By Mona Ghuneim New York 28 September 2007 Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes says that if the United States wants to win the war on terrorism, it must continue to reach out globally with public diplomacy programs. From VOA's...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 25 September 2007 An unprecedented summit on climate change has ended at the United Nations. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the event has sent a powerful political signal to the world that there is the will and...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 September 2007 In a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council, High Commissioner Louise Arbour expressed her concerns about serious rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran and Burma. Lisa Schlein...
By Suzanne Presto United Nations 28 August 2007 United Nation's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday formally announced his plans to travel to Sudan next week. From VOA's United Nation's bureau, Suzanne Presto reports on the U.N. chief's three-po...
By Al Pessin 14 August 2007 The head of the U.S. army says the military can sustain the current surge of forces in Iraq until next spring without changing deployment policies. But the general says it will take longer than that to create a stable soci...
By Selah Hennessy Freetown 10 August 2007 Opposition candidates for the upcoming legislative elections in Sierra Leone say the country's traditional rulers, many of whom have openly declared themselves in favor of the ruling party, have used their in...
A new study of the Standard Poor's 500 shows that military experience may actually be the best training to become a corporate CEO. The executive search firm Korn/Ferry International and the Intelligence Unit of the Economist Magazine found that forme...
By Daniel Schearf Beijing 17 July 2007 US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, in Beijing, 17 Jul 2007 The head U.S. negotiator to six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs has expressed optimism after a first day of meetings with...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 July 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the al-Qaida terrorist network is expanding in North Africa, through a loose network of groups that share its ideology. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. Robert Gate...
By Gary Thomas Washington 12 July 2007 The secretary-general of Interpol, the international police organization, says countries need to share data on lost or stolen passports. In a VOA interview, the Interpol chief says the failure of countries to po...