Argentina has successfully defended its Olympic football (soccer) gold medal with a 1-0 victory over Nigeria. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer was at Saturday's match in Beijing's and has a report. Nearly 90,000 fans filled the National Stadium on a d...
Turkey's ruling AK Party Thursday defended itself in the country's constitutional court against charges it is undermining the secular state. The party is facing dismantling, and dozens of its leaders, including the prime minister and president, a po...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 05 June 2008 Pakistan's foreign minister says government peace deals with pro-Taliban militants are aimed at establishing a peaceful coexistence with the groups. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that Shah Mehmo...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 03 June 2008 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has defended the land policies of his government which have been blamed for devastating the country's agricultural sector. Addressing delegates at a U.N. summit on world foo...
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 Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 February 2008 A U.S. delegation has vigorously defended the U.S. record on efforts to combat racial discrimination before the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The committee has just completed a two...
By Paula Wolfson White House 06 February 2008 The White House is defending the use of the interrogation technique known as waterboarding in certain, rare circumstances when suspects are believed to have knowledge of an imminent threat. VOA's Paula Wo...
By Deborah Tate Washington 07 December 2007 A senior U.S. State Department official predicts elections in Pakistan scheduled for January 8 will not be perfect, but he says it will be an important step in the country's transition to democracy. At a co...
By Alex Villarreal Washington 05 December 2007 Human rights groups in the West are protesting disciplinary proceedings against a Saudi lawyer defending a gang-rape victim who was sentenced to 200 lashes. The hearing against the lawyer was adjourned W...
Washington 12 November 2007 Venezuelan officials are blasting Spain's king after the monarch told President Hugo Chavez to shut up at the close of the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, the verbal...