By Alisha Ryu Baidoa, Somalia 02 July 2006 Somalia's interim prime minister has categorically denied reports that Ethiopian troops have entered Somalia, or the town of Baidoa, where the country's fledgling government is based. VOA Correspondent Alis...
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 10 June 2006 Group of Eight finance ministers meeting in Russia say world economic growth continues, but they warned it is threatened by soaring costs for oil and gas. The ministers met in Russia's second city of St. Petersb...
By Michael Drudge London 15 May 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his country's criminal justice system is in disrepair, after judges gave freedom to a group of Afghan hijackers, and a convi...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 12 May 2006 US troops in Baghdad (File photo) In spite of the further delay in forming a new Iraqi government Friday, the second-ranking officer in the U.S.-led Iraq coalition sa...
By Franz Wild Monrovia 19 April 2006 Monrovia's port became a symbol of corruption and disorder during Liberia's 14 years of civil war. Goods were regularly stolen and huge amounts of revenue were los...
By Amberin Zaman Diyarbakir, Turkey 13 April 2006 Violence has been steadily rising in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast region ever since rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, ended a...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 10 April 2006 Indonesia's president is calling for Asia-Pacific nations to combat ethnic and religious violence. The 62nd U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia a...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 22 March 2006 watch Fair Trade Coffee report Coffee plant Small farmers make up three-fifths of the world's 25 million coffee producers, but typically they receive the s...
By Pat Harris Washington, DC 10 March 2006 watch DVT report The third annual Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness month kicked off on March 7, 2006. This year New York City, Washington, D.C. and Miami, Flor...
By Sonja Pace 21 February 2006 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Ismail Haniyeh seen during talks in Gaza City, February 20, 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has offici...