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Climate Change Conference Opens In Bali
Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 6:58 am | VOA News
The Bali meeting aims to get countries to commit to working out a new agreement on emissions cuts to extend or replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. More >>
Venezuela Rejects Constitutional Changes
Monday, 3 December 2007, 11:52 pm | VOA News
Venezuelan voters have rejected a sweeping constitutional reform project launched by President Hugo Chavez. Opposition leaders see the vote as a major blow to the president's efforts to impose socialist changes. More >>
Close Vote On Venezuela Constitutional Referendum
Monday, 3 December 2007, 4:37 pm | VOA News
Among the proposed changes to the constitution is an end to term limits on the presidency. If voters approve, the Venezuelan leader says, he is prepared to stay in power until 2050, when he would be 95- years-old. More >>
Starbucks, Ethiopia Join Up To Help Coffee Farmers
Monday, 3 December 2007, 10:55 am | VOA News
The giant American coffee shop chain Starbucks is opening a center in Ethiopia to help coffee farmers improve productivity and profitability. Establishment of the center follows a dispute in which Ethiopia had accused Starbucks of blocking it from ... More >>
Exit Polls Show Putin's Party In Landslide Win
Monday, 3 December 2007, 9:56 am | VOA News
The vote projections were released Sunday evening by Russian media, just minutes after the last polling stations closed in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad. The communist party was running a distant second with about 12 percent of the vote. More >>
Iraq Debate Steps Up In Washington
Monday, 3 December 2007, 8:56 am | VOA News
U.S. military officials say progress is being made in Iraq, months after an influx of additional American troops. But prominent Democrats in Congress say the military gains are not enough, and the Iraqi government must do more on the political front. More >>
Cuba: Fidel Castro Nominated for Re-Election
Monday, 3 December 2007, 7:55 am | VOA News
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro has been nominated as a candidate for the National Assembly, paving the way for him to remain head of state. Castro's name was put forward Sunday, by municipal representatives in Santiago de Cuba, where he has traditionally ... More >>
Israel Lowers Expectations For Peace Deal
Monday, 3 December 2007, 5:55 am | VOA News
The Annapolis conference set a goal of reaching a final peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians by the end of next year. But Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is lowering expectations. More >>
40 Taliban Killed In Afghan Fighting
Monday, 3 December 2007, 5:55 am | VOA News
General Sayed Agha Saqib, the police chief of Kandahar province, said Sunday, that 35 Taliban were killed and 10 captured in a three-day operation that ended Saturday in the mountainous Shah Wali Kot district. More >>
UNICEF Begins Life-saving Immunization Campaign
Monday, 3 December 2007, 5:54 am | VOA News
The United Nations Children's Fund says it is beginning a week-long mass immunization campaign in war-torn Somalia on Sunday. UNICEF says volunteer health workers aim to immunize 100,000 children and women in camps for internally displaced people in ... More >>
India: Controversy Erupts Over Bangladeshi Writer
Monday, 3 December 2007, 5:53 am | VOA News
India has promised to protect a controversial Bangladeshi woman writer, who fled her own country 13 years ago after angering conservative Muslims with her writings. More >>
5 Egyptians Die In Cruise Ship Fire
Monday, 3 December 2007, 5:52 am | VOA News
Egyptian security officials say five Egyptians have been killed and two injured by a fire on a Nile cruise ship. Officials say the fire began in the engine room and quickly spread through the ship while it was moored near the Pharonic-era ruins of ... More >>
Climate Change Conference, Bali, Indonesia
Monday, 3 December 2007, 5:51 am | VOA News
Government officials and environmentalists are converging on the Indonesian island of Bali to debate ways to deal with climate change. One of the main topics of conversation at the United Nations-sponsored conference will be a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol ... More >>
Venezuelans Vote On Constitutional Changes
Monday, 3 December 2007, 5:47 am | VOA News
Venezuelans are lining up at polling stations to vote on proposed changes to the country's constitution that would greatly increase President Hugo Chavez's power. Public opinion polls indicate Sunday's vote result is too close to predict. More >>
Big Win Expected For Putin In Parliamentary Vote
Monday, 3 December 2007, 5:46 am | VOA News
Russians are voting in a parliamentary election in which President Vladimir Putin leads the list of the ruling United Russia Party, though he is not a candidate. Mr. Putin's name on the ballot could explain pressure for a high voter turnout. More >>
Sunni Leader Says He's Under Virtual House Arrest
Monday, 3 December 2007, 5:44 am | VOA News
Iraqi security forces deployed around Dulaimi's residence Friday, a day after finding two car bombs parked near his office complex. Police detained Dulaimi's son and more than 20 of his bodyguards on suspicion of links to the car bombs. More >>
United States Takes 32nd Davis Cup Tennis Title
Sunday, 2 December 2007, 4:55 pm | VOA News
The United States has clinched its record-breaking 32nd Davis Cup Tennis title by taking an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five match final series. Bob and Mike Bryan scored the decisive point with a victory in doubles. More >>
Miss China Wins The 57th Miss World Pageant
Sunday, 2 December 2007, 4:06 pm | VOA News
23-year-old Zhang Zilin, who holds the title Miss China, has won the Miss World pageant, with Miss Angola and Miss Mexico the top runners-up. The 57th Miss World contest was held at Sanya, a tourist resort in southern China's Hainan province. More >>
Turkey Claims Significant Gains In Attack On Kurds
Sunday, 2 December 2007, 4:03 pm | VOA News
Turkey says its military has inflicted significant losses in an attack on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, and it warns that such attacks across the border may continue More >>
Voting Begins In Russian Parliamentary Elections
Sunday, 2 December 2007, 4:02 pm | VOA News
Voting got under way first Sunday morning in Russia's Far East for the country's parliamentary elections. Pre-election opinion polls forecast a landslide vote for President Vladimir Putin's United Russia Party, which is aiming for a big victory ... More >>
