By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 30 September 2007 The head of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency has praised Pakistan as a model for eradicating drug production. But, she says more cooperation is needed from neighboring Afghanistan where record-hi...
Dakar 30 September 2007 Former 1999 Ivory Coast coup leader Ibrahim Coulibaly has recently said that several of his supporters in the rebel-held north have been unjustly arrested. Coulibaly was close to rebel leaders when the rebellion began in late...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 September 2007 A Nigerian ruling party official says the legal challenge against President Umaru Yar'Adua's election is a distraction and should be dropped. From the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports the t...
By Jim Stevenson Shanghai, China 30 September 2007 The United States has placed third place at the Women's World Cup football tournament in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more from Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai, where the U.S. women were 4-1 winners ov...
By Peter Fedynsky Kyiv 30 September 2007 Ukrainians cast their ballots in a special parliamentary election, in which domestic and international observers sought to assure an honest vote.Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko says she will ask President V...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 September 2007 India's Central bank has announced a series of measures aimed at slowing the rupee's rise against the dollar. As Anjana Pasricha reports, the strong rupee is hurting several sectors of the economy. The C...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 September 2007 The World Heart Federation says heart disease and stroke are the world's largest killers, claiming 17.5 million lives a year. Marking World Heart Day, the Federation says knowing the risk factors and leading a...
By Jim Stevenson Beijing 29 September 2007 Germany and Brazil are about to face each other Sunday in the Women's World Cup football final in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Shanghai, where the championship game will feature two contrasting st...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 29 September 2007 Ukrainian voters go to the polls on Sunday in a special election to choose a new parliament. But as VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Kyiv there is widespread doubt about the credibility of the e...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 29 September 2007 An unprecedented bombing has hit a tourist attraction in the Maldives. Authorities say 12 foreign travelers, in Male, the capital of the island nation, were injured. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports f...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 29 September 2007 Several Hollywood studios are collaborating with Indian film producers to make Bollywood-style films in India. Bollywood is the term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai. A...
By Jim Stevenson Shanghai, China 29 September 2007 The U.S. women's national football team will play it's final Women's World Cup match without one of it's top goalkeepers. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Shanghai, where the team is trying to move f...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 September 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says more people have been fleeing a fresh round of fighting this week in the Masisi district in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lisa Schlein reports from G...
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 29 September 2007 A suicide bomber has attacked an Afghan army bus in Kabul, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 20. As Daniel Schearf reports for VOA from Islamabad, attacks in the Afghan capital are on the...
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 29 September 2007 Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has condemned a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 30 people and wounded many others. Mr. Karzai also offered to personally meet with Taleban and insurgent leaders a...
