Late on Saturday night, a taxi driver was stabbed to death in Christchurch. The driver was originally from Afghanistan and arrived in New Zealand as a refugee. In August 2001, he was on a boat from Malaysia, along with other Afghani people, hoping to...
By Sonja Pace London 27 June 2007 After a decade in power, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stepped down, handing in his resignation to Queen Elizabeth, who called in Gordon Brown to confirm him as Britain's next prime minister. VOA's Sonja Pa...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 May 2007 Security personnel push back crowd gathered near site of explosion, 18 May 2007 A bomb explosion in a mosque in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad has killed at least five people and wounded more than 25. A...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 12 December 2006 A minibus packed with explosives detonated in a crowded Baghdad square, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than 230 others. Most of the victims were poor day laborers waiting for work. From northe...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 November 2006 Family members mourn during the funeral procession of Mahmoud Sabah, a Hamas militant killed during an Israeli missile strike at the Jebaliya refugee camp At least eight Palestinian militants have been kil...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 May 2006 The Ethiopian government has appealed for calm following at least nine explosions in the capital Friday that killed at least four people and injured dozens. -----...
