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ASEAN Prepares To Establish Itself As Legal Entity
Friday, 16 November 2007, 9:37 am | VOA News
The charter seeks to set rules and procedures for the regional bloc. But a draft of the document suggests that any enforcement mechanism will be weak, and the group will still have limited power to deal with troublesome members, like Burma. More >>
Pakistani Officials Prepare Caretaker Government
Friday, 16 November 2007, 9:36 am | VOA News
Pakistani officials are finalizing plans for a caretaker government that will succeed the current parliament and oversee January elections. While President Pervez Musharraf tries to make the elections appear credible despite emergency rule, his opponents ... More >>
Iraq-Afghanistan War Funding Faces Bush Veto
Friday, 16 November 2007, 9:35 am | VOA News
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has approved a measure to provide $50 billion in short-term funding for U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. More >>
Discoverer Of Lucy Fossil: On Human Evolution
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 3:06 pm | VOA News
Recently visiting the skeleton called Lucy was the man who discovered her on a rocky slope in Ethiopia back in November 1974, anthropaleontologist and director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University, Donald Johanson. More >>
Bush Repeats Call For Musharraf To Lift Emergency
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 3:04 pm | VOA News
The White House says free and fair elections can not take place in Pakistan while the country is under emergency rule. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the United States is continuing to urge Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to lift the state of emergency ... More >>
All Sides With War Crimes in Mogadishu - Activists
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 10:26 am | VOA News
The Somali activist goes further, accusing Ethiopian and Somali troops of committing war crimes that he says have increased in number and scale since Ethiopia and the Somali government launched a renewed offensive against the insurgents last week. More >>
Afghan Mission Crucial For NATO's Survival
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 10:25 am | VOA News
NATO has been operating in Afghanistan since 2003, leading a 41,000-troop U.N.-mandated contingent known as the "International Security Assistance Force." It is the military alliance's first mission ever outside the Euro-Atlantic region. More >>
Hopes Of Pakistan Political Truce Slim - Analysts
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 10:25 am | VOA News
Analysts say hopes that U.S. intercession can change the deteriorating political situation are dim, and become dimmer with the passage of time as both General Musharraf and his chief rival, Benazir Bhutto, harden their positions. More >>
Mukasey Sworn In As US Attorney General
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:24 am | VOA News
President Bush says America's new top law enforcement official will bring clear purpose and resolve to the Justice Department. Mr. Bush attended the ceremonial swearing-in of Attorney General Michael Mukasey. More >>
British Leader Unveils New Anti-Terror Measures
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:23 am | VOA News
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled measures in parliament designed to increase security in public places. The plans were drawn up by Security Minister Alan West after reviewing the implications of the London and Glasgow attempted car bombings ... More >>
Chadians Protest French Efforts In Kidnap Saga
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:23 am | VOA News
Students and other demonstrators have rallied in the streets of Chad's capital, N'Djamena, protesting against French efforts to repatriate aid workers charged in the recent Zoe's Ark adoption controversy. Local journalists say foreigners in the capital are ... More >>
Pakistani Police Arrest Imran Khan
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:22 am | VOA News
Pakistani police have arrested former cricket star and opposition politician Imran Khan, after he made his first public appearance since the imposition of emergency rule. More >>
Pakistani Opposition Considers Protest Alternative
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:22 am | VOA News
Opposition party leader Imran Khan is the latest outspoken critic of General Musharraf to be detained by police. Officers arrested the former cricket star at a university protest rally in Lahore Wednesday, days after he went into hiding to evade detention. More >>
Sth, Nth Korean PMs Meet To Expand Cooperation
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:21 am | VOA News
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo welcomed his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong Il to a Seoul hotel for the first of three days of planned meetings. The North's Kim said he thought the talks would "go very well." More >>
Former Khmer Rouge Leader Gets Medical Treatment
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:21 am | VOA News
The former Khmer Rouge head of state was flown to a Phnom Penh hospital by helicopter Wednesday from his home in the former rebel stronghold of Pailin, in northwestern Cambodia. More >>
Burma Junta Detains Three More Activists
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:20 am | VOA News
Witnesses in Burma say three more activists have been arrested as U.N. human rights envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro meets with Burmese military leaders in the remote capital of Naypyidaw. More >>
World Bank: African Economies Turning A Corner
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:19 am | VOA News
The World Bank says economic growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa have turned a corner and after decades of stagnation are catching up with the rest of the world. More >>
France Grinds To Halt Over Transportation Strike
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:18 am | VOA News
Public transportation ground to a virtual halt across much of France as workers went on strike for the second time in a month to protest proposed government reforms. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more in this report from Paris. More >>
Philippine Bombing Possibly Cell Phone Triggered
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:17 am | VOA News
Philippine police suspect a bomb at the House of Representatives that killed a congressman and two other people Tuesday night may have been triggered by a cell phone. In the aftermath of the explosion, the entire security force at the Philippine Congress ... More >>
Bush Urges Congressional Action On War Funds
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 3:17 pm | VOA News
President Bush is pushing the U.S. Congress to give him the extra money he says is needed for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Democrats on Capitol Hill are citing new concerns about the cost of the conflicts. More >>
