The United States said Monday it is not removing North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism until Pyongyang produces an acceptable plan to verify its nuclear program. Monday was the earliest date that North Korea could have been droppe...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 09 June 2008 Rescue workers in Ukraine have pulled 23 coal miners from a one-thousand meter deep shaft. At least 13 others remain trapped in the mine, which was the scene of a powerful explosion on Sunday. As Stefan Bos report...
By Paula Wolfson Sochi, Russia 06 April 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin have ended their farewell summit without agreement on missile defense, but with a blueprint for their successors. VOA's Paula Wolfson repo...
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 20 March 2008 Stock markets in Asia remain jittery, with fears of a U.S. recession continuing to cause major market fluctuation. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, financial analysts say that this may be the beginning o...
By Steve Herman Karachi 13 March 2008 Pakistan is one of the world's top cotton producers. With one out of every five Pakistani farmers growing the crop, supplying millions of spindles and looms and hundreds of mills, the cotton industry is the count...
By David Gollust Washington 19 February 2008 The United States said Tuesday there will be no early end to the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, despite Fidel Castro's resignation as head of state after 49 years. U.S. officials do not see Raul Castro, th...
By Michael Bowman Washington 07 January 2008 President Bush says the U.S. economy remains resilient, despite signs of a slowdown in growth and higher unemployment figures. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from the White House. Recent weeks have seen a so...
By Michael Bowman Washington 27 November 2007 Weeks after being told to shut up by the King of Spain, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is now engaged in a bitter, highly-personalized war of words with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. VOA's Michae...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 11 September 2007 Kenya is asking that a Chicago museum return the remains of the infamous Maneaters of Tsavo, two lions that terrorized workers who built a railroad from Uganda to the Kenyan coast in the 19th Century. Nick Wa...
By Mil Arcega Washington 21 August 2007 The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a modest gain of 42 points Monday after fluctuating between gains and losses at the start of the trading week. Despite rallying Friday after the U.S. Federal Reserve ann...