By Bill Gasperini Moscow 16 June 2006 Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, left, speaks at The Group of Eight countries interior ministers meeting in Moscow Justice and security ministers from the Group of Eight countries have pledged to bet...
By Carolyn Weaver Washington, DC 16 June 2006 watch Pentagon Memorial report Donald Rumsfeld unveiling the marker at the Pentagon Memorial Family members of 9/11 victims gathered with American officials at the Pentagon this week for a groundbreaking...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 16 June 2006 watch Auto Workers report One of America's major labor organizations, the United Auto Workers, or UAW, held a convention this week amid signs that foreign competition will force the organization to accep...
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 16 June 2006 watch Electronic Stability report A study released in the United States this week says putting electronic stability controls on new motor vehicles would significantly reduce fatalities. ---------------------...
By Ernest Leong Washington, DC 16 June 2006 watch Iraq report Ayyub al-Masri U.S. military leaders believe they have identified the successor to slain terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. There is a debate about whether Zarqawi's death will weaken...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 16 June 2006 watch Emergency Room report American medical care is supposed to be among the best in the world. But a new study shows a picture of an emergency health care system that is critically ill. ----------------...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 16 June 2006 French President Jacques Chirac, second right, gestures while speaking with Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, second left, during a group photo The European Union approved new humanitarian aid to the Palestini...
By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 16 June 2006 Students attend classes at the Meadowlands High School in Soweto (2000 photo) South Africa's Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says many of the country's school children are unable to receive a quality education...
By Michael Bowman Washington 15 June 2006 Proponents of stricter U.S. immigration control say a bill passed by the Senate that provides a path to eventual citizenship for illegal aliens would do more harm than good. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from...
By Scott Stearns White House 15 June 2006 President Bush has created the world's largest marine reserve. Mr. Bush acted to protect an area of the Pacific Ocean that is roughly the size of California. More than 7,000 species of marine life live in a...
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 15 June 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili this week in an attempt to improve relations that have become severely strained over economic and political issues. The two men i...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 15 June 2006 Leaders of the world's major industrialized democracies and Russia, known as the G-8, will meet next month (July 15-17) for the first time on Russian soil. G-8 finance ministers at Mikhailovsky castle in S...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 15 June 2006 President Olusesun Obasanjo's endorsement of a deal to hand over the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon has prompted a very angry reaction from Nigerians living in the area. --------------------------------...
By Paula Wolfson White House 15 June 2006 President Bush says reducing world poverty is a major objective of U.S. foreign policy. Mr. Bush says promoting trade and freedom is key to meeting that goal. ------------------------------------------- Pres...
By Al Pessin Kabul 15 June 2006 NATO soldiers patrol narrow lane with open sewer in Kabul The British general who commands NATO forces in Afghanistan says he has a plan for bringing security and development to the troubled southern and eastern parts...
