By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 06 August 2007 Thomas Cholmondeley is the sole heir to one of Kenya's largest land-owning dynasties, and the scion of one of its most famous colonial settlers. For the second time in a year, he is accused of murdering a black...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 06 August 2007 South Korean authorities have agreed to raise wages at a North-South joint venture in North Korea for the first time since the experimental zone was opened three years ago. The Kaesong venture is hailed in South Kor...
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 06 August 2007 Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel waves to supporters after voting in the town of Bikfaya, Lebanon, 05 Aug 2007 Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel has gone down to defeat in a parliament by-election t...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 06 August 2007 International military authorities are investigating a brief exchange of gunfire fired across the tense border dividing North and South Korea. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul. South Korean Army soldiers patrol a...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 06 August 2007 Xanana Gusmao (File) Violence erupted in East Timor after former president Xanana Gusmao was appointed prime minister. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta reports the nomination was made more than a mo...
By Jim Stevenson Washington 06 August 2007 Andy Roddick Top-seeded Andy Roddick has won his third Legg Mason Classic tennis title in Washington. But as VOA's Jim Stevenson reports, Roddick and the rest of the tennis world may have witnessed the emerg...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 August 2007 Part of the security detail of Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas secures the perimeter of the Intercontinental Hotel, 06 August 2007 Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmo...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 05 August 2007 Senior Bush administration officials say the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is showing some military success. At the same time, they say they are concerned with the slow pace of movement toward national politic...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 August 2007 A recent photo from files of UNHCR-built tent-camp for Palestinians in Iraq, near Syrian border The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says Syria has allowed four seriously ill young Palestinians to en...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 05 August 2007 An aerial view of the Siachen Glacier, northwest of Jammu, India U.S. scientists say clouds of man-made haze that blanket southern and eastern Asia are helping accelerate the melting of the Himalayan glaciers....
By Paula Wolfson White House 05 August 2007 U.S. President George W. Bush and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, are holding talks at Camp David - the secluded U.S. presidential retreat in the mountains outside Washington. VOA's Paula Wolfson rep...
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 04 August 2007 Matt Damon is back as undercover agent Jason Bourne in a new espionage action-adventure based on the best-selling books by Robert Ludlum. Alan Silverman spoke with the stars and film-maker Paul Greengrass fo...
By Dorian Jones Ankara 04 August 2007 Turkey swore in its new Parliament Saturday. In elections last month, the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party achieved a landslide victory, prompting some analysts to voice concern about Turkey's future...
By Tom Rivers London 04 August 2007 Foot-and-mouth disease has appeared again in Britain, six years after it sparked the widespread slaughter of about seven million cows throughout the country in an effort to contain the outbreak. For VOA, Tom Rivers...
By Mona Ghuneim New York 04 August 2007 Many U.S. restaurants are now taking steps to be more ecologically conscious in their business practices. From recycling to using nontoxic cleaning products to installing energy-efficient forms of lighting, din...
