When the floodwalls and levees gave way in New Orleans, the people of the Netherlands watched with special interest. 50% of the Netherlands lies below sea level, since medieval times, the Dutch have used dikes and levees to keep the country dry. Five...
By Kurt Achin Beijing 12 February 2007 Six-nation talks in Beijing aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs are to be extended into a sixth day, after negotiators had managed to bridge some gaps. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Beijing, w...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 February 2007 The chief U.S. envoy to six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons capability says delegates are going to keep working to resolve a single issue blocking a deal. VOA's Kurt Achin has more from...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 20 December 2006 watch Skin Cancer report First lady Laura Bush, July 20, 2006 First lady Laura Bush had a skin cancer tumor surgically removed from her leg in early November. The type of cancer she had was squamous c...
By Roger Wilkison Beijing 18 December 2006 North Korea says it will not abandon nuclear weapons until all sanctions US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, right, and US Ambassador to China Clark Randt at the opening of six-party talks on...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 14 October 2006 U.N. Security Council (file photo) The United States has told its Asian allies that traces of radiation have been detected that may confirm North Korea's announcement of a nuclear test. Word of the still inconclus...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 13 October 2006 The U.N. Security Council has tentatively agreed to impose stiff sanctions on North Korea for its apparent nuclear test. A formal vote is scheduled for Saturday. The United States introduced a comprom...
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 28 September 2006 The surge in sectarian violence in Iraq that followed last February's bombing of a Shit'ite shrine in Samaara is forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in southern and central Iraq. Many a...
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 06 September 2006 The top U.S. envoy dealing with North Korea has conferred with Chinese officials on warning Pyongyang against testing a nuclear weapon. Christopher Hill speaks to the press Assistant Secretary of State Chris...
By Paula Wolfson Vienna 21 June 2006 President Bush says North Korea must live up to its international obligations and abide by agreements on missile testing. The president took part in a one-day summit in Vienna with European Union leaders. -------...