By Al Pessin Pentagon 15 November 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says developments in Pakistan in the coming weeks will determine whether Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf can continue to be a U.S. partner in the global war on terrorism....
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 06 November 2007 Pakistan's ousted Supreme Court chief justice has urged his supporters to protest the country's emergency rule, using a mobile-phone link to address a rally by the legal community. VOA's Barry Newhouse rep...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 November 2007 Director-General of the World Health Organization says people in poor countries should not be denied medicine they need to treat illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis because of the cost. Lisa Schlein rep...
By Sabina Castelfranco Roma 05 November 2007 Italian police have arrested the man considered to be the new boss of the Sicilian Mafia. Salvatore Lo Piccolo had been on the run for more than 20 years. He was picked up with his son and two other men ne...
By Al Pessin Washington 01 November 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he believes the top Iranian leader is aware of the effort by the country's elite Quds Force to help Shiite insurgents in Iraq. And he confirmed that Iran's president ha...
By Kari Barber Dakar 24 October 2007 Sierra Leone's new government has replaced the chief of the country's anti-graft body. Many say the commission has failed to stem rampant corruption which has crippled the post-conflict nation. Kari Barber has mor...
By Al Pessin Kyiv 22 October 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has criticized NATO allies for their failure to meet their own commitments for troops in Afghanistan. He made the comment as he announced that some Southeastern European nations in...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 20 October 2007 Iran says its top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, has resigned. He will be replaced by a relatively unknown deputy foreign minister with close ties to the Iranian president. VOA's Challiss McDonough has m...
By Al Pessin Bogota 03 October 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Colombia, the second stop on a five-nation visit to Latin America that began Tuesday morning in El Salvador. VOA's Al Pessin is traveling with the secretary, and reports hi...
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 30 September 2007 The head of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency has praised Pakistan as a model for eradicating drug production. But, she says more cooperation is needed from neighboring Afghanistan where record-hi...