By Mandy Clark London 02 April 2008 Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern says he will resign on May 6, because of growing pressure on him from a tribunal probing alleged financial irregularities. VOA's Mandy Clark reports from London. In an address to t...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 20 March 2008 Belgium's new prime minister, Yves Leterme, was sworn in Thursday more than nine months after general elections that paralyzed the country. But from Paris, Lisa Bryant reports for VOA there are questions about just...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 08 February 2008 Thailand's new prime minister, Samak Sundarawej, says the United Nations should step up contacts with Burma's military leaders. The Thai leader said the U.N. Secretary-General should visit Rangoon and use Thai...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 21 January 2008 The British prime minister has wrapped up a two-day visit to India with a call for sweeping reform of international institutions such as the United Nations and World Bank. As Anjana Pasricha reports from N...
By Alex Villarreal Washington 28 December 2007 Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated. As Alex Villarreal reports, Bhutto will be remembered for her unwavering devotion to democracy and the people...
By VOA News 27 December 2007 Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday at a campaign rally just two weeks before parliamentary elections. Police say a suicide bomber fired gunshots at Ms. Bhutto j...
By Kate Woodsome Hong Kong 25 December 2007 Thailand's deposed prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, says he would like to return home, now that his political allies have won the first elections held since a military takeover last year ousted him from...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 A former South Korean prime minister says his strong conservative credentials are what his country needs in a president. Lee Hoi-chang says he would take a harder line on North Korea and return the South to values...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 14 November 2007 The prime ministers of North and South Korea are trying to push forward what their presidents set in motion at last month's summit. On the opening day of talks in Seoul, the two leaders vowed to start implementing...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 10 November 2007 Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto joined protests in the capital against emergency rule Saturday and tried to meet with the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. VOA's Barry Newhouse rep...