By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 02 December 2007 Government officials and environmentalists are converging on the Indonesian island of Bali to debate ways to deal with climate change. As VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins reports from Jakarta, one of the mai...
By Katherine Cole Washington 29 October 2007 More than 6,000 people who work in fields related to bluegrass music recently gathered in Nashville for the annual World of Bluegrass conference and tradeshow hosted by the International Bluegrass Music As...
By Scott Stearns White House 27 September 2007 The Bush administration has brought together most of the world's largest polluters for talks on confronting global climate change. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. U.S. Secretar...
By Margaret Besheer New York 24 September 2007 More than 140 countries have gathered at the United Nations for a summit on climate change. U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki moon says the earth's warming is an urgent, global challenge that requires unprec...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 23 September 2007 Heads of states from more than 70 countries are gathering in New York City for what will be the largest U.N.-organized event for world leaders on climate change. This is a preliminary meeting to work toward a ne...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 24 December 2006 Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer at the Vatican, 24 Dec 2006 Pope Benedict addressed pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square this Sunday and said that the celebrati...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 01 October 2006 Mourners walk together on Jimbaran beach to lay wreaths for the bomb blast victims, Bali Relatives and friends of those killed in suicide bombings on Bali one year ago have gathered on the Indonesian island t...
By Peter Heinlein New York 17 September 2006 President Bush heads a long list of world leaders and government ministers gathering in New York this week for the annual U.N. General Assembly debate. This year's event takes on added significance, with...
By Gary Thomas Washington 11 May 2006 A published news report says the National Security Agency has been gathering domestic telephone records to look for terrorists. The report, which attributes the i...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 15 February 2006 Experts meeting in Brussels Wednesday and Thursday are promoting a series of measure to fight the spread of bird flu in the European Union. The meeting comes as n...