By Jim Malone Washington 23 March 2007 President Bush and Democrats in Congress appear on a collision course over whether Congress has the right to demand testimony under oath from White House aides in connection with the firing of eight U.S. attorne...
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 23 March 2007 watch Mining Disaster report Many people in the Russian region of Kemerovo are in mourning. On Monday (March 19th), a massive methane explosion tore apart the Ulyanovskaya mine in Siberia, killing at least 108 pe...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 23 March 2007 Zimbabwean police this week launched attacks against activists in communities around Harare. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg, that reports of the violence ar...
By Tendai Maphosa London 23 March 2007 Britain is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the passage of the law that abolished the trans-Atlantic slave trade March 25 1807. One of the most poignant of the events is Slave Britain, a photographic exhib...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 23 March 2007 The spokesman for French forces in Ivory Coast says a recent decision to reorganize and reduce their troops is a reflection of the improving conditions in the country following a peace deal reached this earlier th...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 23 March 2007 watch US Oil Security The U.S. Congress has held a hearing Thursday on how rising global demand for oil is affecting U.S. national security. Some lawmakers and energy experts say America's dependence on o...
By Paul Sisco Washington 23 March 2007 U.S. scientists in the United States say they have moved a step closer toward success in the fight against malaria, by developing mosquitoes that are resistant to at least one form of the deadly illness. More o...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 March 2007 Many people in Uganda are up in arms (very upset) about a government plan approved by the cabinet this week to clear cut about one-third of a national forest reserve for sugar cane growing. Lawyers and civic gr...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 23 March 2007 Pakistani cricket fans are reacting with outrage over news that the country's cricket coach was murdered shortly after the team's surprising loss in the World Cup. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sa...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 23 March 2007 At least83 people are dead, and about 300 have been injured in a series of explosions at an arms depot on the outskirts of the Mozambique capital, Maputo. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern A...
By Matt Steinglass Ho Chi Minh City 23 March 2007 Zen Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh sits at the opening of a three-day requiem for those killed on both sides of the Vietnam War, 16 Mar 2007 Eighty-year-old monk Thich Nhat Hanh has been back in his...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 22 March 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says if the Congress does not approve additional funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by mid-April, without special conditions, the department will have to make cuts that...
By Dan Robinson Washington 22 March 2007 The U.S. House of Representatives has begun a debate on a spending measure containing more than $95 billion to fund the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, President Bush reitera...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 22 March 2007 On a map, Sierra Leone is separated from New York City by nearly 7,000 kilometers. For one young Sierra Leonean man now living in New York, the journey involved much more than traveling the physical distance....
By Michael Bowman Washington 22 March 2007 U.S. officials say the reconstruction of Iraq is moving forward and improving despite severe problems that have hampered many projects since Saddam Hussein was removed from power in 2003. VOA's Michael Bowma...
