By Kari Barber Dakar 08 November 2007 The deadline is approaching for new trade deals between the European Union and nearly 80 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. African leaders and economists worry the new deals, which are designed...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 05 October 2007 The Palestinian Authority is pushing for a tight timetable for reaching a permanent peace treaty with Israel. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel prefers a slower approach. Pales...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 10 July 2007 Sudan's government has missed a deadline to withdraw all its troops from southern Sudan as called for by a landmark peace deal. As Nick Wadhams reports from our East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the news could be a b...
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 14 April 2007 An April 14 deadline has passed and there are no signs that North Korea has begun to shut down its main nuclear reactor, as it agreed to do in February. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Beijing, where diplomats ha...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 25 July 2006 A supporter of former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko shouts slogans near Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, July 25, 2006 Ukraine's majority coalition has scheduled a special session to discuss the stalemate in forming...
By Gary Thomas Tehran 11 July 2006 The European Union deadline for an answer on new proposals to end the Iranian nuclear controversy went almost unnoticed in Iran. The July 11 deadline passed with almost no mention of the issue by official Iran. Pre...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 10 May 2006 Ehud Olmert Senior Israeli officials say they will wait six months before deciding whether to move unilaterally to set Israel's final border with the Palestinians....
By Barry Wood Belgrade 27 February 2006 The European Union Monday gave Serbia until the end of March to arrest war crimes fugitive Ratco Mladic or face possible suspension of talks about Belgrade's po...
By Malini Bawa Washington, DC 20 January 2006 watch Journalist report An insurgent group says it will kill a kidnapped American journalist Friday, and deadly bombings claim more lives in Baghdad durin...
INTRODUCTION TO ACT I Today on TUNING IN THE U.S.A., Grandpa and Robbie are at the Stewart home in Riverdale. Robbie wants to write a newspaper article about his trip out West. But where is he going to begin? How is he going to write just one article...