By Benjamin Sand Kandahar, Afghanistan 10 January 2007 watch Afghan Police report Afghan police trainees With violence on the rise throughout Afghanistan, the Kabul government is recruiting thousands of auxiliary police to combat a growing insurgenc...
By Suzanne Presto Bangkok 05 January 2007 Thailand's government is dismissing rumors of a fresh coup plot, after such speculation ran rampant through Bangkok Thursday night. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from the Thai capital, where people are still...
By Jim Randle Washington, D.C. 02 January 2007 watch Iraq Oil report Iraq's Kurds, Sunnis, and Shi'ites are bickering over how to distribute the nation's potentially vast oil revenue. In the meantime, energy officials are trying to rebuild the batte...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 27 December 2006 Somali government troops, backed by Ethiopian forces, Wednesday were heading to the Somali capital, the base of the Islamic Courts Union. But Ethiopia's information minister tells VOA it is not his country'...
By Chad Bouchard Yogyakarta, Indonesia 15 December 2006 Government leaders from around Asia have pledged to boost air quality control programs in some of the most polluted cities of the world. As Chad Bouchard reports from the Indonesian city of Yog...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 December 2006 Police in Kenya's capital have dispersed demonstrators protesting government support of a faction within the country's main opposition party, a move observers say effectively splits the opposition before ne...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 29 November 2006 The government of Iraq's embattled prime minister suffered another blow Wednesday when legislators and cabinet members loyal to an anti-American Shi'ite cleric suspended their participation to protest...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 21 November 2006 watch Breast Implants report The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted its 11-year ban on silicone implants. But the decision is not without controversy. Silicone and saline implants The...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 13 November 2006 President of the Central African Republic Francois Bozize Rebels advancing in the Central African Republic say they want talks with the government, but President Francois Bozize has refused. Mr. Bozize is rec...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 25 October 2006 Three journalists arrested by the transitional Somali government are being questioned for their work in an area under the control of the Islamic Courts Union. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders is cal...