By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 05 December 2006 The incoming Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and other Democrats are ruling out any effort by members of their party to have Congress cut off funds for U.S. military ope...
By Kari Barber Dakar 28 November 2006 Top officials from one of the world's poorest nations, Guinea Bissau, met in Senegal recently to form a strategy to alleviate persistent poverty. In the informal meeting, representatives from donor nations and a...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 27 November 2006 Kenya Muslim leaders in Kenya are warning the government against allowing foreign militaries to use Kenya as a staging ground for war against Islamists in neighboring Somalia. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu has d...
By Dan Robinson Washington 17 November 2006 House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio arrives at US Capitol, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006 Sounding a theme of unity, Republican leaders in Congress are vowing a comeback in the wake of major ele...
18 October 2006 Thailand's Prime Minister Gen. Surayud Chulanont, right, and his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Badawi, Oct. 18, 2006 Thailand's prime minister has met with Malaysian leaders and pledged to peacefully end an insurgency in Thailand's...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 06 October 2006 West African leaders are meeting in Abuja to discuss how war-divided Ivory Coast should be run, after a U.N.-backed transitional government expires at the end of this month. The meeting is viewed as a crucia...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 29 September 2006 Thai soldiers in Bangkok, Sept. 23, 2006 Thailand's military council says the new civilian government it intends to install will move quickly to ease restrictions imposed on the media after the September 19 co...
By Paula Wolfson White House 25 September 2006 President Bush has met with a group of American business leaders who are raising private funds to help the people of Lebanon. The president says they are working with U.S. government officials to streng...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 23 September 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is ready to send a small group of construction engineers to Lebanon to help with reconstruction. He spoke at the end of a meeting with the leaders of France and...
By Peter Heinlein New York 17 September 2006 President Bush heads a long list of world leaders and government ministers gathering in New York this week for the annual U.N. General Assembly debate. This year's event takes on added significance, with...