By Nico Colombant Monrovia 17 January 2006 Liberian Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Henry Reed Cooper, right, administers the oath of office to Liberian President elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Mon...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 17 January 2006 Taro Aso Japan says it hopes to use a long-standing relationship with Iran to help avert a crisis over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. The announcement came after key...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 17 January 2006 Japanese prosecutors have raided one of the country's most high-profile Internet companies, prompting the main stock index to suffer its biggest one-day point dro...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 17 January 2006 The gay cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain and the story of country singing legend Johnny Cash, Walk the Line, have earned top honors at Hollywood's Golde...
By Scott Stearns Accra, Ghana 17 January 2006 The Bush administration has joined six American universities with six African nations to develop new primary school curricula. U.S. first lady Laura Bush...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 17 January 2006 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is on...
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 17 January 2006 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says a diplomatic solution could end the standoff with Iran over its nuclear prog...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 17 January 2006 India and Pakistan have started a new round of talks focused on new confidence-building measures and their dispute over Kashmir. The two-day dialogue aims...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 17 January 2006 Israel's acting prime minister, Ehud Olmert on Tuesday warned that Israel will not tolerate a nuclear armed Iran. Mr. Olmert also says he hopes to get Israeli-P...
By Paula Wolfson White House 16 January 2006 President Bush makes remarks at the Georgetown University's "Let Freedom Ring" Celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Across the United States, A...
By Mike Cooper Atlanta 16 January 2006 The U.S. holiday marking the birthday of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior was observed across the country Monday. In Atlanta, Reverend King's...
By Crystal Park Washington, D.C. 16 January 2006 watch report on Apple Apple Computers had a strong sales year in 2005, thanks in part to the hugely popular iPod. It has an 83% share of the market. Ap...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 16 January 2006 Jazz musicians of New Orleans In New Orleans on this Martin Luther King Day, marches and celebrations took place amid the city's ongoing struggle to recover...
By Jim Bertel Washington, D.C. 16 January 2006 watch Comedy movie report A Hollywood star has a new movie that is as serious as it is funny. VOA's Jim Bertel reports Albert Brooks delivers laughs with...
VOA,标准英语,suicide attack,Africa,By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 16 January 2006 A suspected suicide bomb blast Monday evening killed at least 20 people and injured more than 30 others in an Afghan border town. It was the third suicide at...
