British Labour MP Diane Abbott, seen here in this November 30 1994, file picture, defended herself Wednesday Nov. 28, 1996 against accusations of racism after criticising the appointment of blonde, blue-eyed Finnish nurses at her local hospital. For...
Ethiopians wait to cast their vote at a polling station in Dukem, Ethiopia, 40 km south of Addis Ababa, 23 May 2010 Ethiopian officials say a record number of voters have gone to the polls in an election expected to give Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's...
Parliament put off debate on appeals court verdict allowing hundreds of banned candidates with alleged ties to the Ba'ath Party to take part in national elections Edward Yeranian | Cairo 07 February 2010 An Iraqi woman holds a picture of her brother,...
Sally al-Sahabi, 12, and her father enter the police station, hoping that having her husband arrested will pressure him into granting her a divorce In Yemen, it is legal and common for young girls to marry fully-grown men. But a growing activist move...
Congress party President Sonia Gandhi is greeted by women party workers after the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the upper house of parliament, at her residence in New Delhi, India, 10 Mar 2010 Although the bill proposing to reserve one third...
An African Union summit has given the organization more authority to act against unconstitutional changes of power. Coups and conflicts are dominating the summit agenda. African leaders broadened the definition of unconstitutional power change and ap...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. World leaders have been congratulating Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine's next president. Among Western leaders, President Obama phoned on Thursday to welcome the opposition leader. The White House said he call...
Months after Iranian opposition leaders denounced acts of torture and rape at the infamous Kahrizak detention center, the country's parliament has released a report detailing incidents of mistreatment and suspicious deaths. Notorious former Tehran pr...
Interviewed on British television just weeks before he faces intense questioning before a high-powered inquiry into why Britain went to war in Iraq, former Prime Minister Tony Blair says it was right to oust Saddam Hussein regardless of whether there...
A reported 'revolt' among members of its climate change talks' negotiating team has put the Indian government on the political defensive at home Steve Herman | New Delhi 07 December 2009 Pollution A reported 'revolt' among members of its climate chan...
