By Scott Stearns Sofia 11 June 2007 President Bush returns from a six-nation tour of Europe Monday facing a contentious Congress pressing him over the fate of his embattled Attorney General and legislation to reform U.S. immigration law. VOA White Ho...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 11 June 2007 At least nine Palestinians have been killed in a flare-up of factional fighting in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, repeated attempts to restore calm have failed amid a powe...
By Zulima Palacio Hawaii 11 June 2007 Monk seals are one of the most endangered mammals in the world. In the Caribbean, they already are extinct. Off the African coast of Mauritania, they are down to a few hundred. In the remote northwestern islands...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 11 June 2007 An Indonesian public health foundation is waging an anti-anemia campaign in Jakarta, where some schools have reported more than half their students are anemic. As Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, medicine and...
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 June 2007 Traveling Iraq's highways is a perilous undertaking, and few understand the risks as well as the country's truckers. It is a job where ambushes are expected and breakdowns can be deadly. But one group of trucker...
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 June 2007 Trucks loaded with military equipment are seen heading towards the border with Iraq near the southeastern Turkish city of Nusaybin, 01 Jun 2007 Iraqi Kurds living near the Turkish border continue to report regular...
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 09 June 2007 Somalia's interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed a story reported by VOA on Friday about a coalition being established in Eritrea, composed of groups opposed to the Somali government and its main b...
By Phuong Tran Praia, Cape Verde 09 June 2007 Off the coast of West Africa, transport officials in the island nation of Cape Verde have begun a road improvement program. They say colonial-era cobblestone roads do not make much sense anymore, and are,...
By Naomi Schwarz Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 08 June 2007 The Microsoft corporation is teaming up with African leaders to try to bring development to the continent through technology. As part of the partnership officials are holding a three-day technol...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 08 June 2007 A new report by the London-based watchdog group Global Witness says cocoa exports have helped fund the conflict in divided Ivory Coast, both for the government-run army and northern-based rebels. The world's leadi...
By Rebecca Ward Heilingendamm, Germany 08 June 2007 While leaders from the eight industrialized nations meet behind closed doors -- journalists wait for a headline or a photo-op to send home to their editors. But at a media event of this scale -- wi...
By Katy Migiro Nairobi 08 June 2007 Police in Kenya continue searching through a sprawling Nairobi slum, where they have been battling with members of the violent Mungiki sect for the past four days. Hundreds of residents have fled the violence, whic...
By Cathy Majtenyi Kampala, Uganda 08 June 2007 In Uganda, there is widespread opposition over a proposal to allow part of the Mabira Forest Reserve to be clear-cut for sugar cane growing. Opponents say the move will destroy a delicate and unique Afri...
By Scott Stearns Rome 08 June 2007 U.S. President George Bush and Polish President Lech Kaczynski say American plans to base missiles in Poland are no threat to Russia. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Russian President Vladimir P...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 June 2007 The Nigerian Supreme Court has rejected a request for bail for a jailed Niger Delta militant leader currently facing treason charges. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that his supporters have vowed to...
