By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 March 2008 Pope Benedict XVI made a strong appeal for peace in Iraq at the end of Palm Sunday mass in Saint Peter's Square. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome thousands of people took part in the service, whi...
By Paula Wolfson White House 16 March 2008 The Bush administration is defending its handling of the U.S. economy at a time of growing public unease. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports during a series of interviews on American television Treasury Secretary H...
By Daniel Schearf Irbil 16 March 2008 Iraq has marked the 20th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's chemical bombing and gassing of Iraqi Kurds in the northeast city of Halabja. At least5,000 Kurdish men, women, and children were killed in one day of bomb...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 16 March 2008 David Paterson is replacing Eliot Spitzer as New York governor. Spitzer resigned last week over an affair with a call girl that made international headlines. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the private lives of Euro...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 16 March 2008 The leader of Germany and several members of her cabinet are in Israel on a highly symbolic visit that comes against the background of their nation's Nazi past. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bu...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 15 March 2008 Turkey's top prosecutor has filed a complaint against the country's ruling Justice and Development Party, the AKP, aiming to ban it from politics. The prosecutor accuses the party of seeking to undermine the cou...
By Scott Stearns White House 15 March 2008 President Bush says his stimulus plan of tax rebates and business incentives, passed by Congress last month, will help energize a slowing U.S. economy. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, op...
By Sabina Castelfranco Khartoum 15 March 2008 The U.N. World Food Program says efforts to bring food to people in Sudan's troubled Darfur region are continuing, despite logistical challenges. WFP says insufficient security on the roads has led to att...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 15 March 2008 A bomb explosion at a restaurant in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killed a foreign woman and wounded at least 11 others, including American nationals, on Saturday night. From Islamabad, Ayaz Gul reports. Witnes...
By Kent Klein Washington 15 March 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is denouncing controversial remarks by the pastor of his church, as he and Hillary Clinton continue their fight for the party's nomination. VOA's Kent Klein reports...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 15 March 2008 Albanian officials say at least four people have been killed and over 200 injured, including many children in a series of powerful explosions that rocked an army base on the outskirts of the capital Tirana late Sa...
By Daniel Schearf Irbil 14 March 2008 Iraq's Christian minority has been mourning the death of the Catholic Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul. The Christian leader's body was found Thursday, more than two weeks after he was abducted by gunmen in the north...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 14 March 2008 A United States envoy has launched a new peace mission to the Middle East. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, he was critical of both Israel and the Palestinians. Retired American general Wi...
By Sabina Castelfranco Khartoum 14 March 2008 With just one month to go before a scheduled nationwide population and housing census ahead of 2009 general elections in Sudan, U.N. officials and regional leaders are confident they will succeed. But the...
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 14 March 2008 A beloved children's book first published 50 years ago has been made into a computer-animated feature film with the comic actors Jim Carrey and Steve Carell as the voices of the main characters. Alan Silverma...
