Nearly 500 youngsters from around the world are getting a close-up view of the Olympics at the Olympic Youth Camp, which got underway in Beijing Wednesday. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the camp uses sports to build bridges between cultures. Detyange Van...
American weightlifter Casey Burgener will be making his Olympic debut in Beijing. He edged out four other super heavyweights to clinch the third and final spot on the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team. Burgener has two U.S. national titles, and last y...
Afghanistan and Pakistan are urging each other to do more to stop terrorism, blaming each other for violence in their countries during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 17 June 2008 Human rights activists are urging the U.N. Security Council to turn up the pressure on the Sudanese government and quickly complete the deployment of 26,000 U.N. peacekeepers to Sudan's war-torn Darfur...
By Michael Bowman Washington 18 May 2008 The Bush administration says Cuba remains a repressive state despite the transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother, Raul. VOA's Michael Bowman reports form Washington, where a high-ranking Cuban-Amer...
By Tendai Maphosa London 09 April 2008 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is calling for a swift transition to democracy in Zimbabwe. Barosso says Zimbabweans have voted for change from President Robert Mugabe's rule. Tendai Maphosa ha...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 02 April 2008 In Zimbabwe, the opposition says it defeated President Robert Mugabe and his party in last Saturday's presidential and parliamentary elections. But the ruling party has rejected the claim saying it was not bas...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 02 April 2008 Bangladesh is seeking three million tons of rice and wheat, in the next several months, to counter the lingering effects of a devastating cyclone amid soaring prices for staple foods. VOA Correspondent Steve He...
By Steve Herman Islamabad 17 March 2008 Pakistan's parliament has convened in Islamabad, but nothing significant is expected to happen until later this month when a new government is installed. But as VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from the c...
By Michael Bowman Washington 17 March 2008 The U.S. government is using all tools at its disposal to stem a deepening financial crisis and reassure markets after one of America's largest investment banks was bought out to rescue it from the brink of...