By Derek Kilner Nairobi 10 April 2008 The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch has warned that the Sudanese government may be using militia groups on the border between northern and southern Sudan to disrupt or influence the national census...
By David Gollust State Department 10 April 2008 The Bush administration says it has counseled former President Jimmy Carter against having a meeting with the head of the militant Palestinian group Hamas. Mr. Carter reportedly intends to meet Hamas le...
By George Dwyer Washington 10 April 2008 On Friday, 11April, a major cultural and architectural event is set to take place in Washington: amassive new interactive museum complex dedicated to the profession of journalism will open its doors to the pub...
By Mil Arcega Washington 10 April 2008 Even though demand has fallen nearly two percent since last year, gasoline prices continued to break records across the United States this week. And the U.S. Oil Price Information Service warns that prices will...
By Phuong Tran Ingkaka, Niger 10 April 2008 In countries bordering the Saharan desert, ethnic nomad Tuareg have turned their desert expertise into a money maker through tourism and smuggling. Phuong Tran recently traveled with an Algerian gasoline sm...
By Jeff Swicord Sarasota, Florida 10 April 2008 As Pope Benedict prepares to travel to the United States [arriving April 15th], he continues to uphold the church's long-standing tradition of not ordaining women as priests. Since July 2006, more than...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 April 2008 In congressional testimony this week, the top U.S. military and civilian officials in Iraq reported what they called real but fragile progress, and urged caution in any discussion of further U.S. troop withdrawals,...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 10 April 2008 In Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai are reportedly to attend an emergency summit of southern African leaders to discuss Zimbabwe's elections. VOA's Scott Bobb reports f...
By Steve Herman Kathmandu 10 April 2008 Millions of voters in Nepal braved threats of violence and harsh terrain to cast ballots in a historic election to choose a 601-member national assembly that is to write a constitution. The twice-delayed electi...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 10 April 2008 Two top European Union officials are visiting Ankara to discuss Turkey's failure to introduce reforms required for EU membership. Dorian Jones reports for VOA from Istanbul that European Commission President Jos...
By Dan Robinson Washington 10 April 2008 Lawmakers have pressed the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, about the duration of the U.S. military presence in Iraq, and political progress by the...
By Paul Sisco Washington 10 April 2008 A company called DriveCam has developed a camera system it claims is making streets safer in the U.S., Europe, South Africa and Asia. Once installed in vehicles, the cameras record traffic incidents. The recordi...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 April 2008 Next month, India will unveil a national policy to increase the use of bio-fuel. But, as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there is growing concern that increased demand for bio-fuel is contributing to...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 09 April 2008 Australia will offer a permanent home to hundreds of its Iraqi employees when Canberra pulls its combat forces out of the troubled country later this year. There are fears these employees could face retribution aft...
By Steve Herman Kathmandu 09 April 2008 Seventeen-and-a-half million people are eligible to go to the polls in Nepal, Thursday. They will elect members of a constituent assembly that will draft a constitution to complete the transfer from a feudal Hi...
