By Alan Silverman Hollywood 30 December 2007 In his second film as director, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington presents an inspiring drama of triumph over prejudice and ignorance based on true events of some 75 years ago. Alan Silverman h...
By Adam Phillips New York 30 December 2007 News of the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Bhenazir Bhutto at a political rally in Rawalpindi on Thursday was a seismic event in that politically volatile nation. But Bhutto's murder also reve...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 30 December 2007 Slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's son and husband will co-chair her party, which has decided it will participate in coming elections. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins reports from Islama...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 December 2007 Some 40,000 young Christians are gathering in Geneva to participate in a five-day pilgrimage organized by the Taize religious community and Swiss churches. The Taize community, based in Burgundy, France, has in...
By VOA Sports Washington, DC 29 December 2007 The United States has defeated India, 2-1, and host country Australia scored a 2-1 upset over the Czech Republic at the Hopman Cup mixed team tennis competition in Perth, Australia. The American team of M...
By Scott Stearns White House 29 December 2007 Congressional Democrats want President Bush to move more U.S. troops out of Iraq because they say that will better focus the military on terrorist threats in Pakistan and Afghanistan. VOA White House Corr...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 29 December 2007 Scattered violence has broken out in Kenya, amid delays in vote counting for what is shaping up to be the closest presidential race in the country's history. Partial results from Kenya's presidential electio...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 29 December 2007 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has ordered security forces to take firm action against rioters following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. The violence has left at least 44 people dead...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 December 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross has begun distributing essential items to more than 500 displaced families who have taken refuge in South Kivu in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Cong...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 29 December 2007 The Nepalese Parliament has voted to abolish the tiny Himalayan nation's centuries-old monarchy, turning the country into a republic. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha reports that the decision is expected...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 29 December 2007 The only Guantanamo Bay inmate convicted of terrorism offenses,Australian David Hicks, has been released from prison in Adelaide. Hicks was captured with Taliban forces in Afghanistan in late 2001 and spent five...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 29 December 2007 A bitter dispute has erupted in Pakistan over how opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto died. The government has blamed al-Qaida but the alleged al-Qaida leader Baitullah Mehsud...
By Victoria Cavaliere New York 29 December 2007 The first synagogue built by Eastern European Jews in New York City has undergone a massive, $20 million renovation and it recently reopened. Victoria Cavaliere reports from VOA's New York bureau that...
By David Gollust State Department 28 December 2007 The United States, in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, is urging all moderate Pakistani political forces including the party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take part in the coun...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 28 December 2007 The body of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest Friday in a grave at the family mausoleum in southern Sindh province. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent...
