By Peter Heinlein United Nations 08 January 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has pledged to strengthen the world body's role in stopping wars and keeping peace. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports on Mr. Ban's first speech...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 08 January 2007 A court in Egypt rejected the appeals of 13 new political parties, denying them official recognition and thus banning them from participating in elections. The move came not long after President Hosni Muba...
By Michael Bowman White House 08 January 2007 The U.S. and Europe agree on the need to promote global trade by successfully concluding the Doha Round of world trade talks. But during talks in Washington, U.S. President George Bush and the visiting E...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch Childhood Obesity report The World Health Organization reports that at least one and a half billion adults are overweight and approximately 400 million are obese. What may be even more shocking i...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 January 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says the number of Iraqis fleeing violence in their country is the largest displacement of people in the Middle East in over half a century. The agency is appealing for $60 million to he...
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch Climate report Oil prices are at their lowest levels since mid-2005. That's the good news - or is it? Unseasonably warm weather is responsible for premature cherry blossoms Stronger typhoons, more f...
By Paula Wolfson White House 08 January 2007 President Bush will unveil his revised Iraq strategy in a televised speech to the American people on Wednesday. VOA's Paula Wolfson has details from the White House. George Bush The president will deliver...
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch US Economy 2007 report Carlos Gutierrez Despite serious economic challenges ahead, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce says the nation's economy remains strong and resilient. Secretary Carlos Gutierrez s...
By Barry Wood Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch Balkan Pipeline report Map of Balkan pipelines A race is underway in the Balkans to build an oil export pipeline that bypasses the Turkish Straits. One proposed line would go from Bulgaria to Albani...
By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch Bush Administration Changes President Bush has named a new intelligence chief -- a change in the U.S. national security team that comes as Mr. Bush prepares to unveil a new Iraq strategy. Administ...
By Noel King Khartoum 08 January 2007 The governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, met in Khartoum with Sudan's president to press him to allow deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in Sudan's western Darfur region. Noel King in Khartoum...
By Brian Padden Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch New Congress report 110th Congress is sworn in at U.S. Capitol 4 Jan 2007 One of the first orders of business for the new congress with its Democratic majority is changing how the people's busines...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 08 January 2007 Residents take photos in front of the International Convention Center (CICC) main venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the central Philippines city of Cebu, 10 Dec 2006 As the le...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 08 January 2007 Listen to Listen to VOA's exclusive interview with Jendayi Frazer Somalia's president Monday arrived in the capital Mogadishu to hold consultations with representatives from religious, civil society, busines...
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 08 January 2007 The trial for men accused of carrying out Saddam Hussein's brutal campaign against the Kurds in the 1980s has resumed in Baghdad. Prosecutors are pressing ahead even though the chief defendant, Saddam Hussei...
