By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 June 2008 Thousands of same-sex weddings are expected in California after June 16, the day the California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages takes effect. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Ang...
By Al Pessin Washington 12 June 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have the right to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. President Bush says he will try to work with Congr...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 12 June 2008 South Korea is sending its chief trade official to Washington for what he describes as additional negotiations on a controversial beef import deal. However, leaders of mass protests say nothing short of scrapping the...
By Paula Wolfson Rome 12 June 2008 U.S. President George Bush is holding a series of talks in Rome with Italian leaders - discussions expected to focus largely on Iran and Afghanistan. We have more from VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson, i...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 June 2008 Prospects appear to have improved for a Middle East ceasefire. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, truce efforts come amid political turmoil in Israel. An Israeli delegation is in Cairo to tr...
By Tendai Maphosa London 12 June 2008 A senior intelligence official has been suspended following discovery that confidential documents related to Iraq and the activities of al-Qaida were left on a passenger train. The documents were were later hand...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 June 2008 International airlines are resisting India's new passenger information system, set to be implemented at the end of this month. Carriers say the system, as proposed, is incompatible with existing databases. VOA...
By Sonja Pace London 12 June 2008 International donors pledged more than $15.5 billion in aid for Afghanistan during a one-day meeting Paris. Western leaders and experts have repeatedly argued that Afghanistan needs more NATO troops to fight the Tal...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 12 June 2008 U.N. officials say small-scale corruption hits poor people hardest and strangles economic growth across Asia. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta. Poor people in countries around the Asia-Pacific region are bomba...
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 12 June 2008 Hong Kong plans to slaughter all live poultry in the territory's markets following the appearance the H5N1 strain of bird flu. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, this is the most serious outbreak of the vi...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 June 2008 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left her country for the United States, for medical treatment. Her parole, amid her pending corruption trials, has broken a political gridlock that threatened...
By Stephanie Ho Beijing 12 June 2008 Representatives from often bitter rivals China and Taiwan are meeting in Beijing for the first formal talks in nearly a decade. Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing. Following years of hostility, relations between T...
By Paula Wolfson Berlin 10 June 2008 President Bush is in Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel at a castle 60 kilometers from Berlin. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports it will be an opportunity for Mr. Bush to further ce...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 10 June 2008 Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the country is being run by the military and police. He also says talk of a unity government is premature. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA from Harare Tsvangi...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 10 June 2008 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the Constitutional Court must explain its decision to overturn the government's move to allow students to wear Muslim headscarves at university. Last w...
