By Ron Corben Bangkok 21 June 2007 The violence in Thailand's southern border provinces has escalated in recent months, the death toll rising from almost daily attacks, with schools and state officials especially targeted. The rising terror comes as...
By Barry Newhouse Irbil, Iraq 06 June 2007 U.S. military commanders are playing down a military report that says the Baghdad security operation is moving more slowly than expected, with American and Iraqi forces now in control of about one third of B...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 21 March 2007 Many West African countries are desperately poor, despite being rich in natural resources. Experts say African governments need to negotiate harder with foreign investors to ensure their country benefits. Senegal...
By David McAlary Washington 14 March 2007 A U.S. spacecraft studying Saturn has found evidence of large seas on its biggest moon, Titan. But if they are seas, they would not be filled with water. Instead, as VOA's David McAlary reports, they would be...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 23 February 2007 Rallies have ended in Senegal ahead of the presidential election on Sunday. Broken alliances, accusations and street fights have marked an election campaign in which octogenarian President Abdoulaye Wade faces...
By Scott Stearns White House 27 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush is backing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's moves to improve security in Baghdad. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the president's political opponents a...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 14 December 2006 A U.S. Senate Democrat remains hospitalized after undergoing brain surgery in Washington. With Democrats poised to take control of the Senate with a razor-thin majority next month, Senator Tim Johnson's...
By Dan Robinson Washington 08 September 2006 As the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, Republicans and Democrats continue to trade words over Bush administration policies in Iraq, the fight against radical Isla...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 31 August 2006 The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has concluded that Iran is continuing its uranium enrichment work in defiance of a Security Council demand. Council members are likely to begin talks on possible sancti...
By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 24 August 2006 watch Iran-Iraq Link report A senior military spokesman says there is clear evidence that Iran has directly aided insurgents in Iraq. Those comments follow Iraq's deadliest month since the U.S.-led...