By Lisa Bryant Paris 24 January 2007 The World Economic Forum has begun in Davos, Switzerland, gathering more than 2,400 politicians and business leaders to talk about the international economy and problems like climate change, poverty and the Middl...
By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 27 June 2006 Leaders and senior officials from numerous Arab nations are in Houston for the US-Arab Economic Forum, which runs there through Wednesday. Top executives from several large American corporations are also on...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 21 June 2006 Leaders of the group of eight industrialized nations, known as the G-8, will meet next month in St. Petersburg, Russia. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at whe...
By Craig McCulloch Vancouver 21 June 2006 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says terrorism is among the biggest challenges facing the world's cities. Policy makers, activists and scientists are meeting in Canada for the United Nations sponsored...
By Challiss McDonough Sharm el-Sheikh 22 May 2006 Many Arab countries are in the midst of reforms designed to diversify and strengthen their economies. But the pace of political reform varies from cou...
By Challiss McDonough Sharm El-Sheikh 20 May 2006 A special meeting of the World Economic Forum has started in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, but weeks of political unrest and the arrests of...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 25 January 2006 watch Economic Forum report Business leaders from around the world are in Davos, Switzerland this week for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum...
IN THE NEWS -February 9, 2002: World Economic Forum By Jerilyn Watson This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The World Economic Forum meeting ended this week in New Yor...
Broadcast: March 3, 2003 By Onka Dekker This is Robert Colen the VOA Special English Development Report Organizers of the World Social Forum have chosen India as the meeting place in two-thousand-four...
Jan 31,2003 Students and researchers can 1) stroll through the Roman Forum for the first time in 1,500 years, thanks to computer technology. Historians and architects have created a virtual tour of an...
