By Raymond Thibodeaux N'Djamena 27 April 2006 Less than three years after Chad starting shipping its oil, there is growing resentment and even hostility toward Chad's government, widely perceived here...
By Jeff Swicord Baltimore, Maryland 27 April 2006 watch Ethnic Neighborhoods As the immigration debate rages in the United States, Jeff Swicord takes a look at one of the original immigrant neighborho...
By Amy Katz Washington, DC 27 April 2006 watch Opus Dei report The best selling novel The DaVinci Code has been made into a major Hollywood movie, which arrives in American theaters on May 19th. The C...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 27 April 2006 The top U.N. representative in Afghanistan says that Pakistan recognizes the need to help keep the Taleban from regaining power. The U.N. envoy also underscore...
By Michael Drudge London 27 April 2006 The government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been battered this week by allegations of incompetence, scandal and corruption that have stirred voters'...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 27 April 2006 The World Trade Organization has canceled a minister-level meeting scheduled for late April, admitting that members are not ready to meet a deadline for a trade liber...
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 27 April 2006 Thai soldiers remove remnants of a deadly clash at the Kreu Se mosque in Pattani province, near the border of Malaysia, April 29, 2004 In Thailand, security has bee...
By Al Pessin Baghdad 27 April 2006 On their second day in Iraq, the American secretaries of state and defense met with coalition troops advising Iraq's army and police forces and restated the U.S. com...
By Craig McCulloch Las Vegas 27 April 2006 Thousands of broadcasters from around the world converged this week in Las Vegas. The annual broadcast-electronics convention gave special attention to new a...
By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu 27 April 2006 Nepal's Maoist insurgents have declared a unilateral three-month cease-fire. The move comes a day before parliament is to be reinstated, raising hopes that th...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 26 April 2006 President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic says he is worried by European state intervention in the economy. Mr. Klaus, an economist by training, told a...
By Dan Robinson Washington 26 April 2006 Amid the latest tensions between Iran and the international community over Iranian nuclear ambitions, the House of Representatives has approved legislation tha...
By Challiss McDonough Dahab, Egypt 26 April 2006 In Egypt, a pair of suicide attacks on security forces near the Israeli border killed the two bombers but caused no other injuries Wednesday. But tensi...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 April 2006 A new report by the aid group OXFAM calls the Doha Round of trade talks a "Recipe for Disaster." The report says the chances of a trade deal that helps reduce pove...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 26 April 2006 watch AIDS What Works report Unprecedented amounts of money are going to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. But, as VOA's Carol Pearson reports, finding...