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Economics Report - EU Officials Urge Tighter Fiscal Rules for Euro Countries This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Stock prices around the world rose and fell this week on news of efforts to help countries using the euro. The European Cen
Various observers are suggesting the rest of the world could be taking a lesson from the concept that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has been formed under the Shanghai Spirit. Serving as the SCO's principle for internal affairs, the Shan
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 April 2007 Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are urging Arab states to step up pressure on Sudan to end the bloodshed in Darfur. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where the House considered a r
By Stephanie Ho Washington 27 April 2007 President Bush and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe say they see eye-to-eye on North Korea. The two leaders are urging Pyongyang to shut down its nuclear weapons programs or face tougher action. VOA
A senior U.S. State Department official Thursday urged members of Congress to approve a U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement before the House and Senate adjourn next week ahead of November elections. But some lawmakers are concerned the accord c
By Al Pessin Washington 30 May 2007 Iraqi boy takes cover behind US soldier after gunshots ring out in busy central Baghdad commercial district, 28 May 2007 The U.S. military says all 20,000 additional combat troops President Bush ordered to Iraq in
By Stephanie Ho Washington 25 January 2006 A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a package of bills aimed at promoting scientific education and research in the United States. The lawmaker
By Cathryn Curtis Washington, DC 23 March 2006 watch Surgery Robots Doctors in the U.S. are increasingly using a new hi-tech tool in the surgery room -- robots. VOA's Cathryn Curtis reports on doctors
By David McAlary 27 June 2006 A new U.S. public health report concludes there is no safe level of environmental tobacco smoke. The nation's top public health physician, the Surgeon General, says inhaling someone else's tobacco smoke leads to an imme
By Paula Wolfson White House 29 May 2008 U.S. President George Bush is urging America to commit itself to the restoration of Iraq, drawing parallels to the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. At the same time, a former top Bush aide is makin
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush says the United States must remain engaged in Afghanistan - and she is vowing to remain involved in efforts to help Afghan women long after her husband's term in office ends. We have more from VOA White House correspondent
US Doctors See Surge In Newborns Addicted To Mothers' Pain Pills In delivery rooms across the United States, doctors are seeing more and more mothers addicted to prescription pain killers. The increase is so great that Dr. Stephen Patrick at the Univ
By Paula Wolfson Bucharest, Romania 02 April 2008 As NATO leaders gathered in Romania for summit talks, U.S. President George W. Bush urged the alliance to continue to expand eastward and to increase its presence in Afghanistan. VOA's Paula Wolfson r
By Mona Ghuneim New York 29 October 2007 The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says Iran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment is regrettable, but said its willingness to cooperate with U.N. investigators is a step in the right direction. From VOA's
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 May 2006 Members of the environmental group Greenpeace display yellow signs reading
By David Gollust State Department 22 February 2008 The United States Friday called on Turkey to limit the scope of its ground incursion in northern Iraq and bring it to an early conclusion. The operation is apparently the biggest of several recent Tu
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 07 May 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the government of Burma to speed the arrival of aid workers and relief supplies to the cyclone-devastated country. From United Nations headquarters in New Yor
By Kurt Achin Seoul 12 March 2008 South Korea's newly appointed foreign minister is warning talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities could stall over unresolved issues related to the North's promised declaration. However, offi
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 06 February 2008 A key U.S. State Department official has renewed his call to North Korea to account for all its nuclear activities. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill issued his appeal as he briefed membe
By Paula Wolfson Washington 19 September 2007 President Bush is urging the U.S. Congress to permanently extend a law that enables the government to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush made the case for action durin