By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 06 November 2006 National issues are at the forefront of Tuesday's midterm elections, but voters in 37 states will consider hundreds of ballot measures on state and local questions. Mike O'Sullivan report from Los Ange...
By Jim Malone 06 November 2006 US Supreme Court, Washington DC The U.S. Supreme Court takes up the divisive issue of abortion Wednesday in a legal challenge that is being closely watched by abortion rights supporters and opponents. ---- At issue are...
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 06 November 2006 watch Building Boom Moscow is seeing an unprecedented growth in construction. Residential property prices have almost doubled in the past year and office space in the center of the city is now more expensive...
By Jim Malone Washington 06 November 2006 A U.S. congressional election campaign dominated by the war in Iraq is drawing to a close, with opposition Democrats expecting to make gains when the vote takes place on Tuesday. VOA national correspondent J...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 06 November 2006 Outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has been pushing for reform of the institution throughout his decade-long tenure. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks a...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 November 2006 Supporters of Northern league party stage a protest in front of 'Nagib Mahfouz' school, in Milan, October 10, 2006 An Arabic school in Milan, which has sparked debate about religious versus seculareducati...
By Efam Dovi Accra 06 November 2006 Africa population experts meeting in Ghana say it is unacceptable that large numbers of women on the continent continue to die from complications of pregnancy and child birth, in an era of unprecedented wealth and...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 06 November 2006 Shabir Shaik, one-time financial advisor to former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma, has lost his appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal against his conviction on charges of fraud and corrupti...
By Sonja Pace London 06 November 2006 Britain's PM Tony Blair answers questions from media during his monthly press conference in 10, Downing Street, November 6, 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the conviction of Saddam Hussein on charges...
By Franz Wild Abidjan 06 November 2006 The effectiveness of a plan to filter out so-called blood diamonds is under review at a conference in Botswana. A recent report about diamonds being smuggled out of Ivory Coast will top the agenda. --- Represen...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 06 November 2006 The United States, Japanese and South Korean diplomats are working towards a joint strategy for confronting North Korea when multi-state talks on the North's nuclear weapons programs resume. ---- American and S...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 November 2006 Palestinian political leaders say a deal on a unity government is imminent, and could be announced at any time. Meanwhile, a Palestinian suicide bomber attacked Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, wounding one...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 05 November 2006 (Additional reporting from Kinshasa provided by Eddy Isango.) In the Democratic Republic of Congo, transitional President Joseph Kabila is in the lead in early vote-counting, but election officials insist thi...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 05 November 2006 Undated visualization picture from NASA shows a view of Europe at night Across Western Europe, power cuts temporarily plunged homes into darkness overnight. Millions of people were affected in France, Ger...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 November 2006 Sudanese Red Crescent employee vaccinates a boy against polio in Kalma Camp near southern Darfur (File photo) The ministries of health in both northern and southern Sudan, backed by the U.N. children's fund, t...
