By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 July 2007 Sri Lanka's military says it has captured the last stronghold of Tamil Tiger rebels in the east of the country. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the military is claiming a major victory in its fight...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 11 July 2007 An international media group says Eritrea is jailing more journalists than any other nation in Africa. As Nick Wadhams reports from our East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the harsh conditions have forced many journali...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 10 July 2007 As he faces renewed pressure from Congress over the war in Iraq, President Bush and majority Democrats are also locked in legal battles involving other issues. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, wh...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 10 July 2007 Russia says it is prepared to consider a proposal by a group of European Union foreign ministers to send peacekeepers to the Palestinian territories. The Moscow response comes as Russian citizens evacuated from r...
By Greg Flakus Fort Collins, Colorado 10 July 2007 This past weekend concerts took place around the world to focus attention on the problem of global warming, which former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says is the greatest single threat facing humankin...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 10 July 2007 A key Senate Democrat has introduced legislation calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq to begin within 120 days. Senator Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says set...
By Barry Wood Washington 10 July 2007 The World Bank, in a report released Tuesday, says some African countries have made significant improvements in the way they govern themselves. But the survey, covering 200 rich and poor countries, says progress...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 10 July 2007 Pakistani security forces stormed Islamabad's Red Mosque Tuesday more than a week after hundreds of militants barricaded themselves inside. The operation began just before dawn Tuesday after negotiations broke...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 July 2007 The U.S. Defense Department says it would be premature to judge the new Iraq strategy now, as some members of Congress have done, and a spokesman is appealing for more time for the military operation implementing th...
By Anita Elash Paris 10 July 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in Tunisia on his first trip outside Europe since his election. Sarkozy met with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. One of his...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 July 2007 In West Africa, multiple generations of Lebanese have been vital members of the community since the early 1900s. Today, many say they retain a strong emotional connection to Lebanon, but, that Africa, where most we...
By David Gollust State Department 10 July 2007 The State Department Tuesday expressed understanding for the Pakistani government's decision to use force against militants holding the Red Mosque in Islamabad. A spokesman said Pakistani authorities mad...
By Yi Suli Washington, D.C. 10 July 2007 Nearly everyone has secrets, something that, for whatever reason, they have never shared with anyone. An artist in Washington, DC has created a project that allows people to anonymously share their secrets and...
By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 10 July 2007 A worldwide poll of more than 100 million people has selected what it calls the new seven wonders of the world. The on-line poll picked: - the Roman Coliseum - the Taj Mahal - the Great Wall of China - Mach...
By Bill Rodgers Washington 10 July 2007 President Bush is facing mounting pressure to change his Iraq policy as the U.S. Senate begins debate on military spending priorities. The pressure is not just coming from opposition Democrats, but from some se...
