By Robert Berger Jerusalem 05 May 2007 Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal blasted a U.S. proposal calling on Israel and the Palestinians to take concrete steps toward easing tension and building confidence. Under a four-month timetable, Israel would ease ro...
By Katy Migiro Nairobi 05 May 2007 Authorities in Cameroon have begun a search for a Kenya Airways jetliner that crashed with 114 people aboard in the southern part of the country. The plane took off from Cameroon's commercial center of Douala early...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 04 May 2007 For more than thirty years, New Orleans has held a Jazz and Heritage Festival. This year's festival wraps up this weekend. Many well-known musicians come to play at Jazz Fest, but it is also an important showcas...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 04 May 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal French voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president to succeed Jacques Chirac. The two contenders are center-right Nicholas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal....
By Scott Stearns White House 04 May 2007 U.S. President George Bush and the prime minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, met at the White House Friday to talk about security in South East Asia and the war in Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 04 May 2007 The commander of U.S. forces south of Baghdad says more fighting and more casualties are ahead in the coming months, as the U.S. surge of forces is completed and clashes with insurgents increase. The officer spoke Fr...
By Jim Malone Washington 04 May 2007 Iraq, Iran and Hillary Clinton were major topics of discussion in the first Republican presidential candidates debate, held Thursday in California. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone has more on what this first...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 04 May 2007 Uganda has sent a presidential delegation to India to re-assure the government, the Indian people and investors that the African nation is safe after a recent outbreak of violence in which an Indian national was...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 04 May 2007 In Liberia, rebuilding after decades of devastating civil war, the country's first national amputee soccer team is now competing on an international level, and bringing new hope to the war torn country. The squad is...
By Carolyn Weaver New York City 04 May 2007 The sixth annual Tribeca Film Festival, which runs through May 6, features more than 150 films from around the world, including dozens of documentaries and narrative features from the Middle East, Africa an...
By Paul Sisco Washington 04 May 2007 The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Friday plans to issue a third report on ways to offset global warming. Scientists and government administrators from more than 120 countries have bee...
By Kurt Achin Kyoto 04 May 2007 Asia's economic development is a success story that has been decades in the making. But in the past decade, the region has become a key factor in a global imbalance marked by too much reliance on exports by countries i...
By Simon Marks Paris 04 May 2007 French voters go to the polls on Sunday (May 6th) to elect a new president. They face a stark choice between a conservative, former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, and the Socialist Party's candidate, Segolene Roya...
By Sonja Pace Clichy-sous-Bois 04 May 2007 French voters go to the polls Sunday in a second and final round of balloting for a new president. The contenders are conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist Segolene Royal. But, in many of the country's...
By June Soh Washington 04 May 2007 Artists use a variety of materials for their creations -- paint on canvas, pencil on paper, metal or stone sculpted into life-like form. Still others create works totally unique from glass. VOA's June Soh met one s...
