By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 24 January 2007 Experts say a Southeast Asian terrorism network has expanded its influence in Central Sulawesi amid escalating violence during the past month. A new report from the International Crisis Group says terrorist ce...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 24 January 2007 For decades the bronzed, blond and blue-eyed lifesaver has been an Australian icon. Now the face of the Australian lifesaving is changing drastically, thanks to a concerted effort to broaden the membership base....
By Jim Randle Baghdad 24 January 2007 Gunfire and explosions could be heard for hours in Baghdad as coalition and Iraqi forces fought gunmen in the central part of the city. VOA's Jim Randle is in Baghdad, where officials report one U.S. soldier was...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 24 January 2007 watch report on the State of the Union President Bush is urging the U.S. Congress - now dominated by his political opponents - to give his new Iraq war plan a chance to succeed. In his State of the...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 24 January 2007 Democratic Senator James Webb called for a new direction in Iraq, one based on regional diplomacy, in his party's official response to President Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday night. VOA's Debor...
By VOA News 24 January 2007 watch speech excerpt on African Health Dikembe Mutombo during the president's State of the Union address President Bush highlighted U.S. health initiatives in Africa during his State of the Union speech late Tuesday. The...
By VOA News 24 January 2007 watch speech excerpt on African Health Dikembe Mutombo during the president's State of the Union address President Bush highlighted U.S. health initiatives in Africa during his State of the Union speech late Tuesday. The...
By VOA News 24 January 2007 Good evening. James Webb I'm Senator Jim Webb, from Virginia, where this year we will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown - an event that marked the first step in the long journey that has made...
By VOA News 24 January 2007 As Prepared for Delivery House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, and Vice President Dick Cheney applaud President Bush prior to the president delivering his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington Madam Speake...
By Scott Stearns White House 24 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush says sending more troops to Iraq will make both Iraqis and Americans safer. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports on the president's annual State of the Union addr...
By Dan Robinson Washington 23 January 2007 The chairman of a key U.S. House committee says President Bush's plan to deploy 21,500 additional troops to Iraq is unacceptable because it would hurt the U.S. military's ability to respond to other crises a...
By Steve Herman Washington 23 January 2007 India's ancient ayurvedic medical tradition is about to get some mainstream recognition in the United States. Plans are under way to introduce the alternative practice to future physicians at some U.S. medi...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 January 2007 Hours before delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, President Bush faces continuing criticism from lawmakers on his strategy for Iraq. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Cap...
By Franz Wild Kinshasa 23 January 2007 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Tuesday, it is giving $29 million to a German micro-finance bank's Africa division. In Kinshasa, Franz Wild looks at the success of its Democratic Republic of Cong...
By Jordan Davis Dakar 23 January 2007 More than 400 African migrants deported from Spain's Canary Islands arrived in Senegal early this week. A number of Senegalese were on board, but dozens of those sent back to Senegal were not Senegalese. A group...
