By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 26 December 2006 A Pakistani soldier keeps position inside a bunker as he monitors Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Kundi Gar post (16 Dec 2006 photo) Pakistan has announced plans to fence and mine sections of its frontier w...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 26 December 2006 Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein listens to the prosecution during the 'Anfal' genocide trial in Baghdad on Wednesday 20 Dec. 2006 Iraq's highest appeals court has upheld the death sentence for Saddam...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 December 2006 Ethiopian troops Tuesday were heading towards the Somali capital as Islamist fighters retreated from the front line following Monday's bombing of two airports by Ethiopian forces. Ethiopian jets Tuesday als...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 December 2006 A Nigerian court in Abuja is expected to hear Wednesday, a motion seeking to set aside the removal of the vice president by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports Nigeria - which is...
By Margaret Besheer 25 December 2006 The Christmas holidays are often the most difficult time of year for U.S. service members deployed overseas and far from their families. In Iraq, troops celebrated together, but thoughts of their loved ones were...
By Michael Bowman Washington 25 December 2006 The Bush administration is urging a halt to conflict in Somalia that has Islamic Court fighters wait at the airport of Mogadishu, Somalia, 25 Dec 2006 intensified since neighboring Ethiopia launched air...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 25 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush heads to his Texas ranch Tuesday for a week-long holiday break. But as VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Washington, it will be very much a working vacation. President Bush is ex...
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 24 December 2006 In Iraq, American troops have many missions. At the American Forces Network headquarters in Baghdad's Green Zone, broadcasters and disc jockey soldiers are helping to keep America's 140,000 troops across...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 December 2006 Palestinian refugees leave buses that drove them through Iraq, upon their arrival to Tanaf border crossing, 300 kilometers northeast of Damascus, Syria, 9 May 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says more than 40 Pal...
By Jessica Berman Washington 24 December 2006 A new study by the World Health Organization has found drug-resistant tuberculosis in virtually all of the 79 countries the organization surveyed around the world, with particularly high levels in countr...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 24 December 2006 President Bush is spending the long Christmas weekend in seclusion with his family at Camp David - the presidential mountain retreat. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports on Christmas Eve, he paid tribute to the m...
By Robert Berger Bethlehem 24 December 2006 Christmas is being celebrated at the traditional birthplace of Jesus. But there is little Christmas cheer, as we hear in this VOA report from Robert Berger in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Palestinians...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 24 December 2006 The president of Iran dismissed U.N. sanctions imposed against his country as, in his words, superficial and unimportant. He spoke in Tehran Sunday, one day after the U.N. Security Council unanimously appr...
By Michael Bowman Washington 24 December 2006 Iraqi man injured in a roadside bomb blast lies in a bed in Baghdad's Kindi hospital, 24 Dec 2006 Roadside bombs and sectarian violence have claimed the lives of at least 11 Iraqi security force members...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 24 December 2006 Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer at the Vatican, 24 Dec 2006 Pope Benedict addressed pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square this Sunday and said that the celebrati...
