By David Gollust Washington 30 April 2007 A U.S. State Department report Tuesday said terrorist incidents and casualties attributed to them rose sharply in 2006. Most of the increase was due to the soaring violence in Iraq. VOA's David Gollust report...
By Meredith Buel Washington 30 April 2007 The ongoing surge of additional U.S. troops in Iraq will soon enter its third month, and while sectarian violence is down in Baghdad, progress has been offset by an increase in deadly suicide bombings by al-Q...
By Barry Newhouse Irbil, Iraq 30 April 2007 American inspectors who review reconstruction projects in Iraq say some rebuilt facilities are falling into disrepair because they are not being properly maintained. A report by the Special Inspector Genera...
By Parke Brewer Washington, D.C. 30 April 2007 These are the opening weeks of the 2007 Major League Baseball season, and by this time next year fans in the nation's capital will be watching their team in a brand new stadium. VOA Sports Editor Parke B...
By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 30 April 2007 A new report -- commissioned by the U.S. Congress -- recommends strong nutritional guidelines for the food that is sold in the nation's schools. Existing federal standards apply only to food served in...
By Nia Sutadi Santa Monica, California 30 April 2007 Orangutans are highly intelligent and are one of man's closest relatives. Found primarily in Indonesia, their name in English means People of the Forest. Just a century ago, their numbers were plen...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 30 April 2007 Lerato, 7, sitting left, and her friends Abigain, 11, right, and Koketso, 14, watch television while being treated in the medical clinic of the Sparrow Rainbow Village in Johannesburg (File photo) The governme...
By Sonja Pace London 30 April 2007 Five British men have been sentenced to life in prison for their involvement in an al-Qaida inspired plot to carry out bomb attacks across Britain. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London on the outcome of the trial th...
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, D.C. 30 April 2007 Three women from Jerusalem -- a Jew, a Muslim and a Christian -- are touring the United States together, speaking to civic, academic and religious groups about what life is like under the Palestini...
By Tendai Maphosa London 30 April 2007 The third-annual Palestinian Film Festival is underway in London. For VOA Tendai Maphosa speaks to one of the participating directors who says even under extreme conditions, people get on with life. The two-week...
By Paula Wolfson White House 30 April 2007 The latest United States-European Union summit has ended with signs of progress on several issues that have strained trans-Atlantic ties, including alternative energy and pushing ahead on world trade talks....
By Ron Corben Bangkok 30 April 2007 Scientists and other experts from 120 countries are meeting in Thailand this week to discuss ways to respond to climate change. The same group warned earlier this year that global warming poses a major threat to ma...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 30 April 2007 Mixed brigades in Ivory Coast are being launched in two towns in a buffer zone separating the government-run south and rebel-held north, but the process is mired in a dispute over military ranks given to rebels....
By Mandy Clark London 30 April 2007 Prime Minister Tony Blair took office 10 years ago, and as leader of Britain's Labour Party fashioned a political marriage with America's top Democrat, U.S. President Bill Clinton. But when a less ideologically com...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 29 April 2007 An Afghan boy cries after his parents were allegedly killed during a raid in Bati Kot area of Nangarhar province, in Afghanistan, 29 Apr 2007 Hundreds of outraged protesters chanted anti-American slogans in ea...
