By Selah Hennessy Dakar 17 July 2007 Benin's president Thomas Boni Yayi marched more than 10 kilometers through the streets of the capital, Cotonou, late Monday, shouting slogans against corruption in the country. A local journalist says the march is...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 17 July 2007 Conservation groups are up in arms about a proposal to build a soda ash plant on the shores of a lake in Tanzania that is among the world's most important flamingo breeding grounds. Nick Wadhams reports from our E...
By Peta Thornycroft Africa 17 July 2007 Zimbabwe's state-controlled media are carrying explicit photographs of a man they claim is Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube, allegedly taken with a naked woman inside his bedroom. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA...
By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 17 July 2007 INTERPOL is working with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to step up efforts to capture the remaining 18 genocide fugitives. As Arjun Kohli reports for VOA from Nairobi, Rwandan officials say 13 years...
By David Gollust State Department 17 July 2007 The State Department said Tuesday U.S. diplomats are ready for another meeting with Iranian officials to discuss the security situation in Iraq. A May 28 meeting between the two countries' ambassadors in...
By Gary Thomas Washington 17 July 2007 A new U.S. intelligence estimate says al-Qaida remains determined to mount attacks on major targets in the United States, especially if it can acquire weapons of mass destruction. VOA correspondent Gary Thomas r...
By Melinda Smith Washington 17 July 2007 Antibiotics are designed to fight a multitude of bacterial infections. But some infections -- such as those in the urinary tract -- have become resistant to many antibiotics. VOA's Melinda Smith reports on a r...
By Catherine Makino Tokyo 17 July 2007 A day after a powerful earthquake struck Japan's northwestern coast, officials are investigating the possibility of radioactive leaks at a nuclear power plant. As Catherine Makino reports from Tokyo, the search...
By Daniel Schearf Beijing 17 July 2007 US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, in Beijing, 17 Jul 2007 The head U.S. negotiator to six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs has expressed optimism after a first day of meetings with...
By Jim Kent Rapid City, South Dakota 17 July 2007 Country music enthusiasts from across the Northern Plains gathered in Rapid City, South Dakota in June for the 27th annual Black Hills Bluegrass Festival. A key feature of the three-day music event we...
By Rebecca Ward Washington, D.C. 17 July 2007 They are not exactly the typical American family. But after nearly 20 years on television, the dysfunctional animated family The Simpsons is making its big screen debut. To promote the film, 12 7-Eleven...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 17 July 2007 Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki Political pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is growing in Washington as well as Baghdad. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from Iraq that the coming weeks...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 17 July 2007 Russia says it will have a targeted and appropriate response to Britain's expulsion Monday of four Russian diplomats. The two countries are at odds over the British probe into the poisoning death in London of a f...
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 17 July 2007 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sworn in for a second seven-year term, following a presidential referendum that critics called a scam. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Assad called on Israel to publicly anno...
By Daniel Schearf Beijing 17 July 2007 Negotiators to talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions have arrived in Beijing to work out the next steps in the process. As Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing, the talks are entering a tricky stage of...
