By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 August 2007 Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has appointed a retired chief judge to head a panel on electoral reforms. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the review is considered crucial for the country's political f...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 05 June 2007 Forty years ago Tuesday, June 5, the 1967 Arab-Israeli War began. Lasting just six days, the war was an unqualified victory for Israel and a complete defeat for the armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. As VOA's Jim...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 31 May 2007 British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged African governments to hold Zimbabwe to account and to do so urgently. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from Johannesburg that Mr Blair was speaking in Johannesburg...
By Jim Bertel Washington 25 April 2007 The release last year of former Vice President Al Gore's award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth has turned global warming into a hot topic of concern in the United States. One of the film's producers, Laurie D...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 29 October 2006 The U.S. ambassador to Iraq is downplaying reports of an apparent dispute between Washington and Baghdad. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Washington, where officials deny the United States is trying to tell...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 28 September 2006 U.S. counterterrorism officials say Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorists remain a threat to the survival of Lebanon's government, Israel's security, and regional stability following its month-long war w...
By Paula Wolfson White House 12 September 2006 Watch or Listen to the President's Speech Windows Video Real Video Download MP3 Audio View Full Text (White House) President Bush has marked the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist at...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 14 July 2006 Hassan Nasrallah The leader of the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah has vowed to wage open war on Israel after an apparently failed attempt on the group's leader. Israel's military offensive in Lebano...
By Al Pessin Shanksville, Pennsylvania 28 March 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made his first visit to the site of the September 11, 2001 crash of United Airlines flight 93 on Monday, and...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 23 February 2006 In the latest move in an escalating dispute between Japan and North Korea, police in Tokyo have obtained arrest warrants for two North Koreans who allegedly kidn...