By Joseph Popiolkowski Hong Kong 28 June 2007 The European Commission says it is banning Indonesia's airlines from entering EU airspace. Joseph Popiolkowski reports for VOA from Hong Kong that the Indonesian industry's reputation has been hit by a se...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 28 June 2007 In South Africa, one the longest strikes since the end of apartheid has ended. Unions representing workers in public schools, hospitals and government offices said they would accept a government package of wage...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 28 June 2007 Energy-hungry India is looking to one of its most rugged and scenic regions to generate badly needed electricity. But plans to create a series of dams and hydroelectric plants along the Teesta River in Sikkim an...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 June 2007 More than five years after North Korea expelled nuclear inspectors a team from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency is visiting the North's main nuclear facility. The visit is a prelude to closing the...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 June 2007 South Korea is a step closer to having independent control over its military forces in war. Seoul and Washington have finalized a plan giving South Korea command over its forces in the event of a war with North Korea....
By Michael Bowman Caracas, Venezuela 28 June 2007 Protesters in Caracas 27 June 2007 Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have marched in the capital to press for freedom of expression, one month after self-proclaimed socialist President Hugo Chavez shut...
By Sean Maroney Washington 28 June 2007 In New York Wednesday, Amnesty International and other human rights groups sponsored a vigil calling for the immediate release of detained Iranian-Americans by Tehran. In May, the government of Iran arrested fo...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 27 June 2007 A U.S. Senate panel has issued subpoenas to the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney's office, the Justice Department and the National Security Council for documents relating to a controversial wiretapping...
By David Gollust State Department 27 June 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday she believes a U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation deal can be completed by the end of the year. First proposed two years ago, the ground-breaking acco...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 27 June 2007 A bipartisan congressional report says Iraq's military and police forces are not capable of taking over responsibility for security, and U.S. forces continue to bear the burden of President Bush's military su...
By Doug Levine Washington 27 June 2007 It's been more than 15 years since saxophonist Joshua Redman won first prize at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. That honor proved to be a worthwhile stepping stone, as he went on to record mo...
By Sonja Pace London 27 June 2007 Gordon Brown took over as Britain's new prime minister after his long-time political friend and rival, Tony Blair stepped down just hours earlier, after 10 years in office. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London on the...
By Scott Stearns White House 27 June 2007 Watch Paula Wolfson Bush Islam report President Bush says he is confident that religious moderates in the Middle East will ultimately overcome the extremism fueling terrorist violence. VOA White House Corresp...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 27 June 2007 Health and veterinary experts have singled out Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria as countries where the risk of bird flu contagion is particularly worrisome. Gathered at the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 June 2007 The United Nations warns that a doubling of urban populations in Africa and Asia by 2030 will have harmful consequences if governments do not prepare now for the coming growth. In this year's State of World Populat...
