By Purnell Murdock Washington 03 June 2007 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates right, and General Peter Pace, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Singapore, 03 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has cautioned Turkey against sending...
By Paula Wolfson White House 31 May 2007 President Bush will go to next week's Group of Eight Summit in Germany armed with a new proposal to combat global climate change. VOA's Paula Wolfson has details from the White House. President Bush outlines h...
By Yi Suli Washington 30 May 2007 Nestled in the mountains of the eastern state of West Virginia is an unusual farm. Here, two-dozen people live together at the Zendik Farm, a commune where everything is shared, from work to property. To make ends me...
By Jeff Swicord Terre Haute, Indiana 24 May 2007 As part of our continuing series on Searching for Solutions, VOA traveled to Terre Haute, Indiana, to tour one of two so called clean coal electric generating plants in the United States. Clean coal te...
By Mandy Clark London 11 May 2007 watch London Pollution report New York is hosting a Climate Change Summit next week (May 14th to 17th). Leaders from the world's largest cities will discuss how to reduce pollution. London will likely be held up as...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 April 2007 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (file photo) U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is appealing to the Security Council to give him more time to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Darfur before imposing eco...
By Mil Arcega Washington 18 April 2007 Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is fighting to keep his job after disclosing his involvement in obtaining a substantial pay raise for a female friend. The controversy has provoked demands for Wolfo...
By David Dyar Washington 18 April 2007 Image received by NBC news of Cho Seoung-hui The gunman who killed 32 people at a U.S. university Monday, before killing himself, mailed a chilling video to a U.S. TV network during the massacre. The package wa...
By Kari Barber Dakar 14 April 2007 Hundreds of demonstrators in the restive Casamance region of southern Senegal filled the streets Saturday protesting what they are calling police brutality. Angry mobs in Kolda burned tires and razed houses to the g...
By Meredith Buel Washington 13 April 2007 Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn has dedicated much of his career to reducing global threats from weapons of mass destruction. He is currently the co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a private group wor...