A new report predicts developing Asia's economic growth will slow by almost half this year, but the Asian Development Bank forecasts that the region will rebound in 2010. Developing Asian economies are likely to grow by an average of 3.4 percent in...
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan has welcomed President Barack Obama's approval of 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, saying the development will markedly improve deteriorating security conditions in the southern part of the coun...
The World Bank is predicting growth rates in Africa in 2009 could fall to half what they have been in the past few years. World Bank Vice President for Africa Obi Ezekwesili, attending the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa,...
BBC Learning English London Life Film predicts a future London Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In London Life today, we zoom forward in time to consider a vision of London in the year 2027! How is that possible...
By Anita Elash Paris 05 May 2007 French voters choose their new president on Sunday. Polls predict conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy will win. During her last day of campaigning, his opponent, Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal, said a Sar...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 04 May 2007 The commander of U.S. forces south of Baghdad says more fighting and more casualties are ahead in the coming months, as the U.S. surge of forces is completed and clashes with insurgents increase. The officer spoke Fr...
By Sean Maroney Washington, DC 01 February 2007 Cuban state television has aired a video showing President Fidel Castro meeting this week with his Venezuelan counterpart and ally, Hugo Chavez. Many viewers said Mr. Castro looked somewhat stronger tha...
By Paula Wolfson White House 20 December 2006 President Bush is predicting another tough year ahead in Iraq. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, Mr. Bush says many options are under consideration to quell the violence, including a poss...
Greenspan Predicts US Job Growth Soon Barry Woods U.S. central bank chief Alan Greenspan told a congressional committee Thursday that the United States must resist protectionism . Mr. Greenspan told t...
