By Jessica Berman Washington 02 February 2006 For the first time since the start of the AIDS epidemic, researchers are reporting a decline in the percentage of men and women infected with HIV in south...
By Sonja Pace Ramallah 02 February 2006 Hamas leaders are sending mixed signals - part moderation, part defiance - as they prepare to form a new Palestinian government in the weeks ahead. The militant...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 02 February 2006 Liberia's new president has fired the entire staff of the country's finance ministry, amid efforts to fight corruption in her post-war administration. Ellen...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 02 February 2006 Mediators are coming from many different directions to help divided Ivory Coast, confusing many as to who is in charge and what exactly is being mediated. Th...
By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu 02 February 2006 A United Nations official says the people of Nepal are suffering at the hands of government troops, politicians and communist rebels alike. VOA's Patricia...
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 02 February 2006 An ethnic Hmong family watches Hmong New Year celebrations, Jan. 3, 2006, in Nong Hoi Mai village, near Chiang Mai, Thailand The government of Laos has rejected...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 February 2006 India has kicked off an ambitious project aimed at alleviating rural poverty. The country has witnessed high economic growth in recent years, but large pa...
By Marlene Smith Vienna 02 February 2006 The International Atomic Energy Agency is considering reporting Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council, but hopes a Russian deal will avoid escala...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 02 February 2006 Fury is spreading, across the Muslim world, at the decision of a number of European newspapers to reprint cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Meanwhile, the owner o...
By Steve Schy Detriot 01 February 2006 Super Bowl 40 will be played at Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday and it is a battle of firsts. The American Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers are the first...
By Craig Fitzpatrick Washington, D.C. 01 February 2006 watch Nam Paik profile Although many people outside the art world don't know who Nam June Paik is, they probably would recognize the quick cuttin...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 01 February 2006 watch Hamas Future report Casting a ballot in the Palestinian parliamentary election Last week's unexpected, though convincing, Hamas victory in the...
By Scott Stearns White House 01 February 2006 President Bush is applauded as he gives his State of the Union speech, with House speaker Dennis Hastert and Vice President Dick Cheney, left, standing be...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 February 2006 A movie to be released later this year will highlight an unsolved murder that horrified Los Angeles nearly 60 years ago. Numerous books have also examin...
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 01 February 2006 Ivory Coast's popular northern opposition leader, Alassane Ouattara, has formally regained his position as leader of his party three years after he fled into exi...
