By Amanda Cassandra New York 04 October 2006 In early autumn, an array of international artists presented their best on the page and on the stage in the Harlem section of New York City. The presentation is part of a new festival celebrating storytel...
By Meredith Buel Washington 04 October 2006 Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki al-Faisal, is urging the Bush administration to get more involved in the Middle East peace process and to persuade Israel to resume negotiations...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 October 2006 An ethics committee in the House of Representatives meets Thursday amid the continuing scandal involving a former U.S. congressman, Mark Foley, and sexually explicit e-mails he allegedly sent to congressi...
By Gary Thomas Washington 04 October 2006 Entire Negroponte Interview The top U.S. intelligence official says the government of Afghanistan must expand its authority over more of the country if the resurgence of the Taleban is to be checked. In a VO...
By Paula Wolfson White House 04 October 2006 U.S. President George Bush has signed legislation that provides roughly $1.2 billion for fencing and other enhanced security measures along the border with Mexico. ------- George Bush speaks in Scottsdale...
By Jessica Berman Washington 04 October 2006 New research suggests that infectious diseases may run in families. Investigators say the discovery represents a major shift in the way scientists view human disease. Experts have always accepted that cer...
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 04 October 2006 Iraqi authorities have taken a police unit with hundreds of officers out of service because of possible complicity with death squads. The action follows a mass kidnapping in Baghdad earlier this week. --- Ba...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 04 October 2006 The Ugandan army has resumed patrolling areas of war-torn northern Uganda that were exempt from patrols under a truce signed between the government and a rebel group. Talks between the two sides are apparent...
By David Gollust State Department 04 October 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment and it is time for the U.N. Security Council to move on sanctions against Tehran. Rice is expected to...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 04 October 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is very concerned about the humanitarian plight of the Palestinian people and will redouble efforts to help them. Her comments come amid rising t...
By Jim Malone Washington 04 October 2006 A budding scandal in the U.S. Congress and new questions about the war in Iraq have Republicans on the defensive less than five weeks before congressional elections in November. ----- Rep. Mark Foley speaks a...
By Greg Flakus Waco, TX 04 October 2006 watch report Study on Religion A survey conducted by the Gallup Organization for Baylor University, a Baptist University in Waco, Texas, reveals that the overwhelming majority of people in the United States be...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 04 October 2006 watch Supreme Court report The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term this week with a docket of 38 cases, 17 of which are related to business. VOA's Peter Fedynsky looks at the most prominent cases, i...
By Dan Robinson Washington 03 October 2006 The controversy over a former Republican congressman who resigned amid revelations he sent sexually suggestive messages to male pages continues to reverberate in Washington and across the United States. Pre...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 October 2006 Unidentified children of farm laborers, who faces eviction, inside their home near Messina, South Africa, in February 2005 A new report says the practice of forced evictions is increasing dramatically in Africa...
