By Simon Marks London 11 October 2006 watch Brown Rise to Power The battle to succeed Tony Blair as Britain's Prime Minister has cast the spotlight onto one of the country's most senior government ministers. Gordon Brown is Britain's Chancellor of t...
By Paula Wolfson White House 11 October 2006 President Bush is calling for strong international action in response to North Korea's nuclear-test claim. Mr. Bush made clear he favors a forceful diplomatic message to Pyongyang. ----- George W. Bush Pr...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 October 2006 Suspected militants who raided an oil facility in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta have released several of the 60 oil workers held since Tuesday. The attackers are believed to have issued a ransom demand. Offi...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 11 October 2006 Police officers inspect the ruins of a nightclub destroyed by an explosion in Denpasar, Bali, in this Oct. 13, 2002 photo The threat of terrorist attacks is still alive in Indonesia. Security experts a...
By David McAlary Washington 11 October 2006 U.S. and Iraqi doctors say the Iraq war has caused hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Their estimate is much higher than others and is being disputed by the Bush...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 October 2006 New fighting has erupted in Sri Lanka between government forces and the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels before peace talks scheduled for the end of the month. The decision to hold talks had raised hopes of...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 10 October 2006 The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives has pledged to fire anyone on his staff who may have tried to cover up improper Internet contacts between a former Republican congressman, Mark Foley...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 October 2006 The U.S. Defense Department says it is still evaluating data from the explosion and small earth tremor in North Korea on Monday to determine whether it was in fact an underground nuclear test, as the North Korea...
By Jim Malone Washington 10 October 2006 Several new public opinion polls indicate opposition Democrats are on track to make substantial gains in next month's congressional midterm elections. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has the latest on t...
By Babak Bordbar Washington, DC 10 October 2006 watch report CSNY tour Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young Over the past 40 years, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young has been among the most popular music groups in the United States. Musicians David Crosby, Step...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 10 October 2006 A special court in the Nigeria Tuesday started a hearing on corruption charges filed against Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the charges flow from a public dispute betwe...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 10 October 2006 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to media after his meeting with Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani in Gaza City, October 10, 2006 Talks between the two main...
By Jordan Davis Dakar 10 October 2006 This year the French-speaking world has celebrated the life of late Senegalese Poet President Leopold Sedar Senghor. He is widely celebrated for his influential writing about panafricanism and African identity b...
By Ade Astuti Chicago, IL 10 October 2006 watch Poet Amir Sulaiman New Yorker Amir Sulaiman pulls no punches [does not soften his blows] in his poetry. As a Muslim African American, Amir Sulaiman feels he is called to use his poetry to shed light on...
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 10 October 2006 Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide charges continued in Baghdad, with the former Iraqi leader again getting ejected from the court. When things settled down, witnesses told the court those who did not die in...
