By Kayla Rosenfeld Honolulu 01 February 2008 Officials from the world's 16 largest greenhouse gas emitters gathered in Hawaii this week to discuss how to curb global climate change. Kayla Rosenfeld reports from Honolulu the goal was to advance the ro...
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 01 February 2008 Scientists know that the waters north of Greenland, around the Arctic Circle, significantly influence global weather patterns. But until recently, they only have been able to measure the region's deep oce...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 01 February 2008 The narrowed U.S. presidential race will enter a new phase when voters in more than 20 states hold primaries and caucuses Tuesday. But political experts say that for the Democratic Party, rules on...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 February 2008 India is continuing to suffer from sluggish Internet service, although the situation has improved somewhat since damage to undersea cables in the Mediterranean caused widespread net disruptions. Anjana Pa...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 01 February 2008 Government forces and rebels in Chad have been clashing northeast of the capital N'Djamena, prompting the former colonial power France to send in reinforcements to help the army. Rebels say they want to overth...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 01 February 2008 A leading al-Qaida operative apparently was among those killed in Pakistan recently by a missile reportedly launched from a U.S. military drone. However, the Pakistani government says it does not know the source...
By Victoria Cavaliere New York 01 February 2008 A new report finds that tourism to New York City rose by six percent in 2007. An estimated 8.5 million visitors came from overseas, even as international travel to other American destinations declined....
By Phil Mercer Sydney 01 February 2008 The United States Navy has proposed a global maritime partnership of like-minded countries working together to combat common threats at sea. The idea was floated at a maritime conference in Sydney on security an...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 01 February 2008 Suspected Islamic militants attacked the Israeli embassy in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, early Friday. Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, two Mauritanians and a French woman were wounded when the attac...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 01 February 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon touched down in Kenya on Friday for talks with Kenya's opposition leader in a bid to keep the country's post-election chaos from descending into a wider ethnic war. At least...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 February 2008 Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sparred over health care, immigration and the war in Iraq in a debate in Los Angeles Thursday. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports the last tw...
By Deborah Tate Washington 01 February 2008 A senior U.S. official is taking issue with two independent reports that portray a dire political and security situation in Afghanistan. Appearing before a Senate panel Thursday, the State Department offici...
