By Barry Newhouse Baghdad 08 March 2007 The top U.S. commander in Iraq says the new security operation in Baghdad and in al-Anbar province is growing and insurgents are intensifying efforts to derail the crackdown. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from B...
By David Gollust State Department 08 March 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's top Iraqi affairs adviser says U.S. diplomats are prepared to raise concerns over Iraq directly with Iranian and Syrian counterparts at a Baghdad conference Saturda...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 08 March 2007 The oil boom in Equatorial Guinea has done little to reduce abject poverty or improve the livelihood of its citizens, even though it creates economic growth of more than 40 percent per year. Analysts also worry a...
By Rosanne Skirble Washington, D.C. 08 March 2007 watch African Women Ed report Universal primary education by 2015 is among the so-called Millennium Development Goals set seven years ago by the United Nations. While significant gains have been made...
By Chad Bouchard Yogyakarta 08 March 2007 Forensic doctors are struggling to identify the bodies of at least 21 people killed when an Indonesian airplane skidded off the runway and exploded Wednesday. As Chad Bouchard reports from Yogyakarta, family...
By Parke Brewer Washington 07 March 2007 World number one golfer Tiger Woods of the United States will become host of an official PGA Tour event that will debut in Washington this coming July. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer has details. Just months...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 07 March 2007 An investigation into Israeli efforts to protect civilians during last year's war in Lebanon has erupted into an open conflict, pitting the prime minister against the top government watchdog. As Robert Berger...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 07 March 2007 The chairman of the giant U.S. software company Microsoft is calling on the U.S. government to attract more high-skilled foreign workers to the United States to keep the country competitive in a global econo...
By Jim Malone Washington 07 March 2007 Lawyers for former White House aide Lewis Libby are preparing their request for a new trial in the wake of Libby's conviction Tuesday. Libby was found guilty of lying, perjury and obstruction of justice in conn...
By Leslie Boctor Cairo, Egypt 07 March 2007 Emotions remain high in Cairo, even after Egypt asked for Israel to investigate whether Israeli soldiers killed Egyptian POWs during the 1967 war. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit and Israeli For...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 March 2007 Jordan's King Abdullah is urging the United States to make a new commitment to peace in the Middle East. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where the king told a joint meeting of Congress that ina...
By Ernest Leong Washington 07 March 2007 Iran remains a top concern for the United States because of Iran's refusal to restrict its nuclear program. The U.S. also accuses Iran of supporting terrorist groups in the Middle East. VOA's Ernest Leong repo...
By Paul Sisco Washington 07 March 2007 watch Ethanol Alternative Fuel President Bush speaks to reporters about how cellulosic ethanol can be produced from biomass such as spruce wood chips President Bush leaves this week for a five nation Latin Amer...
By VOA News 07 March 2007 Umar Yar'adua (December 2006) The presidential candidate of Nigeria's ruling party says he will return soon from Germany, where he was flown Tuesday for medical treatment. In an telephone interview Wednesday with VOA's Hausa...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 07 March 2007 Press-freedom watchdogs are alarmed over the recent prison sentences of four journalists in the self-declared Somaliland republic. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. Publisher Yusuf Abdi Gabobe, of So...
