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 Amanda Cassandra New York 30 November 2006 New York is widely regarded as a culturally diverse city that is bastion of tolerance. But some may be surprised to find out how different the city was in its early years. A new exhibit re-examines New Y...
By Meredith Buel Washington 30 November 2006 President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki are pledging to accelerate the training of Iraqi security forces so the Iraqi government can fight terrorists and provide stability for the country....
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 30 November 2006 In Mexico, a standoff between rival parties continues in the lower house of the congress, which is to be the site of the presidential inauguration on Friday. Some Latin American leaders have canceled trips...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 30 November 2006 The pro-Syrian opposition in Lebanon, led by Hezbollah, has called for mass protests aimed at bringing down the anti-Syrian government and replacing it with what they call a government of national unity....
By Sonja Pace Istanbul 30 November 2006 U.S. President George Bush went out of his way Thursday to show Washington's support for the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as the two men held talks in Jordan on ways to stem the violence in Iraq...
By Jim Malone Washington 30 November 2006 Iowa's Democratic governor, Tom Vilsack, officially became the first presidential candidate for 2008 on Thursday. Several other potential candidates have either taken themselves out of the running for the Wh...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 30 November 2006 On the eve of World AIDS Day, Kenyan doctors and activists are calling on the Kenyan government to declare tuberculosis a national disaster and enact special legislation to deal with the highly contagious d...
By Sabina Castelfranco Istanbul 30 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul Thursday, becoming the second pope to enter a Muslim place of worship. He also visited Aya Sophia, which used to be Christianity's largest church....
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 30 November 2006 In Madagascar, campaigning is winding down and voters are preparing to go to the polls Sunday to elect a president. The process has been marked by boycotts, procedural disputes and a would-be coup attempt,...
By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 30 November 2006 United Nations statistics say women are the most numerous victims of HIV/AIDS in Africa. In the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, VOA's Nico Colombant went to the main hospital in the capital, Kinshas...
By Kari Barber Dakar 30 November 2006 Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission is denying reports that the commission has ceased work because of a lack of funding. A commission spokeswoman told VOA Thursday that a recent halt in field research...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 November 2006 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's foundation has negotiated with Indian drug companies to make affordable treatment available to thousands of children afflicted with the AIDS virus. Anjana Pasricha re...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 30 November 2006 In the aftermath of yet another political assassination in Lebanon, analysts say political and sectarian tensions are at the highest point since the end of the civil war more than 15 years ago. But despi...
By Sabina Castelfranco Istanbul 30 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI and the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians held a solemn prayer service together Thursday in the Church of Saint George in Istanbul. During the joint ceremony they r...
