By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 August 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is launching an emergency operation this week for thousands of people who have fled renewed fighting between government and rebel forces in North Kivu in the E...
By Erika Celeste Mississippi 30 August 2007 It has been two years since the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history swept ashore in the form of Hurricane Katrina. Lost lives, homes and businesses changed the American South and Gulf Coast forever. Y...
By Paige Kollock Washington 30 August 2007 For many people around the world, religion and music are inextricably tied. The Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley became famous for singing about faith, God and the Bible. He also sang songs about freedom an...
By Margaret Kennedy Shenandoah Valley, Virginia 30 August 2007 Sheep producers in the United States face a growing problem with coyotes -- the wild dogs native to America's southwest that in recent decades have extended their range eastward. Agricult...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 30 August 2007 A rebel group in Darfur says Sudanese government forces have launched new attacks in western Darfur despite claims from Khartoum that its troops have stood down in the troubled region for several days. Nick Wadh...
By Nathan Morley Nicosia 30 August 2007 The Greek government is facing pressure for a fourth day from opposition parties and the public as fire continues to threaten the southern part of the country. The fires have left thousands homeless, and at lea...
By Michael Bowman Washington 30 August 2007 Months ago, an ambitious attempt to overhaul America's immigration system failed in Congress, and there is little talk of reviving the proposal anytime soon. Absent reform, some federal agencies are redoub...
By Phuong Tran Nouadhibou, Mauritania 30 August 2007 Security officials have caught hundreds of African migrants trying to illegally enter Europe this month. Migration officials say women and children, in small numbers, are starting to join African m...
By Robert Raffaele Washington 30 August 2007 The city of New Orleans in the southeastern U.S. state of Louisiana on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina -- one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 30 August 2007 Turkey's new president presided over a ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the final battle in the 1922 Turkish War of Independence. As Dorian Jones reports for VOA from Istanbul, President Abdullah Gul sa...
By Kari Barber Dakar 30 August 2007 Sierra Leone's police are urging leaders of the two political parties in the presidential runoff to take control of their supporters to avoid the kind of unrest that broke out earlier in the week. Sunday and Monday...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 30 August 2007 A 19-year old Irish man has been fined about $300 in Senegal after being found guilty of public indecency. He was also given a four-month suspended sentence. The foreign volunteer worker, who was released from j...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 30 August 2007 In March, when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt adopted a Vietnamese child, they created one of the biggest media circuses the country had ever seen. But while they were surely the most famous foreigners to adopt i...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 30 August 2007 Sydney is gearing up for the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, which starts next week. Residents are grumbling about traffic problems security preparations will create, while protesters are preparin...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 30 August 2007 Climate change and trade liberalizations are expected to top the agenda at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering in Sydney next week. Regional security also will be addressed. But, as VOA corre...
