By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 06 December 2006 Iraqis greeted a highly anticipated U.S. study on Iraq policy with little enthusiasm Wednesday. Among its recommendations, the report says the United States should do more to encourage the Iraqi peopl...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 06 December 2006 Members of Congress say they hope President Bush gives serious consideration to recommendations by the independent Iraq Study Group. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, Democrats, who will take control of Congre...
By Jim Malone Washington 06 December 2006 The long-running political debate in Washington over the war in Iraq took a major turn Wednesday with the release of the report of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group. As VOA National correspondent Jim Malone re...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 06 December 2006 watch Heart Drug Fails Pfizer, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has stopped development of its most promising drug. The move has rocked both the medical world and the stock markets. Ca...
By Meredith Buel Washington 06 December 2006 A bi-partisan commission studying the war in Iraq says President Bush's policy is not working and major changes are needed in America's military and diplomatic strategy. A much anticipated report released...
By Tom Rivers London 06 December 2006 Initial reaction from London has been positive to the 79 recommendations outlined by the bipartisan U.S. Iraq Study Group, which presented its report to U.S. President George Bush. For VOA News, Tom Rivers repor...
By Carolyn Weaver New York City 06 December 2006 watch Darfur Diaries report Activists Aisha Bain, Adam Shapiro, and Jen Marlowe documented the crisis in Sudan In the spring of 2004, three young activists embarked on a mission to a part of the world...
By David McAlary Washington 06 December 2006 New biological evidence casts more doubt on Libyan government charges against six imprisoned Bulgarian and Palestinian medical workers accused of deliberately infecting several-hundred Libyan children wit...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 06 December 2006 As fear mounts of an all-out war in Somalia which could drag in neighboring countries, Muslim leaders in Kenya are denying allegations that Somali Islamists are actively recruiting young ethnically-Somali Kenya...
By Kane Farabaugh Chicago, Illinois 06 December 2006 Former President Jimmy Carter says he is willing to make another historic trip to North Korea to help reach a diplomatic solution to the current nuclear standoff. In an exclusive interview, VOA's...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 December 2006 The World Food Program says the peace agreement between the Maoist rebels and government of Nepal is making it possible to deliver emergency assistance to hundreds of thousands of impoverished people living in...
By Efam Dovi Accra 06 December 2006 Officials are meeting in Ghana to discuss ways to get an early start on administering malaria vaccines in Africa. The vaccine is currently on trial in six African countries. Malaria is a major cause of death for c...
By Jordan Davis Dakar 06 December 2006 Spain's prime minister met with Senegalese leaders Tuesday to discuss ways to prevent illegal migration. Both countries reaffirmed their commitment to stopping the flow of Africans taking the dangerous boat jou...
By Tom Rivers London 06 December 2006 In remarks Wednesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed with U.S. Defense Secretary nominee Robert Gates that the war in Iraq is not being won. For VOA News, Tom Rivers reports from London. Tony Blair (6...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 06 December 2006 Joseph Kabila reviews the troops at the start of his inaugural ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa, 6 Dec. 2006 Thirty-five-year-old Joseph Kabila has been sworn-in as the newly elected post-war p...
