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Chavez Rallies Support For Venezuela Reform
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 10:18 pm | VOA News
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has led a mass rally in support of a series of proposed constitutional reforms. Venezuelans will vote Sunday on the plan, which includes ending term limits on the presidency. More >>
Rice To Visit Africa For Talks On Great Lakes Area
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 10:17 pm | VOA News
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is headed to Africa next week to discuss regional peace and security. Secretary Rice will arrive in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for a one-day stop on Wednesday. More >>
Opposition Rallies Against Venezuela Reform Plan
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 12:59 pm | VOA News
Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched in Caracas Thursday to rally opposition to a constitutional referendum that would end term limits on the presidency. The Sunday vote may be a key test of support in President Hugo Chavez More >>
UK PM Isolated As EU, Africans Plan Lisbon Summit
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 12:58 pm | VOA News
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insists he will not attend if Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe shows up as planned. But, as Tendai Maphosa reports from London, Mr. Brown is not getting support for his boycott threat from other European or African ... More >>
56 Dead In Turkish AtlasJetair Plane Crash
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 12:58 pm | VOA News
A Turkish passenger plane has crashed in southwestern Turkey, killing all 56 people onboard. Airline officials say rescue teams reached the crash site and reported that there were no survivors. More >>
Turkey's PM Says Army's Iraq Operation Authorized
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 10:26 am | VOA News
In televised comments Friday, Mr. Erdogan said the decision to carry out the operation was made at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. He said Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved of the plan. More >>
EU Faces Growing Obstacles Over Chad Peace Force
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 10:25 am | VOA News
The mostly French peacekeepers are being sent to protect people displaced by the fighting in Sudan's troubled Darfur region and by fighting in Chad between the government and Chadian rebels. More >>
World AIDS Day Marks Day Of Sadness, Hope - Bush
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 10:24 am | VOA News
President Bush is urging Congress to approve the doubling of the U.S. commitment in the global fight against HIV and AIDS. Mr. Bush said he was confident that U.S. lawmakers would show leadership by authorizing his proposal to spend $30 billion ... More >>
US Military Continues Relief Efforts In Bangladesh
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 10:23 am | VOA News
U.S. Admiral Carol Pottenger, stationed on the navy vessel USS Kearsarge, said Friday that U.S. forces have delivered over 45,000 liters of water and 33,000 kilograms of supplies including food, clothing and blankets. More >>
Turkish, US Commanders Discuss Cooperation
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 10:22 am | VOA News
The top U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and the vice-chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General James Cartwright, met Tuesday with Turkey's deputy chief of General Staff, General Ergin Saygun. More >>
Niger Journalists Remain In Jail Despite Pressure
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:19 am | VOA News
Two journalists in Niger remain in jail despite pressure from international watchdog groups and complaints from their lawyers that there is no evidence left against them. More >>
Iraq: US Warns Largest Dam In Danger Of Collapse
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:19 am | VOA News
U.S. officials are warning that the largest dam in Iraq is in danger of collapsing. They say flooding caused by the collapse would kill a half million people in the nearby city of Mosul. More >>
Putin Suspends Russian Arms Treaty Participation
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:18 am | VOA News
Word that President Putin signed a law suspending the CFE Treaty came in a brief statement issued by the Kremlin. The suspension goes into effect on December 12. More >>
Israel's Supreme Court Upholds Fuel Cuts To Gaza
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:17 am | VOA News
Israel will continue to tighten sanctions on the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip after getting a green light from the nation's top court. Palestinians say the measures are counterproductive. More >>
US Withdraws UN Resolution On Peace Process
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:17 am | VOA News
Diplomats say the United States has withdrawn a U.N. Security Council draft resolution endorsing this week's Israeli-Palestinian agreement to re-start peace talks. The reason for the decision was not immediately clear. More >>
US Envoy: N. Korea Nukes Dismantled By 2008
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:16 am | VOA News
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill made the comment Friday, in the South Korean capital of Seoul, where he was meeting with South Korea's Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung. More >>
Pakistan's Opposition Split On General Elections
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:16 am | VOA News
Pakistan's opposition appeared divided after former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said her party will take part in general elections next month "under protest." More >>
UN Envoy Demands Release Of Aung San Suu Kyi
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:15 am | VOA News
The United Nations' special envoy to Burma says that the country's ruling military junta must release detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and end its repression of political dissidents. More >>
Sunni Leader's Son Detained After Bombs Found
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:15 am | VOA News
Iraqi security forces have arrested dozens of people, including the son of a leading Sunni Arab politician, after two explosives laden cars were found near the politician's office in Baghdad. More >>
Rudd: Combat Troops To Leave Iraq In Mid-2008
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 9:14 am | VOA News
Kevin Rudd has described the previous government's decision to go to war in Iraq as the "single greatest error" of Australian foreign policy since the Vietnam War. More >>
