By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 27 February 2007 Vice President Dick Cheney escaped any injury following a suicide bomb attack outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan that killed at least 12 people, and the number of dead could go higher. The...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 26 February 2007 Women's activists and government delegates from around the world are meeting at the United Nations to develop a strategy for ending discrimination and violence against girls. From U.N. headquarters, V...
By Jim Fry Washington, D.C. 26 February 2007 watch Energy report President Bush is looking for new ways to encourage the use of alternative energy, and Democratic Party leaders who control Congress appear to be only too ready to comply. That leaves...
By Larry London Washington, D.C. 26 February 2007 watch Kristin Hersh report From her early-1980s career with the Throwing Muses to today, Kristin Hersh has truly defined the underground world of punk music. Kristin stopped by VOA on her recent tour...
By Ana Ward Washington, D.C. 26 February 2007 watch Exercise report Many Americans are facing serious health issues associated with unhealthy eating habits and a lack of exercise. With growing health concerns, more people are joining gyms for exerci...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 26 February 2007 A major Israeli raid in the West Bank town of Nablus is in its second day. One armed Palestinian has been killed. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel describes the operation as a co...
By Noel King Kass, Darfur, Sudan 26 February 2007 The African Union has warned that violent clashes between nomadic Arab tribes are heating up in south Darfur. A series of recently attacks by the Reizegat tribe has paralyzed much of the region. Noel...
By Karem Sa'id Cairo 25 February 2007 Tourists to Egypt are no doubt familiar with the felucca, a timeless sailboat. Egyptians, however, use the word felucca for another kind of boat on the Nile - a motorboat that blares popular music. Karem Said re...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 25 February 2007 Finished ballots are deposited in boxes around the country Turnout was high and waits were long as Senegalese took to the polls for its presidential election, in which incumbent Abdoulaye Wade is trying to get...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 February 2007 An unidentified girl looks from a broken window at the Just Children Foundation for orphans in Harare (File) The U.N. Children's Fund says the number of orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe continues to...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 25 February 2007 Palestinian youths throw stones toward Israeli soldiers, not seen, during an Israeli army operation in the West Bank City of Nablus, 25 Feb 2007 Israeli forces have raided the biggest Palestinian town in t...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 25 February 2007 Shoppers enter the Wal-Mart store in Williston, Vermont (file photo) Executives from the U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart visited India last week to discuss a joint venture with a domestic company in the count...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 25 February 2007 Foreign Ministers from seven Muslim nations met in Islamabad to discuss the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East. The conflict over Palestine as well as violence in Iraq and the growing tensi...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja, Nigeria 24 February 2007 Nigeria's president says escalating violence in the restive Niger Delta has taken on a criminal dimension. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that militants are continuing assaults on foreigners in t...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 24 February 2007 Jordan's King Abdullah has called on the new Palestinian national unity government to accept international demands for recognition. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the monarch also war...
