By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 17 September 2007 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has launched his bid for a second five-year term, with the creation of a new political alliance and the support of several of the country's most powerful political leaders. Nick W...
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 17 September 2007 Pakistan's Supreme Court has begun hearing challenges to President Pervez Musharraf bid for re-election. Opposition groups say Mr. Musharraf - who assumed power in a 1999 bloodless military coup - cannot...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 17 September 2007 One year has passed since the Thai military overthrew the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on grounds it was corrupt. The interim government is making good on promises to return the country to...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 September 2007 U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sounded an upbeat note on the world economy Monday, despite the recent turmoil roiling the markets. Paulson's remarks came during a trip to Paris. Lisa Bryant has more from...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 September 2007 The international community is offering a mixed reaction to French proposals that the European Union should impose its own economic sanctions on Iran, if it continues to pursue its nuclear program - and to prepa...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 September 2007 Conservationists have started a campaign to urge the Australian government to formally protect the Coral Sea, one of the country's last tropical marine wildernesses. A coalition, led by the World Wildlife Fund,...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 September 2007 This week, the World Bank is launching an unusual initiative to get Africans living in Europe to invest back home - through a competition, complete with cash prizes, for the best development projects targeting s...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 17 September 2007 The mob series The Sopranos won top drama honors at television's Emmy Awards, Sunday night , and the new series 30 Rock was named best comedy. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles that former U.S....
By Phillip Wellman Dakar 16 September 2007 Efforts to reunite war-divided Ivory Coast have been fraught with difficulty, but some say the Ivorian band Magic System has been able to bring people together in a way politicians have not. The band is mark...
By Jim Stevenson Hangzhou, China 16 September 2007 Canada has picked up its first win at the Women's World Cup football tournament in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the game Saturday in Hangzhou, where the Canadians scored often against Ghana to g...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 15 September 2007 A journalist and a government press officer are being detained in the tiny West African country Gambia, despite a court order releasing them on bail. The media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, has called...
By Michael Lipin Washington 15 September 2007 Thousands of anti-war activists rallied in Washington Saturday to demand an end to the Iraq war, the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops and the impeachment of President Bush. At least 5,000 people marche...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 15 September 2007 Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir says his government wants the upcoming United Nations-backed peace talks on Darfur to be definitive. He says pressure must be applied by the international community so all...
By Scott Stearns White House 15 September 2007 President Bush says he will bring nearly 6,000 U.S. troops home from Iraq by the end of the year because security there is improving. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition Democ...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 15 September 2007 Analysts say a decision by Kenyan lawmakers this week to limit the powers of the country's anti-corruption commission was the latest sign that President Mwai Kibaki's much-heralded drive to root out graft has...
