By Al Pessin Pentagon 25 July 2007 A senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan says Pakistan-based al-Qaida is having a growing impact on the Afghan insurgency even though Pakistan's military offensive along the border has reduced the number of insurgent...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 July 2007 Nigerian government lawyers have filed criminal charges against the American drug firm Pfizer. The lawyers accuse Pfizer of carrying out illegal tests of drugs in Nigeria. Gilbert da Costa has more for VOA in th...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 July 2007 The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan held talks in Jerusalem with Israeli leaders on Wednesday. It was the first-ever visit to Israel by leaders representing the Arab League. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jer...
By Carol Pearson Washington 25 July 2007 You may have heard about young athletes, still teenagers, whose hearts stop beating, sometimes while playing sports. In many of these cases, their parents and doctors find out after the fact that these young a...
By Paul Sisco Washington 25 July 2007 At the beginning of the 20th century there were more than a million lions worldwide. Today there are less than 30,000 in the wild. The remaining lions are increasingly threatened by habitat loss, hunting, and era...
By Ernest Leong Washington 25 July 2007 She is a Persian-American athlete who was both a state and national Tae Kwon Do champion, and one of the top amateur boxers in the world. Now, barely two years after having her second child, Kina Elyassi has se...
By Greg Flakus Albuquerque, New Mexico 25 July 2007 Large scale collection of solar power arrays As the world searches for ways to produce energy without burning fossil fuel, there is increased interest in solar energy. One place associated with sola...
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 25 July 2007 A trade union reportedly affiliated to Nepal's Maoist party has disrupted the distribution of newspapers for the seventh consecutive day. Journalists and media associations say the Maoists are trying to control...
By Anita Elash Paris 25 July 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in LibyaWednesday to meet with Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi in Tripoli. Mr. Sarkozy agreed to the visit as part of a deal made Tuesday to free six medical workers convicted o...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 25 July 2007 Soaring temperatures and forest fires have forced thousands of holiday-goers in southern Italy to evacuate hotels, campsites and other tourist sites. From Rome, Sabina Castelfranco reports there have been at l...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 25 July 2007 India's cabinet has approved an agreement expected to pave the way for an unprecedented civilian nuclear cooperation accord with the United States. As Anjana Pasricha reports, the government will now seek the...
By Mary Morningstar Washington 25 July 2007 Country legend George Jones once wrote a letter to Brad Paisley that said, I am counting on you to carry on the tradition and make folks sit up and listen to what good Country music should sound like. As VO...
By Katherine Cole Washington 25 July 2007 The city of Taos, New Mexico, was known as the Solar Capitol of the World long before then-Governor Gary Johnson officially made that declaration in 1997. The high desert altitude of over two kilometers and c...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 July 2007 The legal confrontation between President Bush and Congress over documents and other information sought by lawmakers could soon escalate. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the House Judiciary Committee meets later...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 25 July 2007 Mexico has long been vexed by official corruption, which enables drug traffickers to flourish and ordinary citizens to avoid fines for minor infractions. The authorities are trying to fight corruption at all le...
