By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 January 2007 Israel is playing down reports of an imminent prisoner swap with Hamas, the Islamic militant group that heads the Palestinian Authority. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, each side is ac...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 December 2006 News reports indicate that planning is under way to re-start the long-stalled North Korean nuclear talks on December 16. There has been no official confirmation from any of the six governments involved in the t...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 23 November 2006 A new U.N. report warns of an unprecedented decline in the Palestinian economy, saying poor Palestinians have been hit hardest of all. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. ---- Palestinian...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 22 October 2006 Children infected with tuberculosis light candles at a march to mark World Tuberculosis Day in New Delhi, March 24, 2006 The World Health Organization says there has been considerable progress in the figh...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 02 September 2006 A United Nations report says opium production in Afghanistan has jumped to record levels this year. U.N. officials warn the booming drug trade is fueling instability throughout Afghanistan and threatens t...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 26 May 2006 Two American news reports say an investigation into the deaths of at least 15 Iraqi civilians in an incident last November is expected to conclude that U.S. Marines killed the people. -------------------------------...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 March 2006 A group monitoring the food situation in Somalia says reports have been filtering in that people in the drought-stricken south are dying from contaminated water...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 March 2006 Israel has reported its first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. Health officials are taking a series of measures to prevent the virus from spread...
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 08 February 2006 Nigeria has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu virus in its poultry stock. Laboratory tests in Nigeria and Italy had established a highly pathogenic strain of...
By Pat Harris Washington, DC 01 March 2006 watch Prostate Cancer report Thousands of men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. And as VOA's Pat Harris reports, sometimes choosing a treatment...