By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 March 2006 Australian troops serving in Iraq are to stay on for another year. The announcement was made by the Australian Defense Minister, Brendan Nelson, during a surprise v...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 07 March 2006 Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (File photo) Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has sent a warning to her opponents, saying she will n...
By Michael Bowman Washington 07 March 2006 view Global Population report By 2050, world population is projected to reach nine billion people. That would constitute a 38 percent jump from today's popul...
Program By VOA News 07 March 2006 View Cheney Iran statement Dick Cheney Vice President Dick Cheney says Iran will not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, and that the international community will...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 07 March 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has accused Iran of sending members of an elite military force into Iraq to stir up trouble. Defense secretary held a news co...
By Michael Drudge London 07 March 2006 The population of Europe is aging faster than that of any other continent. In the coming decades, there will be only two workers or fewer for every retiree, putt...
By Patricia Nunan Bombay 06 March 2006 The world's population is booming - no more so than in its cities. Within the next 10 years, there will be at least 22 "megacities" across the world - urban cent...
By David McAlary Washington 06 March 2006 The newest American mission to Mars is hurtling toward the red planet, due Friday to examine it in the sharpest detail yet. It will be the largest spacecraft...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 March 2006 The Islamic militant group Hamas moved quickly on Monday to take control of the Palestinian parliament - voting to revoke a series of legislative measures passed...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 06 March 2006 A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced the leader of the country's main opposition movement - Sanjar Umarov - to nearly 11 years in prison for alleged economic crimes...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 06 March 2006 watch Housing report Six months later, housing in New Orleans is still uninhabitable Six months after Hurricane Katrina caused massive flooding in t...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 06 March 2006 watch Mining Workers Mexican mine worker Thousands of miners in Mexico have begun returning to work after walking off the job last week to protest working...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 06 March 2006 "Crash," a film about racial tensions, and the cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" earned top honors at the Academy Awards, or Oscars, Sunday night. Winner...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 March 2006 A former Italian minister who made controversial T-shirts emblazoned with cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed says it is an honor to be hated by al-Qaida. His wo...
By Steve Herman Okinawa, Japan 06 March 2006 The United States and Japan are about to start five days of talks in Honolulu Tuesday to finalize a sweeping agreement on realigning and downsizing U.S. fo...
