By David Gollust State Department 31 December 2007 The United States Monday appealed for calm in riot-torn Kenya and urged the prompt resolution of irregularities from last Thursday's presidential election. The State Department backed away from a st...
By Jade Heilmann Dakar 31 December 2007 Hundreds of thousands of followers of the Mouride religion have flocked to the holy city of Touba, Senegal, to mourn the death of their spiritual leader Serigne Saliou Mback. The 92-year-old Caliph of the Mouri...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 31 December 2007 Israel is taking steps to curb settlement activity in the West Bank. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the Palestinians say it is not enough. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has sent an...
By June Soh Washington 31 December 2007 Young people with special needs are often looked at differently. People see what they cannot do. They often have few opportunities to play in sports or participate in social activities, and sometimes it is hard...
By Larry London Washington 31 December 2007 Hip-Hop artist T-Pain is only 22 years-old, and he has already produced more music than artists who've spent a lifetime in the entertainment field. He's just been nominated for five Grammy Awards. That's...
By Ravi Khanna Washington 31 December 2007 Hundreds of thousands of mourners paid their last respects to Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as she was buried on Friday beside her father at the family mausoleum, a day after allegedly a suicide...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 31 December 2007 Another difficult year is coming to a close in Ivory Coast. The world's leading cocoa producer remains tense and divided between a government-run south and rebel-held north. Slowly, though, the main question...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 31 December 2007 Political violence in Pakistan is declining a day after the party of the slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto announced it would contest upcoming elections. The pressure is now on President Pervez...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 31 December 2007 The United States and Japan are expressing regret that North Korea is breaking a key promise aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs. 2007 is coming to an end with no declaration from North Korea listing its...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 31 December 2007 Thousands of people in Bhutan went to the polls Monday to elect an upper house of parliament for the first time. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the vote represents the country's first step to...
By Deborah Block Iskandariyah, Iraq 30 December 2007 U.S. military efforts to quash the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist network are showing signs of success in some areas. But, the U.S. military says al-Qaida remains a top concern. In an area south of Bag...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 30 December 2007 The first contest of the U.S. presidential election campaign comes this week in the midwestern state of Iowa, where Democrats and Republicans will hold caucuses Thursday night. VOA correspondent Paula Wolf...
By Michael Bowman Washington 30 December 2007 Pakistan's military says, despite massive chaos and turmoil in the aftermath of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the country's nuclear weapons are safe and secure. VOA's Micha...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 30 December 2007 The president of France says he will have no further contact with Syria until he is convinced that Syria is really trying to resolve the political crisis in neighboring Lebanon. He spoke on a visit to Egyp...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 30 December 2007 Israel is demanding a Palestinian crackdown on militants, after a deadly attack in the West Bank. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the violence is the latest obstacle to peace efforts,...
