By Ron Corben Bangkok 25 May 2007 Burma's military leaders have extended their detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi for another year, despite growing international pressure. Government sources say Burmese officials visited her residence Frida...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 13 May 2007 A woman begs in a street in Harare, Zimbabwe (File) Prices of consumer goods, particularly groceries, have doubled in a month in Zimbabwe. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that Zimbabwe shopkeepers and consumers...
By Paula Wolfson White House 04 December 2006 President Bush had talks at the White House Monday with an influential Shi'ite leader from Iraq, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports it is part of an effort by Mr. Bu...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 16 November 2006 Democrats in the U.S. Congress have completed the process of choosing leaders to guide them when they return as the majority in the new congress in January. A senior Democrat who emerged over the last ye...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 15 November 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has opened high-level talks at the U.N. Climate Change conference in Kenya, by urging leaders and their governments to get serious about tackling what he calls the all-enco...
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 06 October 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks Friday with Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The secretary's stop in Irbil was a continuation of her effort to get Iraq...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bangkok 25 September 2006 The ruling military junta in Thailand has set up a powerful anti-corruption body to investigate allegations of graft in the administration of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was overthr...
By Franz Wild Abidjan 18 August 2006 After lying in a morgue for nearly four years, former Ivorian president, Robert Guei, is to be buried Friday. Even after his death, Robert Guei continues to generate controversy. -------- Robert Guei (1999 file p...
By Marlene Smith Vienna 03 April 2006 Alexander Milinkevich, who led protest demonstrations in Belarus against electoral fraud, says the West could help democratic forces fighting for freedom in his c...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 March 2006 Kizza Besigye talks on the phone, after he was acquitted of rape charges at High Court in Kampala Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye is challenging the...