By Margaret Besheer United Nations 19 May 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon goes to Burma Thursday, where he plans to visit some of the hardest hit areas of the cyclone-devastated country and meet with the reclusive regime's top leaders. The U....
By Paul Sisco Washington 30 April 2008 An artist based in Los Angeles, California, is attracting attention with a showing of his work that combines video, audio and sculpture. Video art, or what some call new media art, has been around for some time....
By Steve Herman Kathmandu 13 April 2008 The leader of Nepal's Maoists is trying to reassure his country and the world that the former rebels will play a constructive political role as election returns show the far-left party making a much stronger-th...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 11 April 2008 Ethiopia's ruling party appears headed for a massive victory in local and parliamentary by-elections being held across the country over the next two Sundays. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports the...
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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 03 March 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back in the Middle East this week, meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a bid to try and prevent Israeli-Palestinian peace talks from collapsing. VOA's Jim T...
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By Greg Flakus Houston 19 February 2008 Voters in the Midwestern state of Wisconsin are at the polls in that state's primary. The main contest is on the Democratic Party side, where New York Senator Hillary Clinton has worked hard for a much-needed v...
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 2-345315 09 February 2008 Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party has succeeded in changing the country's constitution to ease a ban on Islamic head scarves worn in universities. But the move is proving controve...
By David Gollust State Department 05 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies to London Tuesday for talks with top British officials on an escalating row within NATO over troop levels in Afghanistan. The Bush administration wants...