By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 August 2007 Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has appointed a retired chief judge to head a panel on electoral reforms. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the review is considered crucial for the country's political f...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 23 August 2007 Israeli border communities are facing the new school year under the threat of Palestinian rockets. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, residents are accusing the Israeli government of failin...
By Tom Rivers London 23 August 2007 Vigilance and early containment of foot and mouth disease in Britain have paid off as European vets agree to lift the export ban on British meat and livestock. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London has details. A ruptured...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 August 2007 Troops are patrolling major cities in Bangladesh, where the army-led administration has imposed a curfew to quell unrest by university students. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the students are d...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 23 August 2007 Pakistan's supreme court has ruled exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can return to Pakistan and resume his political career. The ruling is the latest in a series of setbacks for Pakistan's embattled P...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 23 August 2007 A kidnapped German engineer held hostage in Afghanistan for over a month has been shown pleading for help on Afghan TV. Efforts to free him and 19 South Koreans held by Taleban insurgents have stretched out f...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 August 2007 Relatives of patients look on as they sit outside a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19 Aug 2007 An APEC conference in northern Australia has unveiled a multi-million dollar aid package for disaster-hit regions. Aus...
By Suzanne Presto United Nations 23 August 2007 Georgian U.N. Ambassador Irakli Alasania is accusing Russia of new airspace violations. Georgia is already pursuing investigations into an alleged incursion and missile launch earlier this month. From V...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 August 2007 The World Health Organization warns new and emerging infectious diseases are spreading rapidly around the world threatening the health, economies and security of all nations. This year's World Health Report says...
By Cindy Saine Washington 22 August 2007 U.S. officials say a recent surge of violence in Afghanistan has not hurt reconstruction efforts in the eastern part of the country. U.S. officials based in Jalalabad briefed reporters Wednesday via satellite...
By David Gollust State Department 22 August 2007 The United States Wednesday condemned Burma's arrest of at least 13 activists who staged rare public demonstrations this week against government-mandated fuel price increases. The State Department accu...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 22 August 2007 Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has been accorded the rare honor of addressing India's parliament. VOA's Steve Herman in New Delhi reports the Japanese leader told Indian lawmakers Wednesday they need to c...
By Gary Thomas Washington 22 August 2007 The Central Intelligence Agency has released a report sharply critical of the CIA's senior leadership in the years and months leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As VOA correspondent Gar...
By Webb Malcolm Nairobi 22 August 2007 A Ugandan organization that represents the rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals says they are deprived of their rights by the country's law that makes homosexuality illegal. The comments follow an anti-gay pro...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 22 August 2007 A new study of corruption in Kenya shows there has been little progress despite repeated promises by President Mwai Kibaki's government to crack down on graft. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, everyday Keny...
