By Brian Wagner Sao Paulo 10 May 2007 Pope Benedict XVI has appealed directly to the youth of Brazil to follow a strict moral code. In Sao Paulo, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the pope's speech to the young is seen as crucial to his effort to strengthen...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 May 2007 One of Africa's oldest universities has been shut down for more than a month. Administrators of Liberia's Cuttington University closed the school after students held protests saying the school was taking their money...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 10 May 2007 The World Diamond Council, the association responsible for regulating the global diamond trade, has singled out Zimbabwe and Venezuela for not meeting global standards aimed at curtailing the trade in so-called con...
By Paula Wolfson White House 10 May 2007 President Bush is under increased pressure from members of his own political party to show positive results in Iraq. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, where the president met behind closed door...
By Amberin Zaman Istanbul 10 May 2007 The Turkish parliament has backed Thursday a proposed amendment to the constitution to enable the people to elect a new president directly. The measure is a key provision in a package of electoral reforms the cha...
By Deborah Block Parris Island, South Carolina 10 May 2007 Instead of teaching school, a group of U.S. educators recently attended school. They went to Parris Island, South Carolina where they took part in a workshop to learn about U.S. Marines Corps...
By Brian Padden Detroit, Michigan 10 May 2007 There has long been concern within the Iraqi-American community in the United States that the war in Iraq, and the violence there between Sunnis and Shias, could spark tensions at home. Today, in our week...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 10 May 2007 New technologies are starting to bring market information to African farmers straight to their cell phones, and these services are improving. But challenges remain in terms of illiteracy, market reach and expanding...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 10 May 2007 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Personalities, money, families and violence are dominant features of the May 14 elections in the Philippines where nearly 18,000 positions in local and national government are up for grab...
By Sonja Pace London 10 May 2007 Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Thursday he is stepping down as leader of the Labour Party and will hand over power to a new prime minister June 27. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London. Tony Blair chose...
By Paula Wolfson White House 09 May 2007 President Bush offered comfort Wednesday to the victims of one of the worst tornados to hit the United States in years. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, Mr. Bush spent the day touring the smal...
By Michael Bowman Washington 09 May 2007 Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he does not expect a swift pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq regardless of the conclusions of a planned September evaluation of the ongoing build-up of U.S. forces in the cou...
By David McAlary Washington 09 May 2007 Scientists have announced they have begun assembling an Internet catalog of every living thing on Earth. The organizers say the new website will become the single location where researchers can go to study the...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 09 May 2007 Experts have urged U.S. lawmakers to press Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to take stronger action against al-Qaida and other Islamic extremists, and crackdown on radical madrassas or Islamic schools spr...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 09 May 2007 Outgoing French President Jacques Chirac leaves office inMay 17, making way for center-right politician Nicholas Sarkozy, who defeated socialist Segolene Royal for France's highest office. In this report fro...
