By Scott Stearns Washington 05 September 2006 Amir of Kuwait (left) with President Bush President Bush welcomed the Amir of Kuwait to the White House for talks about bringing peace to the Middle East. ----- He thanked the Amir for what he called Kuw...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 05 September 2006 George W. Bush President Bush is defending his handling of the war on terror as the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States rapidly approaches. Mr. Bush says th...
By Melinda Smith Baltimore, Maryland 05 September 2006 watch report Celiac Disease For thousands of years, human beings have suffered from a genetic disorder that has received attention only in the last few decades. The disorder is called celiac dis...
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 05 September 2006 watch US Workers Pay Workers' pay is not keeping up with rising energy costs The largest industrial trade association in the U.S. says manufacturing production has increased at the fastest pace in more...
By Naomi Schwarz Casamance, Senegal 05 September 2006 Women in West Africa have implemented many types of informal banking as a result of not having access to regular credit. Some of these innovations are used to start or expand local businesses whi...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 September 2006 East African heads of state meeting in Kenya are vowing to send a regional peacekeeping force into volatile Somalia, a move that could undermine an agreement signed Monday between the Union of Islamic Cour...
By Margaret Kennedy New Orleans, Louisiana 05 September 2006 watch report / Hollywood South Movie production in progress One part of the Louisiana economy not only survived Hurricane Katrina -- it has grown. VOA's Margaret Kennedy has this report on...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 05 September 2006 Nigeria's anti-graft agency has vowed to press on with corruption investigations in the northern state of Zamfara, despite a recent attack on a government office involved in a fraud probe. The anti-corrupt...
By Noel King Khartoum 05 September 2006 A showdown is brewing between the Sudanese government and the African Union force monitoring the war-torn Darfur region. The African Union Peace and Security Council voted, re-iterated a March 10 vote on Monda...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 05 September 2006 US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Narita international airport, near Tokyo, Monday, September 4, 2006 Envoy Christopher Hill is on a mission to confer...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 05 September 2006 Manmohan Singh Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned of more terror attacks in the country, possibly targeting economic, religious and nuclear sites. The Indian leader is calling on regional g...
By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 04 September 2006 watch Orion report The U.S. National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) has picked the aerospace company Lockheed Martin to build the next generation spacecraft that will return man to the moo...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 04 September 2006 watch Baghdad report A new Pentagon report says violence in Iraq has reached the point where conditions exist for a civil war. The Pentagon's quarterly report to the U.S. Congress cites the rising...
By Steve Schy Washington 04 September 2006 Andre Agassi waves to the crowd as he leaves the court after his loss to Benjamin Becker, September 3, 2006 American tennis icon Andre Agassi has closed out his 21-year career with a four setloss (7-6, 6-7,...
By Zulima Palacio Branson, Missouri 04 September 2006 watch Branson profile The small middle-American town of Branson, Missouri is becoming a popular tourist destination. It has fewer than 8,000 residents -- but attracts seven million visitors each...
