'The Lady' Features Michelle Yeoh as Burma's Pro Democracy Leader When Aung San Suu Kyi left her family in England in 1988, she thought it would be a short visit to Burma to care for her ailing mother. Instead, Daw Suu followed in the footsteps of he...
European Union leaders granted Serbia candidate status at a two-day summit that ends Friday focusing on jobs and the economy in the region. The Brussels summit has been a relatively low-key event compared to last year's crisis meetings aimed at stemm...
President Barack Obama has praised Italys Prime Minister Mario Monti for his efforts to pull his country out of financial distress. After replacing Silvio Berlusconi the past November, Monit has implemented tough austerity measures designed to cut It...
Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos says his country faces an uncontrolled default unless worker unions and employers can agree on wage cuts to boost Greece's economic competitiveness. The interim Greek leader met with labor leaders and business rep...
North Korea Hails Kim Jong Un as 'Supreme Leader' With a distant siren the only sound, an ocean of people bowed silently Thursday before North Korea's Kim Jong Un. From a balcony, he looked out over hundreds of thousands gathered for a silent memoria...
Key European leaders pledged at a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama Monday that they will push for closer economic integration of the 17-nation eurozone to help resolve the continent's burgeoning debt crisis. European Council President Herman...
People in America - Sam Houston, 1793-1863: One of the Most Famous Leaders of Texas STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. PHOEBE ZIMMERMAN: And Im Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell the story of Sam Houst...
Asia Pacific Leaders to Tackle Free Trade, Tariffs Senior officials from 21 countries are meeting in Hawaii this week for the annual summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, or APEC. This year's host, President Barack Obama, will meet w...
US, China, Russia to Join Asian Leaders For Summit in Bali Next week (November 14-19), leaders from 18 nations will gather on the Indonesian island of Bali for the sixth annual East Asia summit. The regional economic and security forum has steadily g...
