Leaders of the world's advanced economies have been meeting with counterparts from some of the world's poorest African nations on the first day of the G8 summit in northern Japan. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Hokkaido, the G8 leaders are facing...
By Jim Malone Washington 28 December 2007 The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto appears to have shifted the focus of the U.S. presidential race to national security and foreign policy issues. VOA National Correspondent J...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 20 August 2007 A fashion parade to promote understanding of Islamic dress for women has opened in Australia's biggest city, Sydney. Its aim is to challenge the hostile and ill-informed views many non-Muslims have about Islam. Fr...
By Brian Wagner Caracas 28 May 2007 Venezuela's replacement of a popular opposition television station with a new state-backed network drew fierce criticism that President Hugo Chavez is curtailing democratic freedoms. Demonstrators, including univer...
By Jim Randle Baghdad 31 January 2007 At least 25 people died and many more were wounded in car bombings in Baghdad and elsewhere Wednesday. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Baghdad. Iraqis stand by car bomb wreck in Baghdad, 31 Jan 2007 Most of the ca...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, D.C. 29 January 2007 watch Diversity report Public opinion polls show the two leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are a woman -- Senator Hillary Clinton -- and an African-American -- Senator...
By Jordan Davis Dakar 21 December 2006 Senegalese army officials say two soldiers were shot to death in an ambush in the southern Casamance region. For more than two decades, the area has seen sporadic violence involving separatist rebels and the na...
By Greg Flakus Tucson, Arizona 13 October 2006 The issue of illegal immigration has stirred passions around the nation in the past year and it is playing a role in some congressional races around the country. One place where it is a big issue is sou...
By Catherine Maddux Washington 29 May 2006 Malnourished boy sits at a Medecins sans Frontieres' hospital in El Wak village in drought stricken north eastern Kenya, March 4, 2006 Every year, untold numbers of African doctors and nurses leave the cont...