By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 02 August 2006 The United Nations has appealed for calm and patience in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where vote counting has gotten off to a slow start, amid allegations of election fraud. The head of the world's larg...
By Steve Schy Fitzerald Tennis Center, Washington 02 August 2006 American tennis icon Andre Agassi was here in the nations capital this week to play in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. It was one of his final appearances before he retires after the U....
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 02 August 2006 watch Raul Castro report Raul Castro attends a rally in Havana, Cuba in this Jan. 24, 2000 file photo Raul Castro is Cuban President Fidel Castro's younger brother and designated successor. Leta Hon...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 02 August 2006 A new regional tsunami warning system in Southeast Asia can already detect dangerous conditions, but the network will not be completed for up to five years. The announcement comes just two weeks after a tsunam...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 02 August 2006 A civilian wounded in shelling by Tamil Tiger rebels receives treatment in a hospital in Trincomalee, about 230 kilometers (144 miles) northeast of Colombo In Eastern Sri Lanka, government forces are exchan...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 02 August 2006 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will not stop its offensive in Lebanon, until an international peacekeeping force is in place in southern Lebanon. Mr. Olmert's comments come as Hezbollah militant...
By Paula Wolfson White House 01 August 2006 White House reaction to the news of Fidel Castro's illness has been cautious and restrained. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, officials say there will be no change in policy now that his brother Raul, Cuba's d...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 01 August 2006 A senior U.S. military officer directly involved in training Iraq's army says in spite of notable progress it will likely take years before the new security forces can control the country on their own, and he doe...
By Meredith Buel Washington 01 August 2006 Israel has sharply increased its ground campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon, in an effort to push the militants back from the border before a cease-fire is declared. Israeli military l...
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 01 August 2006 Roughly 96 percent of Egypt's land mass is made up of desert. Since the time of the pharaohs, the country has relied on a fertile narrow strip along the Nile River to support every aspect of social and economic...
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 01 August 2006 The rise of hardliners in Somalia's Islamist group is fueling regional and western concerns that a Taleban-style regime will be established and the country will become a breeding ground for terrorists. The grou...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 01 August 2006 A plume of smoke billows in the Lebanese border village of Aita al-Shaab after is was hit by Israeli artillery, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006 Heavy fighting was reported as Israeli troops battled Hezbollah guerrillas i...
By David Gollust State Department 01 August 2006 The United States and Ghana Tuesday signed a $547 million aid accord under the Bush administration's Millennium Challenge program. Ghanaian President John Kufour says it will help vault his country to...
By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 01 August 2006 watch Middle East report European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, left, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, right, during a media conference The European Union has called for an immed...
By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 01 August 2006 A woman flies the Cuban flag from her vehicle as she drives in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood Tuesday Cuban exiles in Miami are celebrating the news that Cuban President Fidel Castro has temporarily handed...
