By Kane Farabaugh Concord, New Hampshire 12 June 2007 The U.S. Constitution does not outline how a political party can nominate a candidate for president. The process simply has evolved over time, and now both major parties -- the Democratic and Repu...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 12 June 2007 The United Nations is cooperating with a U.S. probe into charges that North Korea's government misspent millions of dollars in aid money intended for its impoverished people. But as VOA's correspondent Pe...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 24 May 2007 Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora vowed in an address to the nation on Thursday his government would crush the Islamic militants who are battling the army in a Palestinian refugee camp. The U.N. says half th...
By Scott Stearns White House 23 March 2007 U.S. President George Bush says he will veto an emergency spending bill for the war in Iraq because opposition Democrats attached a timetable for the withdrawal of troops there. VOA White House Correspondent...
By Paula Wolfson Bogota 11 March 2007 President Bush traveled to Colombia Sunday amid tight security in a show of support for President Alvaro Uribe, VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Bogota the short visit was long on symbolism. Presidents George W....
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 12 February 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks at a news conference, at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 12 Feb 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States and its allies are determined...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 December 2006 British PM Tony Blair, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, walk past an honor guard before a meeting in Ramallah, 18 Dec 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is pressing on wi...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 December 2006 The incoming Speaker of the House of Representatives says Democrats will push for creation of a new bipartisan committee to oversee how money is spent on and by the U.S. intelligence community. VOA's Dan...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 17 April 2006 Erik Solheim, center, with Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka A top Norwegian envoy facilitating Sri Lanka's peace talks says mediators will continue to talk to repr...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 13 April 2006 Iran's president says he will not halt his country's uranium enrichment program, despite international pressure to do so. U.N. Nuclear Chief Mohamed ElBaradei...