By Meredith Buel Washington 05 December 2007 The U.S. Departments of State and Defense have agreed to a new system of rules designed to increase control over private security contractors working in Iraq. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel reports from W...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 December 2007 British-born filmmaker Ken Annakin has made more than 50 movies and become known as one of Hollywood's most versatile directors. He spoke with Mike O'Sullivan about a career that has taken him from the...
By Selah Hennessy Goma 05 December 2007 Army leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they have taken back the strategic eastern village of Mushake from forces allied to renegade rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. The army says it will move north in...
By Paula Wolfson White House 05 December 2007 President Bush says Iran has a lot of explaining to do about the scope of its nuclear activities. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush says Tehran has a big choice to make. President Bush is keeping press...
By Tendai Maphosa London 05 December 2007 The British Home Office says the ruling against a Zimbabwean asylum seeker does not mean automatic removal of people who failed to gain asylum in the United Kingdom. Tendai Maphosa reports for VOA from London...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 05 December 2007 Ethnic Tuareg rebels in Niger say they will not negotiate with the current government because the government will never meet their demands. The statements follow an attack this week on a government convoy that...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 05 December 2007 Dozens of children may have died from a new outbreak of measles in the northern Nigerian town of Zaria. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja has been following up on the latest public health concern in Nigeria and file...
By Carol Pearson Washington 05 December 2007 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates most of the food sold in the United States, as well as all drugs, human vaccines and medical devices. Many countries look to the FDA for guidance on food and...
By Barry Wood Washington 05 December 2007 American consumers are being squeezed by higher oil prices, falling home prices and a falling dollar. VOA's Barry Wood reports that some analysts are turning pessimistic about the economy and worrying that ha...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 05 December 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, for a whirlwind series of meetings with African leaders on a series of regional flashpoints, from Somalia to Darfur to the Great...
By Mil Arcega Washington 05 December 2007 Thousands of Iraqis who fled the fighting in their country are now returning home as the violence declines. The Bush administration sees this as proof that the U.S.-led troop surge is working. But a top U.S....
By Paul Sisco Washington 05 December 2007 The Shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad and ready to lift off on Thursday. The crew is scheduled to ferry a European laboratory module to the International Space Station. VOA's Paul Sisco has more. All seve...
By Jim Fry Washington 05 December 2007 Two Republican Party candidates for U.S. president disagreed sharply last week on the use a controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding. While much of the campaign focuses on domestic issues, ca...
By Jim Malone Washington 05 December 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court has heard a plea that terrorism suspects being held at the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be given the opportunity to challenge their detention in American courts. VOA...
By Chad Bouchard Bali 05 December 2007 Environmental experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali say illegal logging is decimating tropical forests and contributing to rising global temperatures. Chad Bouchard reports from the con...
