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 Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 February 2007 India's Supreme Court has proposed a ban on hawkers (street vendors) who Indian roadside food stall worker fries an egg in Kolkata, 14 Oct 2006 cook food at roadside stalls in New Delhi - a city famed for...
By Gary Thomas Washington 11 January 2007 In his address Wednesday night, President Bush said he wants to boost U.S. troop strength in Iraq to quell sectarian violence. But he also made clear that the United States holds two of Iraq's neighbors, Ira...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 11 January 2007 watch Heart Disease Blood Test The World Health Organization (WHO) says that cardiovascular disease causes approximately one third of all deaths worldwide (16.7 million). And those deaths are not just...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington 28 December 2006 Watch Democratic Presidential 2008 Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, the Democratic Party's 2004 candidate for vice president, has announced he is running for the Oval Office itself. He joins t...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 23 December 2006 Despite a push for a diplomatic breakthrough at the end of 2006, the effort to keep North Korea out of the nuclear weapons club not only did not succeed - it lost ground. In October, the North defied internationa...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 03 December 2006 Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana casts his ballot in Antananarivo, 3 Dec 2006 In Madagascar Sunday, voters were choosing a president in what observers say was a mostly peaceful process. Many analysts...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 30 November 2006 In Madagascar, campaigning is winding down and voters are preparing to go to the polls Sunday to elect a president. The process has been marked by boycotts, procedural disputes and a would-be coup attempt,...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 12 October 2006 The new U.S. ambassador to U.N. food agencies based in Rome recently arrived to take up his post. Gaddi Vasquez directed the Peace Corps for the past four-and-a-half years. -- Ambassador Gaddi Vasquez says...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 28 September 2006 watch Peace Building Course Peace-building -- as defined by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan -- is the process of creating the basic conditions for sustainable peace in war-torn societies, and is one o...