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Chinese Security Forces Maintain Calm In Lhasa
Monday, 17 March 2008, 9:49 am | VOA News
China says Lhasa is calm, two days after peaceful street protests in the Tibetan capital turned violent. Beijing is stepping up its efforts to blame the Dalai Lama for the riots. Meanwhile, protests have turned violent in the province of Sichuan. More >>
Turkey: 24 Rebels, 5 Troops Killied In N. Iraq Op.
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 11:44 pm | VOA News
Ankara says the operation started following air and and artillery strikes against suspected positions of the rebel PKK, in Iraq. Military officials say they also believe another 20 militants were killed by artillery fire. More >>
Serbia: Protesters Break into US Embassy, Belgrade
Friday, 22 February 2008, 8:59 am | VOA News
A group of Serbian demonstrators protesting Kosovo's declaration of independence has attacked the U.S. embassy in Belgrade. Reports say protesters set fire to the building's facade and one of the offices. More >>
Mixed Reaction To Castro Retirement Announcement
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 12:20 am | VOA News
Reaction from around the world to the retirement of Cuban President Fidel Castro has been mixed and cautious. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. More >>
E. Timor President Shot; Aust. Ups Peacekeepers
Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 7:08 am | VOA News
President Ramos-Horta was airlifted to the northern Australian city of Darwin Monday for emergency medical treatment after rebel soldiers shot him in the stomach during an early morning attack at his residence. More >>
Jose Ramos-Horta In Serious But Stable Condition
Monday, 11 February 2008, 10:07 pm | VOA News
The president of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, is in serious but stable condition after being shot by rebel soldiers during an attack at his home early Monday. Australia has also agreed to send more troops and police to East Timor to support the government. More >>
East Timor President Wounded In Rebel Attack
Monday, 11 February 2008, 2:38 pm | VOA News
The president of East Timor - Jose Ramos-Horta - is undergoing emergency surgery after being shot during a attack by rebel soldiers on his home early Monday. Mr. Ramos-Horta is being treated at an Australian military hospital. More >>
Pakistan Plans To Hold General Elections On Jan. 8
Saturday, 29 December 2007, 5:35 am | VOA News
Pakistan's caretaker PM says the govt has no immediate plans to postpone general elections scheduled for January 8. The announcement came a day after the assassination of prominent opposition leader Benazir Bhutto plunged the country into turmoil. More >>
Asian Leaders Concerned About Pakistan's Future
Saturday, 29 December 2007, 5:32 am | VOA News
India strongly condemned the assassination. Japan condemned the "despicable and unforgivable act of terror". China, S. Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia expressed shock over the killing, concerns echoed by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. More >>
Benazir Bhutto Laid To Rest In Family Mausoleum
Saturday, 29 December 2007, 5:14 am | VOA News
Throngs of people lined the streets as the coffin holding Ms. Bhutto's body was taken to her final resting place and lowered into a grave next to her father at the family mausoleum in southern Sindh province. More >>
Life Of Tragedy: Former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto
Friday, 28 December 2007, 7:35 am | VOA News
Ms. Bhutto was the daughter of the late Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Her mother was of Kurdish and Iranian origins. Her father was hanged after he was deposed in a 1977 military coup by General Zia al-Huq. More >>
Pakistan's Former PM Benazir Bhutto Assassinated
Friday, 28 December 2007, 6:40 am | VOA News
Pakistan's former PM Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday at a campaign rally just two weeks before parliamentary elections. Police and aides say a suicide bomber fired gunshots at Ms. Bhutto just moments before blowing himself up. More >>
Dozens Missing In Nepal After Bridge Collapse
Wednesday, 26 December 2007, 4:50 am | VOA News
Police say at least 300 people were walking across a suspension bridge above the Bheri River in the Surkhet district Tuesday when the bridge collapsed. They were on their way to a religious fair. More >>
Palestinians Christmas Eve March Through Bethlehem
Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 7:37 am | VOA News
Palestinian boy and girl scouts marched through Manger Square in Bethlehem, kicking off Christmas Eve celebrations. They marched past the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, playing drums and bagpipes. More >>
Afghan, NATO Forces Kill 50+ Taliban In South
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 6:54 am | VOA News
The Defense Ministry says Afghan military forces, backed up by NATO air support, killed the Taliban fighters during a two-day battle in Sangin, a town just south of Musa Qala. More >>
CIA Chief Faces More Questions On Videotapes
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 6:53 am | VOA News
The head of the Central Intelligence Agency is facing a second day of questioning on Capitol Hill about the destruction of videotapes of interrogations of suspected terrorists. More >>
Vietnam Frees 3 US Citizens Accused Of Terrorism
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 6:22 am | VOA News
Vietnam has released three of the four Vietnamese-born United States citizens it arrested in November and accused of involvement in terrorism. The release comes a day after the U.S. ambassador criticized the detentions. More >>
Ban Urges Action At Bali Climate Change Conference
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 6:22 am | VOA News
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has urged the world to agree quickly on new negotiations to replace the Kyoto Protocol to curtail global warming. Nancy-Amelia Collins reports from the Indonesian island of Bali, where high-level meetings get under way. More >>
UN Dispatches Experts To Probe Algeria Bombings
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 6:21 am | VOA News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent top aides to investigate Tuesday's bombing in the Algerian capital that killed scores of people, including at least 11 U.N. staff members More >>
Israeli-Palestinian Meeting Ends In Acrimony
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 6:20 am | VOA News
The first formal meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators since last month's Annapolis, Maryland peace conference acrimony Wednesday, with both sides accusing each other acting in bad faith on a host of issues. More >>
