Russia has agreed to withdraw its troops from controversial buffer zones it had set up around Georgia's breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the announcement by the Russian president was...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 February 2008 The U.N. refugee agency says an aerial bombing overnight and Tuesday morning in West Darfur, Sudan, close to the border with Chad, has forced the agency to withdraw its team. The aid workers were caring for new...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 03 January 2008 The government of Sri Lanka says it is withdrawing from a cease-fire agreement with Tamil rebels because the pact has become meaningless. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi the withdrawal is largely sy...
By Deborah Tate Washington 18 July 2007 A Democratic-sponsored plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by next April has failed a test vote in the U.S. Senate. The vote came after an all-night debate called by Democratic leaders to try to press more R...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 20 September 2006 Corruption charges against former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma are no longer scheduled for a court date. However, the decision is not a permanent stay of prosecution. ---- Jacob Zuma add...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 January 2006 Light Water Reactor Project by the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) at Kumho in North Korea's northeastern coastal area (File photo) The long...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Scientists Withdraw Suggestion of Link / Dirty Conditions and Children / Mysterious Dark Energy By Broadcast: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NE...
By Roger Wilkison Greece's two top track and field stars have pulled out of the Athens Olympics after apologizing to their embarrassed nation for a scandal that arose after they missed drug tests next...
Sonja Pace Israeli troops have withdrawn from one key neighborhood of the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, lifting a six-day siege and allowing residents out of their homes to again move...
Japan Will Not Withdraw Troops from Iraq, Despite Kidnapping of 3 Civilians Steve Herman Task forces have been set up in Tokyo at the prime minister's office and the Foreign Ministry to deal with what...