By Brian Wagner Miami 28 August 2007 A U.S. judge Monday approved the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to face money laundering charges in France. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that Noriega's lawyers have vowed to chall...
By Anita Elash Paris 02 August 2007 The international community has thrown its support behind the United Nations resolution authorizing a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force in Darfur. The force is to be in place by January. But some experts say getting...
By Wang Yiru New York City 24 April 2007 Western culture is fascinated with celebrity and beauty, where being thin is often equated with being attractive. The mass media and fashion industry often perpetuate this myth. But a controversial ban on unde...
By Jim Malone Washington 11 January 2007 Reaction in Congress and among the American public suggests President Bush has an uphill battle in trying to win support for his new strategy in Iraq, a strategy that includes deploying more than 21,000 addit...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 18 July 2006 watch Policy Crises report The Bush administration is facing a series of simultaneous foreign policy crises from the Middle East to the Korean peninsula. The U.S. military is already heavily committed...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 18 May 2006 U.S. officials say implementing the Darfur peace agreement requires sustained international attention to Sudan in coming months. A congressional hearing examin...
By Michael Drudge London 07 March 2006 The population of Europe is aging faster than that of any other continent. In the coming decades, there will be only two workers or fewer for every retiree, putt...
By Amy Katz Washington, D.C. 30 January 2006 watch Border report Mexico drops plans to distribute maps to guide immigrants safely across the U.S.-Mexico border... another tunnel on that border is disc...
A woman answered her front door and found two boys holding a list. "Lady," one of them explained, "we are on a treasure hunt, and we need three grains of wheat, a pork-chop bone and a piece of used ca...
Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. Today I’m very happy to be here to share with you some of my thoughts on the topic of Globalization. And first of all, I would like to mention an event in our rec...