As a new 111th Congress convened in the U.S. Capitol,Tuesday, majority Democrat and minority Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives sounded notes of bipartisanship, pledging to work to repair the U.S. economy. Scene in US House of R...
U.S. defense officials responded cautiously Thursday to a report that Pakistan plans to give weapons to thousands of men in its western region so they can join the fight against militants who have taken refuge in the area. VOA's Al Pessin reports fr...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 10 December 2007 Many medical aid workers in countries facing nutritional emergencies extol the virtues of ready-to-eat foods. A nutrition specialist for Doctors Without Borders reported such therapeutic foods were us...
By Tendai Maphosa London 21 June 2007 The perception that young black Britons are more likely to get involved in crime is being countered by a recently released report that details racial profiling and discrimination in the British legal system. Tend...
By Al Pessin Washington 24 May 2007 General David Petraeus President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates say a report from their top general in Iraq, due in September, will be a key element in deciding the future of the U.S. commitment in that co...
By Jim Malone Washington 04 May 2007 Iraq, Iran and Hillary Clinton were major topics of discussion in the first Republican presidential candidates debate, held Thursday in California. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone has more on what this first...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 30 March 2007 Angola has completed what is being called the largest ever repatriation of refugees in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 400,000 people who fled decades of war in Angola have returned home during the past four yea...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 21 February 2007 U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says Indonesia should immediately release political prisoners in Papua. In a report released Wednesday, the rights group says Jakarta's actions in Papua are a stain on its democr...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 21 September 2006 The Bush administration and Senate Republicans have reached a deal on legislation relating to how terrorism suspects are treated and tried by the United States. President Bush speaking in Florida Presid...