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Rice Urges Israel To Make Compromises For Peace
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 3:16 pm | VOA News
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told American Jewish leaders Tuesday that Israel, confident of U.S. security backing, needs to make difficult choices necessary for peace with the Palestinians. Rice is preparing to host an international conference ... More >>
US Congress, Bush In New Iraq Spending Fight
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 3:15 pm | VOA News
Democrats and President Bush are headed for another confrontation over Iraq war policy. VOA's Dan Robinson on Capitol Hill reports, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and the Senate are expected to vote on a measure linking some of what the president ... More >>
Dialogue Only Way To Resolve Burma Crisis - Envoy
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 3:08 pm | VOA News
The United Nations Special Envoy to Myanmar today urged the South-East Asian nation to immediately begin talks between the Government and the opposition, stressing that dialogue was the only way forward to address the country's ongoing crisis. More >>
UN Chief Visits Amazon Jungle In Brazil
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 3:07 pm | VOA News
The secretary-general is preparing for a U.N. climate change conference next month in Bali, Indonesia. The conference is meant to work out a successor to the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. More >>
Mideast Leaders Address Turkish Parliament
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 10:06 am | VOA News
Shimon Peres became the first Israeli head of state to address Turkey's parliament Tuesday when he spoke in Ankara. Speaking optimistically about prospects for peace with the Palestinians, Mr. Peres was joined by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. More >>
US Diplomat Says Georgia To Lift Emergency Rule
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 10:04 am | VOA News
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza says Georgian authorities will lift their country's state of emergency within three days. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky has details from Tbilisi. More >>
Khmer Rouge Couple Selects Lawyers For Trial
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:29 am | VOA News
A former foreign minister of Cambodia and his wife have been brought before the United Nations-backed tribunal in the South-East Asian country that is trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other crimes during their rule three decades ... More >>
Renewed Fighting In Congo Displaces 25,000
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:29 am | VOA News
An estimated 25,000 people on Tuesday fled camps for the displaced in Congo's restive North Kivu province, after fighting erupted between forces loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. More >>
Hamas Cracks Down On Fatah In Gaza Strip
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:28 am | VOA News
Hamas militants say they have arrested about 50 members of the rival Fatah political faction in the Gaza Strip. The arrests came one day after seven people were killed in violence between the two factions. More >>
US, Nigeria Discuss UN-AU Force In Darfur
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:27 am | VOA News
Top American and Nigerian officials met to discuss speeding up the deployment of the United Nations-African Union force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Nigeria is expected to provide more troops when the peace-keeping mission begins operations. More >>
Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Meet In Turkey
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:26 am | VOA News
The Turkish capital, Ankara, is hosting the Israeli and Palestinian presidents. The two leaders are meeting with their Turkish counterpart and the prime minister. The visit comes ahead of an expected peace summit in the United States. More >>
South Africa's ANC To Choose Leaders In December
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:26 am | VOA News
Next month, South Africa's African National Congress will hold its national conference to endorse policy decisions taken earlier this year and to elect leaders, including the party president who, since the end of apartheid, has gone on to become the president ... More >>
Abbas Declares 3 Days Of Mourning For Gaza Dead
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:25 am | VOA News
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who heads the moderate Fatah faction, declared three days of mourning in the Palestinian territories, following the worst violence between Fatah and Hamas since June, when Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip. More >>
US, Iraqi Forces Kill 15 Al-Qaida Gunmen In Iraq
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:25 am | VOA News
The U.S. military in Iraq says American and Iraqi forces have killed 15 suspected al-Qaida in Iraq militants in a daylong battle south of Baghdad. More >>
Pakistan's former PM Benazir Bhutto Detained
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:24 am | VOA News
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been placed under house arrest ahead of a planned protest march against the emergency law imposed by President Pervez Musharraf. More >>
Bhutto Calls For Pakistan President's Resignation
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:23 am | VOA News
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto has called for General Pervez Musharraf to resign as president and said she will never serve as prime minister under him. More >>
Senior US Diplomat To Travel To Pakistan
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:22 am | VOA News
Senior US Diplomat to Travel to Pakistan The Bush administration is sending Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte to Pakistan to press for an end to the state of emergency imposed More >>
Ban Ki-moon Visits Amazon Rainforest
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:21 am | VOA News
Climate change remained the focus today as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon concluded the South American phase of his latest tour with a visit to the Amazon rainforest and meetings with local indigenous leaders. More >>
Japan's Lower House Approves Afghan Mission
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:20 am | VOA News
Japan's lower house of parliament has approved a bill to resume the country's support of a U.S.-led mission to Afghanistan, setting the stage for a political battle with the opposition-controlled upper house. More >>
Burmese Monk, Labor Activist Arrested In Burma
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:20 am | VOA News
Word of U Gambira's arrest closely followed news that Burmese authorities had arrested a prominent labor rights activist, Su Su Nway. The arrests come as a United Nations human rights envoy is in Burma to investigate the September crackdown by the country's ... More >>
