By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 09 July 2007 Sergei Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says any resolution on independence for Kosovo will fail in the U.N. Security Council, unless it gains the backing of Serbia, a close Kremlin ally. As VOA Mosc...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles, CA 09 July 2007 Around the United States, small family farms are struggling to stay afloat financially. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports that some have teamed up with big companies, while others have returned to tradition...
By June Soh Washington, DC 09 July 2007 The United States Botanic Garden located across from the U.S. Capitol is one of the many tourist attractions in Washington, D.C. Visitors can see thousands of beautiful and fascinating plants in the garden and...
By Steve Mort Orlando, Florida 09 July 2007 Hot issues, such as immigration, interest Hispanic voters American presidential candidates are aggressively seeking support from Hispanics as the race for the 2008 presidential election heats up. Latinos ha...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 09 July 2007 The West African country of Senegal shares a common French colonial past with Vietnam. Some Senegalese soldiers serving with the French army in Vietnam in the 1930's had children with Vietnamese women. Many of these...
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 09 July 2007 The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says 13 journalists have been murdered because of their reporting since Russian President Vladimir Putin assumed power in the year 2000. The list, issued in Apri...
By Sonja Pace London 09 July 2007 A British court has handed guilty verdicts for four men in plotting to bomb London's transport system in July 2005. Jury deliberations continue for two others implicated in the plot. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from Lon...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 July 2007 The Arab League is sending a delegation to Israel this week for the first time. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem, the 22-nation organization is pushing a new initiative for Mideast peace. The visit...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 July 2007 A three-year-old British toddler who was kidnapped last week in Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers state has been released and reunited with her family. Gilbert da Costa reports that Margaret Hill's abduction provoked a...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 09 July 2007 Ethiopian prosecutors are demanding the death penalty for 38 members of the opposition who were convicted of treason and trying to overthrow the government. As Nick Wadhams reports from our East Africa bureau in N...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 10 July 2007 Negotiations to end the stand off have apparently broken down and a military assault has reportedly begun. A senior military official says the security forces have entered the compound. Hospital officials say a...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 08 July 2007 People celebrate in front of the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza in southern Mexico, after Chichen Itza was selected as one of the new seven wonders of the world, 7 Jul 2007 The new Seven Wonders of the World have...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 08 July 2007 Arrested Pakistan's religious students arrive at sports complex from Adiala jail to be handed over to their families, 8 Jul 2007 Pakistani commandos blasted fresh holes in the walls around an Islamabad mosque w...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 July 2007 M.F. Husain, India's most famous artist, finishes off a canvas he painted together with Shah Rukh Khan, unseen, one of India's biggest movie stars, during a fund-raising auction in a central London's auction...
By Scott Stearns Washington 07 July 2007 President Bush says he will veto domestic spending bills if opposition Democrats want to spend more money than he is asking for. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Democrats say the president...
