By Challiss McDonough Cairo 25 January 2007 At least two people have been killed and at least 20 others wounded at a Beirut university campus in clashes between opposition and government supporters. The army declared a curfew in an effort to restore...
By David McAlary Washington 14 December 2006 President Bush has expanded the number of African nations receiving special U.S. aid to combat malaria. Mr. Bush says there can be no turning back from his goal of cutting the number of malaria deaths in...
By Tom Rivers London 13 October 2006 Muhammad Yunus waves to well-wishers at his home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct.13, 2006 Muhammad Yunus and the Bangladesh bank he set up 30 years ago have been jointly awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. --- Muhammad...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 14 September 2006 The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission plans to seize millions of dollars, allegedly made through corrupt deals. Aaron Ringera Kenyan media Thursday quoted commission director Aaron Ringera as saying the mon...
By Tendai Maphosa Harare 13 September 2006 In Zimbabwe, police have prevented protest marches organized by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions from taking place. In Harare and elsewhere in the country, the police sealed off the places where marche...
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 21 August 2006 Fifty eight people have died and more than 143 were injured Monday when one train rammed into another just out Cairo during the morning commute to the capital. ----- People gather at the site of a train crash in...
By Lindsay Wise Cairo 20 April 2006 When the Egyptian Movement for Change began organizing anti-government protests in Cairo a year and a half ago, it hoped it would pressure President Hosni Mubarak t...
IN THE NEWS - Anti-Doping Agency Seeks to Ban Four Top Runners By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, June 26, 2004 This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. Tim Montgomery This week...
Ed Yeranian Lebanese Army troops and riot police have fired on a crowd of stone-throwing demonstrators in a suburb of Beirut. Lebanese television stations are reporting three people were killed and a...
British Official Calls for Tough New Anti-Terror Powers Tom Rivers Britain's Home Secretary David Blunkett called Wednesday for tougher new powers to combat terrorism. But he acknowledged in parliamen...