By Lisa McAdams Moscow 15 May 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to ease tensions and tone down harsh rhetoric, but after two days of extensive talks in Moscow, stark differences remain over...
By Gary Thomas Washington 01 May 2007 The publication of the former U.S. intelligence chief George Tenet's memoirs has sparked anew the controversy over the prewar intelligence on Iraq. Tenet says the intelligence provided to the Bush administration...
By Jeffrey Young Washington 01 May 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas called counties are the governments they interact with the most. And alongside these local governments are groups of citizens who work on the...
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 Phuong Tran Praia, Cape Verde 15 April 2007 When people talk about Cape Verdean music, it is inevitable they mention Cesaria Evora, the singer who introduced many to the country's melancholic music known as morna . Some have said that singer Tete...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 06 February 2007 Teenage prostitutes in the United States can escape life on the streets with help from a Los Angeles charity, called Children of the Night. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, the group has helped thousands...
By Sean Maroney Washington, DC 01 February 2007 Cuban state television has aired a video showing President Fidel Castro meeting this week with his Venezuelan counterpart and ally, Hugo Chavez. Many viewers said Mr. Castro looked somewhat stronger tha...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 27 January 2007 Trade ministers cautiously agreed Saturday to resume world trade negotiations that have been stalled for months. Reporting for VOA from Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on an issue that dominated the last day of the a...
By Kari Barber Dakar 27 January 2007 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is starting his first Africa tour since assuming his post, visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the U.N. has one of its largest peacekeeping missions. Mr. B...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 09 January 2007 watch Weight Loss Drug report The federal government has slapped multimillion-dollar fines on companies that market four types of weight-control compounds. Not because the pills are unsafe, but because...