By Margaret Besheer Washington 22 September 2006 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says his country is committed to fighting terrorism. Speaking to an audience at the George Washington University on Friday, General Musharraf said Pakistan would f...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 22 September 2006 Iraq's president has ruled out setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces, until Iraqi forces can handle security duties on their own. President Jalal Talabani made the comm...
By Barry Wood Mitrovica, Kosovo 22 September 2006 The city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo has long been a flash point of ethnic tension between the Albanian south side of the Ibar River and the mostly Serbian north. VOA's Barry Wood reports from Mi...
By David Gollust United Nations 22 September 2006 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, in a U.N. General Assembly speech Friday, accused Russia of what he termed a gangster occupation of the disputed Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Oss...
By Efam Dovi Accra 22 September 2006 As health care gets increasingly expensive and ineffective in many African countries, a growing number of people are turning to traditional medicine. The World Health Organization estimates seven out of 10 people...
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 22 September 2006 Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein argues with a judge (file photo) Some of the investigators who gathered evidence for Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide charges have doubts about the ability of Iraq's...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 22 September 2006 Thais have generally reacted positively to this week's coup, with polls pointing to support in both urban and rural areas for the military intervention. Many people hope the coup leaders will stick to promises...
By Scott Stearns White House 22 September 2006 President Bush holds a joint press conference with Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf President Bush says he is unaware of any White House pressure to force Pakistan into joining the fight agai...
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...
By David Gollust New York 21 September 2006 Christopher Hill A senior State Department official says the United States is reviewing aid to Thailand following the military coup that toppled the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Assista...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 21 September 2006 Thaksin Shinawatra leaves a London hotel with his daughter Pinthongta, September 21, 2006 Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed this week by a military coup, left office tarnished by allegations of c...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 September 2006 A U.N. development agency report says the current system of providing aid to Africa is not working, and calls for a Marshall Plan-style system to replace it. In its latest report, the U.N. Conference on Trade...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 September 2006 A total of 13 senior Nigerian military officers who died in a plane crash over the weekend were given a national burial in the capital Thursday. The occasion that brought the country together. ----- Thousa...
By Richard Green Washington 21 September 2006 The space shuttle Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida before dawn Thursday, bringing a successful end to a mission that resumed the long-delayed construction of the International Spa...
By Greg Flakus Dallas, TX 21 September 2006 watch American Ramadan Movie Muslims around the world will begin a month of fasting and prayers known as Ramadan on September 23rd. (The exact date is determined by Muslim holy men using the lunar calendar...
