Bangladesh's government is negotiating with mutinous border guards who have clashed with their Army superiors in Dhaka. Heavy gunfire and the booms from mortar shells caused chaos in the densely populated streets of the Bangladeshi capital. A ricksh...
The United Nations Foundation has raised over $20 million so far and supplied more than 700,000 treated bed nets to families. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Malaria parasites are sprea...
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 02 June 2007 A U.S. government official has called for an end to Maoist violence in Nepal, where the country's former rebels are making a jerky transition from armed insurgents to mainstream politicians. Liam Cochrane has m...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 May 2007 Thousands of North Korean defectors have made the dangerous and illegal journey to South Korea by way of China in the past 10 years. When they arrive, they often encounter adjustment difficulties in a place that looks...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 15 April 2007 Clementine Roux, 19, of France shows a handbill pasted on her chest as she participates in a demonstration by tourists to express their solidarity for the restoration of democracy in Nepal in Katmandu, 18 Ap...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 21 March 2007 While many newspapers in Western countries are going out of business, consolidating or cutting staff, the industry is exploding in India. National circulation rose 33 percent between 2001 and 2005. The World A...
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 21 December 2006 watch UK OnLine Shopping Britain's leading e-commerce industry group says the UK has overtaken the United States in the growth of on-line shopping. The Interactive Media in Retail Group, or IMRG, says on...
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 05 October 2006 watch US Stock Market report NY Stock Exchange The Dow Jones Industrial average hit a new high on Tuesday, beating the previous record set in 2000. The index of 30 blue chip stocks ended the session at 11...
By Jim Malone Washington 27 June 2006 President Bush's choice to be the next Treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, promised the Senate Tuesday that he will review a previously secret program to track terrorists through an international banking database...
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 12 January 2006 watch Rebuilding Plan report The Bring Back New Orleans commission released its long-awaited reconstruction plan Wednesday. Among its recommendations: elim...