By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm 08 June 2007 Leaders of the G8 group of industrial nations have ended three days of meetings in the German Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm with a compromise on global warming and renewed pledges for Africa. VOA's Sonja Pa...
By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm 07 June 2007 Leaders of the world's richest industrial nations wind up their three days of meetings in northern Germany on Friday. Their last day is to be devoted mostly to Africa - alleviation of poverty, debt relief and a...
By Scott Stearns White House 02 June 2007 President Bush visits Germany in the coming week for the annual meeting of the world's leading industrialized nations, known as the G-8 summit. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports on the presi...
By Carol Pearson Washington 16 March 2007 watch Global Aging For the first time in history, people 65 years and older will soon outnumber children under the age of five in many parts of the world. The challenge, even for the poorest countries, is to...
By Tony Budny Atlanta, Georgia 12 February 2007 watch Afghan Rugs Exhibition The southeastern U.S city of Atlanta recently hosted an exhibition celebrating Afghanistan's world-renowned rugs and the part they have played in shaping the nation's heri...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 February 2007 International law enforcement authorities now meeting in Los Angeles say the problem of violent street gangs crosses borders. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, officials from Canada, Mexico, and Central A...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 29 January 2007 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is projected onto a screen as he addresses dignitaries, in Addis Ababa, 29 Jan 2007 Sudan suffered two major blows Monday when it was overlooked for the chairmanship of the Af...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 05 December 2006 Terrorism, free trade and North Korea are just a few of the issues expected to come up at the summit of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cebu, in the Philippines, which starts Decem...
By Scott Stearns White House 24 November 2006 U.S. President George Bush visits Europe in the coming week for a summit with leaders of the NATO alliance. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns will travel with the president and reports on what...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 24 November 2006 Russia and the European Union were unable to start negotiating a key trade deal when at a meeting in Helsinki Friday, after Poland blocked progress due to Russia's ban on its meat imports. We hear more from VO...