Economic aides to President Barack Obama are offering varying assessments of where the U.S. economy stands two months into the new administration. Leaders of Mr. Obama's economic team took to the airwaves Sunday. New York Stock Exchange Last week sa...
Southeast Asian business and government leaders have urged faster regional economic integration to cushion the impact of the global economic downturn. The call comes as leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations gather in Thaila...
By Michael Bowman Washington 30 December 2007 Pakistan's military says, despite massive chaos and turmoil in the aftermath of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the country's nuclear weapons are safe and secure. VOA's Micha...
By Tendai Maphosa London 05 December 2007 The British Home Office says the ruling against a Zimbabwean asylum seeker does not mean automatic removal of people who failed to gain asylum in the United Kingdom. Tendai Maphosa reports for VOA from London...
By David McAlary Washington 30 November 2006 An ancient piece of Greek technology recovered from a shipwreck more than 100 years ago is amazing scientists who have analyzed it in detail. Fragments of bronze gearwheels, now green and crumbling from m...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 20 October 2006 The top United Nations official handling avian flu says Asia has shown significant progress in preparing to fight the spread of the virus. But the official warns that more help is needed to support Indonesia, wh...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 05 June 2006 watch UNICEF AIDS report There are about 2.8 million children under the age of 15 living with HIV. Two million of them live in sub-Saharan Africa. The Nati...
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 04 May 2006 The International Labor Organization says child labor - especially in its worst forms - is on the decline for the first time across the globe. Asia is one of the...
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 04 April 2006 Thailand's PM Thaksin Shinawatra speaks at Government House in Bangkok, April 4, 2006 Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has announced he will s...
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