By Nico Colombant Dakar 21 November 2007 Senegalese security forces broke up a union march after groups of young men rioted in several parts of the capital Dakar, erecting burning barricades, destroying market areas and attacking government offices....
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 21 November 2007 The sale of Burmese gems has become the target of a growing boycott following the violent crackdown of pro-democracy protesters in Burma in September. While Burma's ruling military government holds ano...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 21 November 2007 South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki says citizens convicted of political crimes during the apartheid era may apply for presidential pardons. He indicated the program was to complete the work of a reconcili...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 21 November 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country's parliamentary and presidential elections will bring a total renewal of the country's top leadership. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky has details from Mosco...
By Tom Rivers London 21 November 2007 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologized and ordered a review after the personal financial details of about 25 million people were lost in the mail. The loss of the huge amount of sensitive information...
By Jim Fry Washington, D.C. 21 November 2007 Democratic Party candidates running for president have taken aim at President Bush's war on terror in South Asia, criticizing his past support for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. The ongoing politica...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 21 November 2007 Kenya's Electoral Commission is hearing complaints from candidates who failed to secure their parties' nominations for parliamentary elections, scheduled for December 27. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi,...
By Peta Thornycroft 21 November 2007 Former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith who died in Cape Town late Tuesday brings to an end an era, which haunted citizens of independent Zimbabwe. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that Ian Smith, who took his c...
By Noel King Kibaya, DRC 21 November 2007 As fighting continues between dissident general Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army, displaced Congolese have packed into squalid camps that are plagued with growing health problems. Humanitarian workers ar...
By VOA News 21 November 2007 World oil prices hit a new record in Wednesday's trading, hitting $99.29 a barrel before easing downward. That is 67 cents above the previous record, which was set on November 7. Traders say the soaring prices stem from t...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 21 November 2007 Two British girls found guilty of cocaine smuggling in Ghana now await sentencing of up to three years in jail. Their lawyers and supporters say they will appeal, saying the girls were victims, rather than tra...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 21 November 2007 A French judge has put former president Jacques Chirac under formal investigation for suspected embezzlement during his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor. For VOA, Lisa Bryant reports from the French capital the ma...
By Sarah Simpson Lagos 21 November 2007 U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch has called for an independent public inquiry into the Nigerian police force who, by their own calculations, say police officers killed more than 8,000 Nigerians since 2000. T...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 21 November 2007 Advocacy groups are criticizing South Korea for abstaining from a United Nations resolution that expressed concern over human rights abuses in North Korea. The South's decision to abstain comes a year after Seoul...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 21 November 2007 Pakistan's attorney general says conditions may be appropriate in the coming days for President Pervez Musharraf to honor his pledge to step down as army chief. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad...
