By Liu Enming San Francisco, California 12 October 2007 The Golden Gate Bridge -- the iconic gateway to San Francisco Bay -- has withstood 70 years of rain and shine. A marvel of engineering, it is also sadly a site where people commit suicide by thr...
By David Gollust Washington 07 June 2007 Leading human rights groups Thursday called on the U.S. government to account for terrorism suspects they believe were detained by U.S. authorities abroad but whose whereabouts are now unknown. The Bush admini...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 14 May 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins discussions in Moscow later Monday with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, aimed at smoothing over Russian objections and mistrust over Washington's missile defense plans...
By Paula Wolfson White House 25 April 2007 President Bush has announced an enhanced effort to combat malaria in Africa. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, the president spoke Wednesday at an event marking Malaria Awareness Day in the...
By Tendai Maphosa London 05 April 2007 Court of Appeal judges in London have ruled in favor of three Darfuri asylum seekers the British government wanted to send back to Sudan. But as Tendai Maphosa reports from London for VOA, the judgment may be a...
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 04 April 2007 U.S. military officials say sectarian murders have decreased in Baghdad since a joint U.S.-Iraqi security plan was launched in mid-February, but high-profile car bombings in and around the capital continue to...
By Dan Robinson Washington 19 March 2007 The former chief of staff of the White House environmental policy office has denied charges that he sought to politicize government reports on the causes and effects of global warming. VOA's Dan Robinson repor...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 21 February 2007 Human rights groups are blasting Kenyan police for killing one of Kenya's most wanted criminals, saying that the suspect should have been taken into custody and tried rather than shot. As Cathy Majtenyi rep...
By Marissa Melton Washington 09 February 2007 The U.S. military released more details Friday about its plans for a new Africa Command center or AFRICOM. The center is going to coordinate U.S. military activities for almost all of the African contine...
By Suzanne Presto New Delhi 25 January 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talk to each other during their press conference in New Delhi, 25 January 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime...