AZUZ: In Washington, D.C., a commission set up by Congress is investigating the U.S. financial crisis. They're looking into what caused it and hopefully how to avoid another one in the future. As part of that investigation, the commission has been ta...
The Zimbabwe constitution process is set to resume after the parties to the unity government agreed on the issue of official reporters that had stalled the process. The Co-chairman of the parliamentary committee in charge of the Zimbabwe constitution...
Patrick Nimely Sie-Tuon of the U.S.-based Liberia Human Rights Campaign says the group has nothing personal against President Sirleaf only to end impunity in LIberia James Butty | Washington, DC 08 December 2009 Five months after releasing the unedit...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 16 September 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai, 16 Sep 2009 Afghanistan's government-appointed Independent Election Commission has released what it calls final but preliminary results from the August 20 vote for president....
The French National Assembly has agreed to set up a commission to study the wearing of the head-to-toe Islamic covering known as the burqa. The decision was made a day after the country's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, spoke out against the garment. A...
The European Union's executive arm has proposed far-reaching financial reforms to help prevent future financial crises, like the one now pummelling Europe and the rest of the world. European officials hope to put the reforms in place next year. Pres...
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In a new report on Iraq, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says religious minorities in Iraq face persecution. The commission, which recommends that the U.S. government designate Iraq a country of particular concern because of r...
A congressionally-mandated U.S. commission has released a report warning of a possible nuclear or biological attack somewhere in the world within five years. The report singles out Pakistan as the top security priority for the United States. VOA's D...
The European Commission is calling for Russia to halt its military incursion into Georgia. Tendai Maphosa has the details from London. EU flag outside European Commission's Berlaymont building The European Commission expressed extreme concern about...
