By Leslie Boctor Cairo, Egypt 07 March 2007 Emotions remain high in Cairo, even after Egypt asked for Israel to investigate whether Israeli soldiers killed Egyptian POWs during the 1967 war. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit and Israeli For...
By Dan Robinson Washington 13 February 2007 The U.S. House of Representatives has begun the first major congressional debate on President Bush's Iraq strategy since Democrats won control of Congress in last November's mid-term election. VOA's Dan Ro...
By Dan Robinson Washington 06 February 2007 Paul Bremer The former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq has testified before a congressional oversight committee investigating how more than eight billion dollars in Iraqi development fun...
By Dan Robinson Washington 31 January 2007 watch Ernest Leong Afghanistan report US House lawmakers who have just returned from Iraq and Afghanistan have delivered sobering assessments of the situations there. VOA's Dan Robinson reports on remarks b...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 January 2007 Israeli President Moshe Katsav shouts during a press conference at his Jerusalem residence, 24 Jan 2007 A parliamentary committee of the Israeli Knesset on Thursday approved a leave of absence for the country's...
By Kari Barber Dakar 24 January 2007 Lawmakers in Liberia are being ordered to testify before the Supreme Court about their recent vote to oust controversial House Speaker Edwin Snowe. Earlier in the week, the court reinstated Snowe pending his appea...
By Dan Robinson Washington 19 January 2007 The Bush administration is coming under increasing pressure from members of Congress regarding any possible moves against Iran because of its role in Iraq. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, concerns intensified af...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 18 January 2007 Members of the far left in Italy's governing coalition are threatening to vote against refinancing the country's mission to Afghanistan. As Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome, the lawmakers are...
By Deborah Tate Washington 17 January 2007 watch Leta Hong Fincher's report From left, US Senators Hagel, Biden and Levin A group of U.S. senators has drafted a resolution opposing President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq. Among them i...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 17 January 2007 watch Deborah Block's report Millions of Iraqis have been displaced by the sectarian violence wracking their country, and many have sought refuge in neighboring countries - severely straining those govern...