By Scott Bobb Bangkok 01 April 2006 Election worker walks past rows of ballot boxes, Friday Election officials in Thailand say they are ready for Sunday's snap elections, which Prime Minster Thaksin S...
By Catherine Maddux Washington 16 March 2006 Four countries in Africa have reported cases of the deadly strain of avian flu -- Egypt, Niger, Nigeria and, most recently, Cameroon, where it was confirme...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 13 February 2006 Javier Solana Europe's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, is in the Middle East this week to try to calm outrage over cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. M...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 February 2006 A senior United Nations official is calling on nations to stop selling arms to African countries. The official says Africa is awash with weapons which are at th...
By Jim Teeple Ramallah, West Bank 26 January 2006 Palestinian election officials confirmed late Thursday that the Islamic militant group Hamas had won an overwhelming victory based on partial results...
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 24 January 2006 Senior U.S. health officials say that in addition to preparing medical professionals at home for a possible avian influenza pandemic, they are emphasizing gl...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 20 January 2006 A top U.S. official says the United States is committed to implementing a landmark nuclear deal that will give India access to civilian nuclear technology....
By Al Pessin Washington 18 January 2006 A US Marine, left, patrols with soldiers of the Iraqi Army in the streets in Husaybah, Iraq The top civilian official in charge of the U.S. army says the force...
标准英语,VOA,Iraqi,official,election,By Stephanie Ho Washington 15 January 2006 A senior Iraqi official says the Iraqi government will soon announce the official results from last month's elections. Meanwhile, he also downplayed reports...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 01 January 2006 U.S. health officials acknowledge they do not know if the H5N1 flu virus that has led to the deaths of millions of poultry in Asia and has recently been foun...