EU Agrees to $1.3 Trillion Budget From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report in Special English. European Union countries have struggled to find common ground as they worked out a budget agreement in Belgium this month. European leaders...
By Scott Stearns White House 07 November 2007 U.S. President George Bush and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, say they are determined to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports the two...
By Kari Barber Dakar 04 October 2007 Major rebel groups in Chad have agreed to a peace deal with the government following months of negotiations. But some say issues of disarmament and the assigning of government posts still need to be worked out. Ka...
By Dorian Jones Ankara 07 August 2007 The prime ministers of Iraq and Turkey have agreed to step up cooperation in the fight against Kurdish separatists in Northern Iraq. The agreement was announced during talks in Turkey's capital, Ankara. Dorian Jo...
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 21 May 2007 Nepal's government has agreed to begin making monthly payments to Maoist former rebels now living in U.N.-supervised camps. In return, the Maoists will allow the United Nations to resume efforts to verify the fo...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 01 February 2007 U.S. Senate Democratic and Republican leaders have reached a deal on a nonbinding resolution expressing disagreement with President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq. VOA's Deborah Tate reports...
By Jordan Davis Dakar 06 December 2006 Spain's prime minister met with Senegalese leaders Tuesday to discuss ways to prevent illegal migration. Both countries reaffirmed their commitment to stopping the flow of Africans taking the dangerous boat jou...
By David McAlary Washington 21 November 2006 The United States and more than 30 other nations have signed a $13 - billion agreement to develop a form of nuclear power in a process called fusion. In a Paris signing ceremony, they agreed to cooperate...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 January 2006 Somalia's president and speaker of the parliament signed an agreement to put aside their differences and convene parliament on Somali soil. But the agreement...
Lisa McAdams Russia clinched deal Friday with the European Union on the terms of its entry into the World Trade Organization. President Putin agreed in return to the EU's backing of Russia's membershi...