By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 November 2007 Australia's political leaders have made their final pleas to voters ahead of Saturday's federal election. The conservative Prime Minister John Howard is widely tipped to lose power after more than a decade in of...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 14 August 2007 Israel's main opposition party, the Likud, is holding an election for party leader. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, one of Israel's most well-known politicians is facing off with an incr...
By Dan Robinson Washington 03 November 2006 If Democratic Party candidates win a majority in the Senate or House of Representatives in the November 7 congressional election, the party would gain control of key committees overseeing government operat...
By Brian Padden Washington, DC 01 November 2006 watch Gallaudet Celebrates During the student protest at Gallaudet University, in Washington, DC -- the world's only university for deaf and hard of hearing student -- two visions of leadership were de...
By Margaret Besheer Whtie House 20 October 2006 President Bush took to the campaign trail Friday, trying to boost his Republican Party, which is seeking to retain control of Congress in legislative elections next month. The president attacked opposi...
By Paula Wolfson White House 14 August 2006 President Bush says Hezbollah militants in Lebanon suffered a defeat in their month-long conflict with Israel. Mr. Bush spoke at the State Department just hours after a fragile cease-fire went into effect....
By Michael Drudge London 15 February 2006 Britain's PM Tony Blair leaves no. 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons for prime minister's questions British Prime Minister Tony Blair has won a key v...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 January 2006 There is growing unrest in the Palestinian territories following the landslide victory by the Islamic militant group Hamas in parliamentary elections. Hamas...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 27 January 2006 watch Election Reaction Green banners, scarves and hats - supporters of Hamas Hamas, the Islamic militant group sworn to destroy the state of Israel, h...
Broadcast: Mar 29, 2003 There has been an upset win for Canada at the World Figure Skating championships here in Washington. The ice dancing couple of Shae Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz edged Russia's...