By Al Pessin Washington 23 March 2006 A senior U.S. officer in charge of security in three provinces south of Baghdad has told VOA Iraqi forces are becoming so competent that he believes fewer U.S. tr...
By David Gollust State Department 24 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday there should be no further delay on a U.N. Security Council statement calling on Iran to halt ura...
By Scott Stearns White House 22 March 2006 President Bush President Bush says he is deeply troubled by the case of an Afghan man who could be put to death for converting from Islam to Christianity. Mr...
By Shally Zomorodi Washington, DC 22 March 2006 watch Iranian Actor report Veteran television and film actor Anthony Azizi has played a variety of roles ranging from the intensely dramatic to hilariou...
By Jim Malone Washington 22 March 2006 The United States is charging 50 members of Colombia's largest rebel group with using the proceeds from the sale of $25 billion worth of cocaine to finance their...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 22 March 2006 watch Water Forum report At the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City, 11,000 people representing 130 nations have been looking for ways to protect the vital...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 22 March 2006 watch Fair Trade Coffee report Coffee plant Small farmers make up three-fifths of the world's 25 million coffee producers, but typically they receive the s...
By Jim Malone Washington 22 March 2006 President Bush has taken his campaign to build public support for the war in Iraq to West Virginia. It is the latest in a series of speeches by Mr. Bush aimed at...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 March 2006 A new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council says the number of people internally displaced within their own countries by conflict decreased slightly during 2005,...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 March 2006 A group monitoring the food situation in Somalia says reports have been filtering in that people in the drought-stricken south are dying from contaminated water...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 22 March 2006 Thousands of farmers from Thailand's poorest regions have come to Bangkok to provide support for besieged Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Mr. Thaksin has long wo...
By Cathy Majtenyi Mekele, Ethiopia 22 March 2006 The prickly pear cactus grows abundantly in many parts of northern Ethiopia's Tigray region. Sometimes known as a "hearty weed," the cactus is gaining...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 22 March 2006 Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, in his first day of testimony at his corruption trial, has firmly denied allegations of corruption during his abort...
By Gini Sikes New York 21 March 2006 Photogragh in exhibit by William Wegman At an unusual art exhibit, a dog in a blonde wig lounges by a pool wearing a skimpy leopard-skin bikini. Another lies on a...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 March 2006 We live in an information age when it is often difficult to separate fact from fiction. Public relations expert Torie Clarke has some advice for leaders wh...
