By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 03 September 2007 Forty years ago soccer promoters in the United States relied heavily on bringing foreign superstars to play in the North American Soccer League. They introduced the best in soccer through Brazilian l...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 12 July 2007 Zimbabwe's few surviving manufacturers servicing the retail sector are starting to close down or reduce their work week even further as the economy dramatically contracts. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 July 2007 In West Africa, multiple generations of Lebanese have been vital members of the community since the early 1900s. Today, many say they retain a strong emotional connection to Lebanon, but, that Africa, where most we...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 02 July 2007 Police in Senegal are investigating the largest ever drug bust in the West African nation. Several tons of cocaine have been seized and four South Americans and three Senegalese arrested in the seaside region of Mb...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 June 2007 The commander of U.S. troops in Baghdad says al-Qaida cells are being cornered into fighting rather than fleeingthe new offensive by his forces and the Iraqi army. Major General Joseph Fil says the result is continu...
By Valer Gergely Kazakhstan 22 June 2007 Kazakhstan is a modern, secular state promoting ethnic and religious diversity and tolerance. VOA's Valer Gergely reports from Kazakhstan that Islam, Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Jewish and...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 June 2007 Palestinian factional fighting in the Gaza Strip ended on Friday as Hamas Islamic militants completed their takeover of Fatah facilities. About 110 people, mostly militants, were killed in nearly a week of fightin...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 08 June 2007 A new report by the London-based watchdog group Global Witness says cocoa exports have helped fund the conflict in divided Ivory Coast, both for the government-run army and northern-based rebels. The world's leadi...
By Paige Kollock London 07 June 2007 When big city mayors, business leaders, and environmentalists gathered recently in New York City to discuss climate change, at the heart of their talks was the effects of carbon emissions on the environment. Paige...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 01 June 2007 An Australian tribunal has awarded compensation to a Thai woman who was forced to work as a prostitute in Sydney when she was 13. It is the first time a victim of sex trafficking has received damages from the tribun...