The Sudanese government has released a leading opposition leader. Hassan al-Turabi, leader of the Popular Congress Party, was detained in January after calling for President Omar al-Bashir to turn himself into the International Criminal Court in the...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 12 November 2007 Israel's prime minister says more than 400 Palestinian prisoners could be released this month before an upcoming Middle East peace conference. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. Speaking b...
By Robert Raffaele Washington 27 June 2007 The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified hundreds of once-secret documents, detailing some of the agency's activities from the 1950s through the early 1970s. They include a plot to assass...
By Larry London Washington, D.C. 26 June 2007 Watch Relient K Report Relient K is a band from Canton, Ohio. They are considered to be part of the alternative, punk pop and Christian rock genres. The group formed in 1998 and has received numerous awar...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 25 May 2007 South Korea's government has released the full text of a trade liberalization deal with the United States. Supporters and opponents of the controversial agreement are now searching the 1,200-page document for ammunitio...
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 06 April 2007 Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has detonated a truck filled with explosives and chlorine gas near the western Iraqi city of Ramadi. At least 27 people were killed and dozens more injured and sickened. F...
By Larry London Washington, D.C. 26 February 2007 watch Kristin Hersh report From her early-1980s career with the Throwing Muses to today, Kristin Hersh has truly defined the underground world of punk music. Kristin stopped by VOA on her recent tour...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 18 March 2006 Akbar Ganji has been set free after spending six years in prison Iran's most prominent dissident, journalist Akbar Ganji, has been released from prison, af...
By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 03 February 2006 A wounded man is brought to a hospital after an early morning bomb attack, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq At least 16 people were killed in two car b...
Doug Levine Forty-three-year-old jazz vocalist John Pizzarelli is one of today's top interpreters of the Great American Songbook. He's also a gifted composer and guitarist. This year John is celebrati...