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Viktor Bout, a former Soviet military officer accused by the United States of offering to sell weapons to terrorist groups, appeared in federal court in New York on Thursday. Bout's lawyer asked the government to provide his client with better prison
Most US Retailers Choose Not to Sign Bangladesh Factory Accord The factory fell just days after it was considered unsafe, but employees were told to come to work anyway. U.S. Congressman George Miller, a long-time advocate for garment workers rights,
Serving Sandwiches in Washington - With an 'International Accent' Washington DC is a melting-pot of people from around the globe. The many races and cultures are reflected in its foods. Among the choices are countless Asian, African and Middle Easter
By Cache Seel Cairo 22 May 2007 A prominent Iranian-American academic, imprisoned two weeks ago in Iran, has been accused by Iran's Intelligence Ministry of plotting a revolution. Haleh Esfandiari has been barred from leaving Iran since December when
By Kari Barber Dakar 26 December 2006 Two Chadian rebel groups signed an agreement Monday to combine their forces to continue fighting government troops. The announcement comes one day after President Idriss Deby agreed to a peace deal with a leader
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 24 October 2006 South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has told organizers of the 2010 Soccer World Cup that his country will spare no effort to ensure a successful soccer World Cup championship in four years. Mr. Mbeki wa
By Franz Wild Abidjan 23 May 2006 Suspected Tuareg rebels are reported to have occupied a town in the northeast of Mali. They are believed to be led by a high-ranking deserter from the Malian army. --
By Stephanie Ho Washington 02 May 2006 The U.S. representative to the six-nation talks aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis says Pyongyang is boycotting the process. Speaking at a U.S.-K
In America, as in most cultures, you risk offending people if you call them dumb or an idiot to their faces. You also risk a punch in the nose. It seems as if there's not a question that can't be answered, or problem solved, these days by one of th
Some of the world's top scientists are wrapping up a three-day, climate-change meeting in Copenhagen with a grim warning that global warming is arriving faster than previously expected. The Copenhagen meeting drew about 2,000 scientists from around
Occupy Movement Works to Maintain Credibility With police shutting down so-called Occupy camps around the United States, there is growing criticism that participants were becoming too confrontational. While there are some more aggressive elements on
Eccentricity, Repression Marked Gadhafi's Rule Colonel Moammar Gadhafi died Wednesday, ending his months-long fight against transitional fighters. To the end, he refused to step down, a stubbornness that reflects his 40-year dictatorship. He was the
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 December 2006 Police in Kenya's capital have dispersed demonstrators protesting government support of a faction within the country's main opposition party, a move observers say effectively splits the opposition before ne
By Meredith Buel Washington 05 May 2006 Kofi Annan U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says he hopes every party involved in Sudan's Darfur conflict will agree to a peace treaty designed to end three ye
Local officials in Somalia have accused African Union peacekeepers of firing on civilians in the capital, Mogadishu, killing as many as 39 people after a roadside explosion. A spokesman for the AU force has denied that the troops shot at civilians.
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 15 June 2007 West African leaders concluded a one-day summit in the Nigerian capital Abuja with a commitment to speed up turning their region into a border-free zone by 2020. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa has this report. (From
Russia and Ukraine have ended 2008 with an escalating dispute over gas deliveries through a key pipeline that supplies much of Western Europe. Each side is blaming the other for the dispute. A spokesman for the Russian gas giant, Gazprom, held up a
Flora: What happened to my car?! Saul: I saw it happen. A car came around the corner and hit the back of your car. Flora: Didnt the driver stop? Saul: No, it was hit-and-run . The driver just took off . He was driving like a bat out of hell . It look
Tarik: Are you okay? Stacey: Yeah, I think so. Im just a little shaken up , but look at my car! Tarik: Mine is in pretty bad shape, too. Good thing, though, it wasnt totaled . Stacey: Okay, lets exchange insurance information, so we can both get out
Benjamin: That was really a nightmare! Shirley: Honey, what's up? Benjamin: I was stuck between 15th and 16th floors in the elevator. Shirley: Oh, really? I know that telephone signal must have been shielded in the elevator shaft, so what did you do