By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 September 2007 The United Nations warns floods in West Africa could provoke an invasion of locusts in Mali and Niger. It says it is critically important that UN experts be given access to the locust-prone region so they can...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 15 September 2007 U.S. Senate Democratic leaders are planning to hold votes next week on a series of measures aimed at changing the course of the Iraq war. Congressional Democrats are rejecting President Bush's plan for a...
By Meredith Buel Washington 14 September 2007 Robert Gates Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he hopes U.S. troop levels in Iraq can be cut to about 100,000 by the end of next year, a figure that is well beyond cuts recently approved by President Bu...
By David Gollust Washington 14 September 2007 Christopher Hill speaks during a press briefing about a bilateral meeting with North Korean envoys in Geneva, Switzerland, 31 Aug. 2007 The chief U.S. envoy to the negotiations on ending North Korea's nuc...
By Jim Stevenson Chengdu,China 14 September 2007 The United States' women's football team has defeated Sweden, 2-0, in a crucial first round Women's World Cup game in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson watched the game in Chengdu, where the Americans put the...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 14 September 2007 United Nations and development officials say sub-Saharan Africa will not be able to meet U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing extreme poverty and improving health by 2015 without im...
By Noel King Kigali, Rwanda 14 September 2007 People flee from fighting near the town of Mugunga, Democratic Republic of Congo, 06 Sep 2007 The tense situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to deteriorate despite a declaration by...
By Zulima Palacio Washington 14 September 2007 University scientists in the United States have taken what they say is an important step in the effort to end malaria. At Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, scholars recently identified a sugar in...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 14 September 2007 Guinea-Bissau's military recently said it would shoot down planes suspected of transporting illegal drugs as it attempts to fight the drug trade that some say could overrun the country. But some in the West Af...
By Jessica Berman Washington 14 September 2007 Scientists have known for some time that most of the stuff in the Universe is so-called dark matter, material that cannot be seen directly because it does not interact with light. That makes it very diff...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 14 September 2007 The United Nations says Congolese president Joseph Kabila's latest comments on getting rebel forces to join the army marked a positive step towards bringing peace to the volatile North Kivu region, which has...
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 14 September 2007 The political party of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has announced she will return to the country in October to take part in elections. Ms. Bhutto is the second exiled prime minister to at...
By Faiza Elmasry Milwaukee, Wisconsin 14 September 2007 The Midwestern U.S. city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is home to many immigrants and their descendants from many different cultures, and this ethnic mix is celebrated with a number of summer festival...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 September 2007 The UN refugee agency reports at least 56 people have died violently in the past few days while trying to make the perilous crossing from Somalia to Yemen. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from UNHCR headquarters...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 September 2007 A U.S. military plane that was shot at earlier this week by suspected rebels in Mali's northeastern desert is scheduled to leave the country on Saturday. U.S. military officials are undeterred by the shooting, s...
