By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 22 January 2007 watch War Presidency report President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday will be delivered at a joint session of Congress, where a majority now opposes his call for a troop increase in Ira...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 January 2007 Some of the ten Somali men accused of piracy stand in the dock under guard of Kenyan police officers in the court in Mombasa (3 Feb 2006) Piracy attacks are falling worldwide but hot spots remain, including i...
By Jim Malone Washington 22 January 2007 Americans will not elect their next president for 22 months, but already the 2008 presidential campaign seems to have reached a fever pitch. In the last few days alone, three candidates, including Senator Hil...
By Katherine Cole Washington 22 January 2007 Texas-born Nanci Griffith has been writing since she was 12 years old, and making records since the late 1970s. Her career has spanned a variety of musical styles, including folk, country and what she cal...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 22 January 2007 watch Nicotine Potency report The U.S. tobacco industry is under fire again from health experts who claim manufacturers boosted levels of nicotine in cigarettes over a seven-year period. Details of a n...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 22 January 2007 watch Somalia Flooding Somalia's interim government says it is in control of Somalia now that the Islamic Courts Union has abandoned key posts across the country. That should have been good news to Un...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 22 January 2007 An Iranian news agency says Iran has decided to block 38 inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency from entering the country. Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, said the 38 names were on a...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 January 2007 An international human-rights watchdog is warning that Rwanda could erupt into a new cycle of violence if the authorities do not protect participants of the country's grassroots trials that hear and prosecute...
By Malcolm Brown Washington, DC 22 January 2007 watch War in Afghanistan The U.S. military takes pride in its war-fighting ability, but its experience in Iraq and Afghanistan is forcing a re-examination of non-combat roles. Commanders accept that bo...
By Charlene Sarmiento and Jim Bertel Washington, DC 22 January 2007 watch State of Union report President Bush delivering his State of the Union Address in 2006 President Bush will deliver his State of the Union Address on Tuesday before both houses...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 22 January 2007 One of the top leaders of the Somali Islamist movement is reportedly in U.S. and Kenyan custody in Nairobi, three weeks after Somali government and Ethiopian troops ousted the Islamic Courts Union from power. VOA...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 22 January 2007 A U.N. team has arrived in Chad to start its two-week peacekeeping assessment in Chad and the Central African Republic. The mission follows calls for increased security for the hundreds of thousands of refugees a...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 22 January 2007 A senior U.S. diplomat says the international community needs to bring more pressure on Iran to end, what he describes as, its efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem burea...
By Suzanne Presto New Delhi 22 January 2007 Displaced ethnic Tamils at a government camp in Kiran, Sri Lanka, 21 Jan 2007 Sri Lanka's military says it is driving out Tamil Tiger rebels from key areas in the island's east, following intense fighting....
By Jim Randle Baghdad 22 January 2007 Two car bombs in Baghdad have killed more than 88 people and wounded more than 160 others. VOA's Jim Randle reports from the Iraqi capital. Smoke rises from site of two explosions in central Baghdad, 22 Jan 2007...
