2007 Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has said the leader of the rebel Lords Resistance Army is not ready for a peace agreement. As Derek Kilner reports for VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, Museveni has threat
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 25 October 2007 Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has pardoned former President Joseph Estrada who was convicted in September of corruption and sentenced to life in prison. Douglas Bakshian reports from Manila. P
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 April 2008 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter traveled to the West Bank, where he met with a leading Hamas politician. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, a request by Mr. Carter to travel to the Hamas-controlled Gaza
The widower of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been sworn in as Pakistan's president, formally returning the country to civilian rule nearly nine years after Pervez Musharraf seized power in a military coup. VOA's Barry Newhouse
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 04 September 2007 The Ukrainian parliament has convened, despite a presidential warning that the fall legislative session is illegitimate. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the issue involves larger constitution
By Anita Elash Paris 10 July 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in Tunisia on his first trip outside Europe since his election. Sarkozy met with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. One of his
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 14 November 2007 Sierra Leone's recently elected president, Ernest Koroma, will be formally inaugurated on Thursday, with eight West African heads of state expected to be in attendance. Mr. Koroma has been in office since Septe
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 18 October 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin's sixth annual citizen call-in show on Thursday garnered an estimated three million questions from across Russia as well as from neighboring Kazakhstan, which has a sizable Rus
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 22 October 2007 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he hopes peace negotiations to establish a Palestinian state will be successfully concluded by the end of 2008. On a visit to Indonesia, he also stressed the imp
By Cindy Saine Washington 05 November 2007 President Bush has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, imprisoned Cuban dissident Oscar Elias Biscet, and six others. VOA Correspondent Cindy Saine reports
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 16 October 2007 With Turkey threatening to launch a military incursion against Kurdish separatist bases of the Kurdish workers party in Northern Iraq, Ankara is at the center of intense diplomatic activity. Iraq's vice presid