A blog devoted to Michelle Obama's fashion sense has inspired a book. The woman behind both says there hasn't been a first lady in more than 40 years who has attracted this much attention for what she wears. Susan Logue | Washington 27 November 2009...
Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 27 November 2009 Welcome to American Profiles, VOA's weekly look at Americans who are making a positive difference in the world. Our spotlight this week is on Chip Giller, an environmental advocate who created Grist.or...
International doctors and health professionals say its their duty to speak out Joe DeCapua | Washington, DC 27 November 2009 ...the health dimension in the climate change negotiations is conspicuous by its absence. Senior doctors and health professi...
Asian giants want Western countries to take lead in reversing global warming, but are reluctant to accept legally binding cap on their emissions of greenhouse gases Anjana Pasricha | New Delhi 27 November 2009 Traditional Kashmiri boats make a forma...
The world's worst industrial disaster took place 25 years ago, in central India. A chemical leak at the plant of the Indian subsidiary of an American corporation, Union Carbide, poisoned an estimated half million residents of the city of Bhopal. The...
State-owned investment company Dubai World, which manages much of the city-state's massive development projects, is asking creditors for a delay in repaying about $60 billion in debt. Kurt Achin | Seoul 27 November 2009 A men walk past a securities...
Zimbabwe, South Africa sign long delayed trade deal after last minute attempt by South African farmers to stop the agreement from being signed was settled Peta Thornycroft | Harare 27 November 2009 Negotiations started in 2004 and it has now taken t...
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims performed the ritual stoning of the devil at Muzdalifa, outside the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Friday, in one of the high points of the annual Hajj. Edward Yeranian | Cairo 27 November 2009 Muslim pilgrim thro...
Mr. Karzai says he is once again calling on his Afghan brothers - the Taliban and other Islamist militants groups - to come back to their homeland to work toward peace, stability and prosperity. Sean Maroney | Islamabad 27 November 2009 In this hand...
President Teodoro Obiang is expected to easily win Equatorial Guinea's presidential vote Sunday; 291,000 people are registered to vote Kate Thomas | Dakar 27 November 2009 General view of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (2008 file photo) Equatorial Guinea...
