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US To Double Aid To Ethiopia's Ogaden
Monday, 26 November 2007, 9:06 am | VOA News
The United States says it is more than doubling humanitarian aid to Ethiopia's troubled Ogaden region. The announcement was made Saturday following talks beween top U.S. foreign aid officials and Ethiopia's prime minister on the importance of stability ... More >>
Russian Police Detain 100 Opposition Protesters
Monday, 26 November 2007, 9:05 am | VOA News
Boris Nemtsov, a leader of the Union of Rights Forces party and likely contender in Russia's coming presidential election, was taken into custody. Riot police used batons to stop protesters from marching to the center of Russia's second largest ... More >>
Syrian Govt To Attend Mideast Peace Conference
Monday, 26 November 2007, 9:02 am | VOA News
Syria has accepted a U.S. invitation to attend this week's Mideast peace conference in the city of Annapolis, ending the uncertainty about whether Damascus would participate. More >>
Romania Votes In First European Elections
Monday, 26 November 2007, 9:01 am | VOA News
More than 18 million people are eligible to vote for Romania's 35 representatives in the European Parliament. The voters say they hope the parliament members will help improve living standards and the extent to which Romanians can move freely around ... More >>
Nato Forces Kill 65 Taliban In Afghanistan
Monday, 26 November 2007, 9:01 am | VOA News
The Afghan interior ministry said Sunday that the Taliban rebels were smuggling weapons on horses and two cars in the province of Paktia, when NATO and Afghan forces engaged them and called in air support More >>
Thousands Of Malaysian Indians Protest In Kuala Lu
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:58 am | VOA News
Malaysian police broke up a protest against discrimination by 10,000 ethnic Indians. This is the latest protest to fray Malaysia's tightly controlled and racially divided society. More >>
Labor Win Heralds New Political Era In Australia
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:58 am | VOA News
President Bush and Britain's leader Gordon Brown have congratulated Australia's Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd after his stunning election win. Mr. Rudd's overwhelming victory has ended more than a decade of conservative government under John Howard. More >>
Former Pakistani PM Receives Boisterous Welcome
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:57 am | VOA News
Pakistan's exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has returned to Pakistan, ending seven years in exile in Saudi Arabia. Thousands of supporters overwhelmed airport security in Lahore to celebrate his return. More >>
Iranian-Backed Extremists Blamed For Iraq Bombing
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:26 am | VOA News
The U.S. military has accused Iranian-backed Shi'ite extremists of a bombing in an pet market in Baghdad Friday that killed at least 13 people and wounded nearly 60 others. More >>
Pope Names 23 New Cardinals, Including First Iraqi
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:25 am | VOA News
Pope Benedict has named 23 new cardinals of the Catholic Church at a mass held at Rome's Saint Peter's Basilica. Among them is the first-ever Iraqi Cardinal. Pope Benedict singled him out as he appealed for peace and reconciliation in Iraq. More >>
Hamas Condemns Arab Decision On Peace Conf.
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:25 am | VOA News
The Palestinian militant group Hamas is expressing anger over an Arab endorsement of next week's international peace conference in the United States. Israel has welcomed Arab participation. More >>
Poll: Voters Not Supporting Chavez's Changes
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:23 am | VOA News
Former Venezuelan Defense Minister Raul Isaias Baduel is predicting that next month the Venezuelan people will vote against the proposed constitutional changes that would greatly expand President Hugo Chavez's power. More >>
Iran Produces Its First Nuclear Fuel Pellets
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:23 am | VOA News
Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's atomic energy organization, said Saturday there would be enough enriched uranium pellets by September of 2008 to power the 40 megawatt Arak research reactor. More >>
Commonwealth Nations Debate Climate Change
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:22 am | VOA News
Commonwealth members say they are gravely concerned about the consequences of climate change, but they have been unable to agree on any plan that would require members to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. More >>
Iraq Parliament Begins Discussing Baathists Bill
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:22 am | VOA News
Lawmakers loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said the draft law is unconstitutional and demanded it first be studied by the parliament's legal committee. More >>
Somalia Swears In New Prime Minister
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:21 am | VOA News
Somalia's parliament has sworn in Nur Hassan Hussein as the new prime minister of the war-torn nation. Mr. Hussein took the oath of office early Saturday in the southern town of Baidoa, where the parliament meets. He promised to perform his duties honestly. More >>
Commonwealth Picks Indian Diplomat As New Leader
Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:20 am | VOA News
The British Commonwealth has appointed Indian diplomat Kamalesh Sharmar as its new secretary-general. The appointment was made at the Commonwealth summit currently underway in Uganda. More >>
Commonwealth Suspends Pakistan Over Emergency
Friday, 23 November 2007, 3:13 pm | VOA News
The Commonwealth has suspended Pakistan, after President Pervez Musharraf failed to meet a deadline to lift emergency rule and resign as army chief. The decision was taken on the eve of the group's summit. More >>
UK PM Stops Deportation Of Burma Asylum Seeker
Friday, 23 November 2007, 3:13 pm | VOA News
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has personally intervened in the case of an opponent of the Burmese military government who faced deportation from Britain. Tendai Maphosa looks at whether other Burmese asylum seekers are going to benefit from the case. More >>
Al-Qaida Militants Kill Members Of Iraqi Police
Friday, 23 November 2007, 3:12 pm | VOA News
A coffin of a member of a so-called Awakening Council, killed in clashes with al-Qaida fighters, lies on the ground as his wife prays beside it in Hawr Rijab, 22 Nov 2007 More >>