U.S. President George Bush is making a renewed push for Congressional approval of a pending free trade agreement with Colombia. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports he is urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow a vote in the House of Representatives. At a White...
Republican presidential contender John McCain intends to focus on domestic economic issues this week while his Democratic opponent, Senator Barack Obama, continues his tour of the Middle East and Europe. But on Monday, McCain was quick to respond to...
The Salvation Army has opened Australia's first safe house for victims of human trafficking. The charity estimates that more than 1,000 people are brought to Australia each year as modern day slaves, to work in industries such as agriculture or in t...
By Phil Mercer Darwin 12 February 2008 Australia is sending additional police officers and soldiers to East Timor following an assassination attempt on the country's president and prime minister. President Jose Ramos Horta has been flown to Darwin in...
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 16 May 2007 A car bomb in the violent Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, has killed at least 32 people and wounded dozens more. South of the capital, in Nasiriyah, Iraqi officials say fighting between Iraqi military units...
By Mil Arcega Washington 06 April 2007 Growing opposition in Congress to the war in Iraq is raising hard questions about whether the president's plan to send nearly 30,000 additional troops to Baghdad is too little, too late. But a former chairman of...
By Deborah Block 27 March 2007 (From left) Democratic Senators Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden after Iraq vote The Democratic-led Senate for the first time has signaled its support for a timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. The Se...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 11 March 2007 Chairman and Chief Executive of Suzuki Osamu Suzuki (L) and Managing Director of Maruti Udyog Limited Jagdish Khattar (R) after inaugurating Maruti-Suzuki's new autoplant at Manesar, 06 Feb 2007 Business leade...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 December 2006 Aid agencies say recent fighting in Somalia has taken a humanitarian toll. Hundreds of people have been wounded, thousands have fled their homes and tens of thousands are cut off from food relief they have...
By Al Pessin Kansas 18 December 2006 Army training troops who will serve as advisers to the Iraqis are seen in Fort Riley, Kansas, 28 Oct 2006 In the raging debate over the future of U.S. policy toward Iraq, there is one point on which all sides see...