By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 September 2006 French troops are arriving in Lebanon to police the ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant group, Hezbollah. Israeli forces, which pounded Lebanon for 34 days, are preparing to pull out. ------...
By Challiss McDonough Tyre, Lebanon 07 August 2006 In south Lebanon, the last road leading out of the city of Tyre has been cut by Israeli airstrikes. That means that aid workers may no longer be able to get vital supplies into town from the north....
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 August 2006 Child laborers who were rescued from small-scale industrial units wait to get themselves registered at a police station, in Bombay, India (File photo) India has announced it will ban the employment of chil...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 02 August 2006 The Malaysian foreign ministry says officials from predominantly Islamic countries will urge the United Nations to demand an unconditional cease-fire in Lebanon and deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force that...
By Challiss McDonough Tyre, Lebanon 26 July 2006 A small group of Americans and Australians have made a perilous journey to safety from a tiny village near the Lebanese border. After the Israeli military offensive in Lebanon began, they spent two we...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 26 July 2006 The Bush administration has endorsed legislation to change U.S. law to accommodate a controversial anti-terrorism surveillance program that some critics have called illegal. A Senate hearing focused on the i...
By Scott Stearns St. Petersburg 17 July 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair says an international force is needed to end Israeli and Hezbollah attacks across the Lebanese border.The prime minister met with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the...
By Kane Farabaugh New York 03 July 2006 Watch MLK Archive report A collection of historical materials belonging to civil rights activist Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. has avoided the auction block ... and found a permanent home in Atlanta. VOA's K...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 08 June 2006 watch report Zarqawi Killed President Bush speaks about the death of al-Qaida in Iraq's leader President Bush is calling the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a blow toal-Qaida in Iraq. The terro...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 29 March 2006 The White House has welcomed the arrest by Nigerian police of former Liberian President and rebel leader Charles Taylor. Taylor arrived in Liberia en route to...