By Cindy Saine Washington 04 March 2008 Record turnouts are expected in the U.S. presidential race as primary voters go to the polls in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont. The latest public opinion polls show Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton an...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 February 2008 United Nations aid agencies warn the onset of spring in Afghanistan is expected to bring severe flooding in many parts of the country. They say they are gearing up to help tens of thousands of Afghans survive t...
By Cindy Saine Washington 19 December 2007 A massive spending bill to keep the U.S. government operating through most of next year is now making its way through the House of Representatives after Senate passage late Tuesday. The bill marks another de...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 December 2007 South Korean officials say they will declare a long stretch of the country's western coastline a disaster area. The move makes residents and businesses eligible for compensation as an enormous oil spill devastates...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 02 December 2007 Russians are voting in a parliamentary election in which President Vladimir Putin leads the list of the ruling United Russia Party, though he is not a candidate. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky report...
By Al Pessin Prague 22 October 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he expects Poland's new government to continue to discuss hosting a U.S. missile defense site. The secretary is now in the Czech Republic, which officials say is close to ag...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 October 2007 European Union leaders are expected to approve a treaty on E.U. reforms during a meeting in Lisbon Thursday and Friday. Lisa Bryant reports from Paris that if signed and ratified, it will end a two-year political...
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will pick a new party president on September 23rd to succeed Shinzo Abe. LDP Secretary-General Taro Aso, a former foreign minister under Abe, is widely seen as a front-runner. Abe's resignation left the troub...
By Brian Wagner Miami 11 July 2007 The U.S. city of Miami Beach is to vote on whether to block public pension funds from investing in firms linked to the governments of Iran and Sudan. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports officials are expected to ap...
标准英语,VOA,Iraqi,official,election,By Stephanie Ho Washington 15 January 2006 A senior Iraqi official says the Iraqi government will soon announce the official results from last month's elections. Meanwhile, he also downplayed reports...