By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 September 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says more people have been fleeing a fresh round of fighting this week in the Masisi district in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lisa Schlein reports from G...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 25 September 2007 More fighting has been reported in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following Monday's clashes between the army and renegade forces who battled on three separate fronts despite a shaky ceasefire. Anal...
By Nijiba Khalil Washington 29 June 2007 Each year more than one million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer. To better battle the disease on a global scale, an international conference will be held in Budapest, Hungary in September to...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 June 2007 Palestinian factional fighting in the Gaza Strip ended on Friday as Hamas Islamic militants completed their takeover of Fatah facilities. About 110 people, mostly militants, were killed in nearly a week of fightin...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 13 June 2007 Fighting between the Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah is spreading, bringing to more than 60 the number of people killed during the past few days in the Gaza Strip. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, the...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 12 June 2007 Heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah escalated sharply Tuesday. Leaders of the Fatah faction are meeting to discuss whether to withdraw from the three-month-old Palestinian...
By Margaret Besheer Nahr el-Bared, Lebanon 01 June 2007 The Lebanese army used artillery to bombard Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon Friday, as it intensified pressure on the militants to surrender. At leas...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 22 May 2007 Fighting between the Lebanese army and an Islamic extremist group raged on for a third day in a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. At least 66 people are reported killed since the battles began Sunday,...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 May 2007 Fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamic extremists has been raging around a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. The death toll has climbed to more than 50 since the gunbattles started Sunday. VOA...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 May 2007 An injured man is wheeled into a hospital in Gaza City following factional clashes, 15 May 2007 Factional fighting continued for a third day in the Gaza Strip. At least 10 people were reported killed, including eig...