By Kurt Achin Seoul 07 September 2007 South Korea has announced it will include its minister of defense in an entourage traveling to North Korea for their summit meeting next month. This will be the first such defense visit since the end of the Korea...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 August 2007 International aid agency Oxfam says poorly built flood defenses in South Asia may have aggravated the intensity of the recent flooding in the region. It calls for a reassessment of flood policies in the reg...
Knight Ridder, the second largest newspaper chain in the country may very well be sold in the coming weeks. Its largest shareholder has demanded that the company be put up for sale even though its newspapers are all turning a profit. To commentator S...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 28 June 2007 Russia strongly opposes Washington's plan to introduce a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at the proposal, which will...
By Brian Padden Paris 25 June 2007 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The Paris Air Show is one of the most extensive displays of aviation and aerospace in the world. The commercial aircraft industry comes to sell the latest technology to anyone who can affor...
By Al Pessin Baghdad 15 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Baghdad, where he says he will press Iraqi leaders to move toward reconciliation and prove they can lay the foundation for a peaceful society. He is the third senior U.S. off...
By Al Pessin Ramstein Air Base, Germany 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he is concerned about the bombing of the Shi'ite shrine in Samarra, Iraq on Wednesday. But he says he hopes Iraqis will not respond with more sectarian viol...
By Al Pessin Ramstein Air Base, Germany 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he believes Iran's government is aware of the shipment of significant quantities of Iranian weapons and explosives to Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan. Gat...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 06 June 2007 Guinea's new defense minister is touring barracks across the West African nation for a second time since his appointment. He was named last month to help quell unrest caused by disgruntled soldiers. VOA's Nico Col...
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...