BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing municipal government will tighten controls on officials' going abroad for training, as it aims to stop taxpayers money being wasted on overseas junkets. According to a circular posted on the website of the Bei...
By Tendai Maphosa London 07 May 2008 The British government has announced new immigration rules that will require non-European Union skilled workers to earn a certain number of points to enter and work in the country. The points-based system will als...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 28 December 2007 Hundredsof thousands of mourners gathered to at the family graveyard where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was being laid to rest. Authorities in Pakistan have beefed up security around the country as suppo...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 06 November 2007 The European Union is hosting a meeting this week to assess the progress in eradicating conflict diamonds - illicitly traded diamonds that have fueled a number of wars across Africa. From Paris, Lisa Bryant repor...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 20 September 2007 The French National Assembly hasadopted legislation tightening immigration requirements. The senate has not yet examined the bill, which includes a controversial provision for voluntary DNA testing. But, from P...
By Al Pessin Washington 06 August 2007 A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office says tens of thousands of rifles, pistols and other items sent to Iraq are unaccounted for. As VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon, officials are pro...