By Chad Bouchard Bali, Indonesia 07 December 2007 The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali is nearing its halfway mark. Senior delegates are hopeful an international agreement will be reached on how to control harmful climate emissions wh...
By Ravi Khanna Washington 07 December 2007 Voters in Iowa will be the first to pick among U.S. presidential candidates running for the two major political party nominations. A new poll shows, however, two of the contenders dominate the field in three...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 07 December 2007 NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels Friday to discuss a number of issues, including the alliance's role in Kosovo and Afghanistan, and the admission of new members. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. In...
By Deborah Block Baghdad 07 December 2007 Iraqi police say separate bomb attacks have killed at least 26 people and wounded about 30 others in the volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad. Authorities say at least 16 people were killed in one attack...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 07 December 2007 The senior U.S. delegate to multinational talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear capabilities says more discussions are needed before North Korea produces a formal declaration of its nuclear programs. VO...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 07 December 2007 Lebanon's parliament is scheduled to meet Friday to vote on the country's next president, but virtually nobody believes the vote will actually take place. It is likely to be postponed for a seventh time,...
By Dan Robinson Washington 07 December 2007 At a U.S. congressional hearing Thursday, witnesses challenged the testimony of a U.S. official who was defending a decision to remove Vietnam from a list of countries failing to do enough to promote religi...
By Deborah Tate Washington 07 December 2007 A senior U.S. State Department official predicts elections in Pakistan scheduled for January 8 will not be perfect, but he says it will be an important step in the country's transition to democracy. At a co...
By Ade Astuti and Susy Tekunan San Diego, CA 06 December 2007 The 40 hectare San Diego Zoo in the western state of California is home to over 4,000 rare and endangered animals representing more than 800 species and subspecies, and a prominent botanic...
By Carol Pearson Washington 06 December 2007 A new study offers some encouragement to people who are overweight, particularly for those over the age of 60. The study suggests that fitness matters more than extra weight in terms of overall health and...
By Victoria Cavaliere New York 06 December 2007 International mediators are due to present a report to the United Nations Security Council next week on Kosovo's push for unilateral independence from Serbia. More than a dozen European nations and the...
By Lisa Schlein Washington 06 December 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross has launched a record appeal for nearly $1 billion for lifesaving activities in some 80 countries next year. Iraq will constitute the ICRC's largest humanitarian...
By VOA News 06 December 2007 Rapper Kanye West leads the nominees for the music industry's Grammy Awards, announced Thursday in Los Angeles. Mike O'Sullivan reports, West earned eight nominations, and British singer Amy Winehouse earned six. Among Ka...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 06 December 2007 The top coalition commander in Iraq had some positive things to say Thursday about Syria and other countries and factions that have contributed to instability in Iraq in the past. But U.S. General David Petraeus...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 06 December 2007 Eritrea's government has responded angrily to an appeal by a Paris-based media watchdog, urging the European Union to declare Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki persona non grata for violating human rights and...
