By Selah Hennessy Dakar 09 October 2007 Two Amnesty International delegates and a local journalist arrested in Gambia Saturday have been released on bail. The human rights watchdog Amnesty International says their detention demonstrates the deteriora...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 October 2007 give a boost to the peace process. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, there is mixed reaction among Israelis and Palestinians. Israel released the prisoners Monday as a goodwill gestu...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 23 September 2007 Israel will release more Palestinian prisoners this week in a bid to advance the peace process. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the move has brought criticism from Israelis and Pa...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 21 August 2007 Hedayat Noor, right, father of Naeem Noor Khan with his lawyer Babar Awan after a hearing at a court in Rawalpindi (File photo - 14 Dec 2004) Pakistan has released an alleged al-Qaida operative without charge...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 24 July 2007 Following long negotiations, six foreign medics held in Libya on charges of infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus have been released, after the European Union agreed it would work on normalization of r...
From NPR news, this is all things considered. I'm Michele Norris.And I'm Robert Siegel. The White House has come under fire for federal agencies issuing what are called video news releases that promoted administration policies. Video news releases ar...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 July 2007 A three-year-old British toddler who was kidnapped last week in Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers state has been released and reunited with her family. Gilbert da Costa reports that Margaret Hill's abduction provoked a...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 June 2007 The recent release of Niger Delta militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has prompted calls for the immediate release of another separatist leader from the southeast. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja. Ralph U...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 25 June 2007 The Israeli prime minister says he intends to free 250 Palestinian members of Fatah currently held in Israeli jails. The move is aimed at strengthening Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah movement...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 24 June 2007 Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, right, and FM Tzipi Livni, attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, 24 Jun 2007 Israel plans to release a large sum of money in a bid to boost beleaguered Palestinian President Ma...