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By Scott Bobb Bangkok 28 April 2006 United Nations environmental experts say booming economic growth in Asia and the Pacific is placing unsustainable pressure on their environments, and new approaches
By Paula Wolfson Washington 23 July 2006 President Bush steps off Marine One as he leaves Waco after spending the weekend at his ranch in Texas President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are meeting with Saudi officials to discuss ways t
Lionel Andrs Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in the city of Rosario, Argentina. Everyone knows him now as the best football player in the world. In fact, a lot of people say he might become the greatest player ever. Well see about that at the World C
By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 June 2006 The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is conducting a test in the Pacific Wednesday, but an official says the event was long-planned and is not related to tension over a possible North Korean missile launch. Meanwhile, t
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 02 July 2007 Asian economic experts say regional integration is the best way to prevent another financial crisis like the one that began 10 years ago. The region has bounced back, but officials at the Asian Development Bank
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 19 April 2007 Embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Thursday faced renewed calls to resign over his handling of the firing of federal prosecutors. The nation's top law enforcement official spent a full day defe
By Malcolm Brown Washington, D.C. 24 November 2006 watch Snakehead report An aquatic interloper appears to have adjusted easily to life in the Potomac River system near Washington, DC -- far from its native Asia, where it is regarded as a delicacy.
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 25 July 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a joint press conference in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, July 25, 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice em
By Tendai Maphosa London 21 September 2007 The Zimbabwean ambassador to the United Nations has accused British Prime Minister Gordon Brown of trying to dictate who should attend the European Union-African Union summit by threatening to stay away if P
By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu 24 April 2006 As Nepal's political stalemate and communist insurgency drags on, the economy is feeling the impact - with shops bearing the brunt of government-imposed curfe
By Gabrielle Brick Hong Kong 26 June 2006 Police baton an unidentified person after violence erupted during funeral of actor Raj Kumar, in Bangalore, India, April 13, 2006 To mark the U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, an Asian
Polls have closed in Algeria where some opposition parties boycotted presidential balloting because electoral laws were changed to allow Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a third term. Meanwhile, two police officers were injured in a bomb blast outsid
Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso will meet Tuesday with President Barrack Obama. He will be the first foreign leader to visit the White House since the new administration took office last month. Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks during session a
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 11 January 2007 President Bush's plan to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq in a temporary surge to help the Iraqi government fight insurgents has been met with sharp criticism from majority Democrats. VOA's
By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 07 February 2008 The slowing U.S. economy and rising unemployment are affecting a wide range of businesses across the country, including those owned by immigrants. Small immigrant businesses in Prince William County, Vi
By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 November 2006 Declaring dirty water is a bigger killer than bullets worldwide, the United Nations Development Program is calling for a global action plan for the more than one billion people with no access to clean water and
A new survey indicates several South East Asian countries rank poorly in providing accessible and transparent information on their national budgets, raising fears of corruption in spending programs. Survey by the Washington-based International Budge
British humanitarian organization ActionAid is calling for governments in the Horn of Africa to help small-scale farmers and for donor nations to increase funding and food-aid shipments to the region. The organization says without urgent action, sev
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 12 June 2007 Police in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, have intercepted a car loaded with explosives they say was going to be used against the interim government. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu in Mogadishu was given an exclusive