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Africa-EU Summit Concludes With Mixed Results
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:01 am | VOA News
The Africa-European Union summit ended Sunday in Portugal with agreement on many global challenges but with differences on other key issues. Correspondent Scott Bobb has this report from Lisbon. More >>
Canadian Serial Killer Found Guilty Of Murder
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:00 am | VOA News
Pickton was originally charged with six counts of first-degree murder. He still faces an additional trial on 20 more counts of murder. The second trial is scheduled to get under way January 17, 2008. More >>
Former Liberian Leader Faces Corruption Charges
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 7:59 am | VOA News
Liberia's former transitional leader, Gyude Bryant, has appeared in court, after being arrested for missing earlier appearances in his continuing embezzlement trial. The court has given him until Friday to find a new lawyer. More >>
British PM Visits Troops In Afghanistan
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 7:58 am | VOA News
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is on his first trip to Afghanistan, visiting troops at the main British military base in violent Helmand province. Mr. Brown thanked the troops for their sacrifice before traveling to Kabul for meetings. More >>
British Court Agrees To Extradite Radical Cleric
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 7:32 am | VOA News
A British court has ruled that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges. The court in London issued the ruling Thursday. More >>
S. Korea Expected To Declare Spill Disaster Area
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 7:31 am | VOA News
South Korean officials say more than 10,000 tons of crude oil are coating a 45-kilometer long stretch of coast after a barge accidentally punched holes in a giant oil tanker on Friday. More >>
Sharif's Party To Participate In Pakistan Election
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 7:30 am | VOA News
Campaigning for January elections has begun following the decision by the political party of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to participate. More >>
Mortar Attack Kills 7 Inmates At Baghdad Prison
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 7:29 am | VOA News
Iraqi officials say mortar shells have struck a government-run prison in Baghdad, killing seven prisoners. Officials say at least 23 people were wounded in Monday morning's attack, including policemen. More >>
Norway To Spend Billions On Preserving Rainforests
Monday, 10 December 2007, 6:33 pm | VOA News
The Norwegian government chief, Jens Stoltenberg, says reducing deforestation in developing countries can quickly and inexpensively reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide - the main component of the greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming. More >>
CIA Chief To Testify Before Congress Over Tapes
Monday, 10 December 2007, 10:20 am | VOA News
The U.S. Congress is wasting no time launching its own inquiry into a decision by the U.S spy agency to destroy tapes of interrogations of terror suspects. Central Intelligence Agency chief Michael Hayden will testify before lawmakers this week More >>
Musharraf Promises Fair Vote; Boycott Crumbles
Monday, 10 December 2007, 10:19 am | VOA News
For weeks, President Pervez Musharraf has insisted that the January 8 vote will be transparent and free of fraud. The assurances have not convinced major opposition parties, which until now have maintained the threat of a boycott. More >>
Venezuela Sets Back Clocks, Creates Own Time Zone
Monday, 10 December 2007, 10:19 am | VOA News
Venezuelans have set their clocks back half an hour as the country adopts its own time zone. Speaking ahead of Sunday time change, President Hugo Chavez told reporters that he doesn't care if people think he is crazy. He said the new time will go ahead ... More >>
Leaders Declare New Era Of Euro-African Relations
Monday, 10 December 2007, 8:45 am | VOA News
The president of the European Union, Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates, Sunday closed the summit, saying African and European leaders have turned a new page in history. More >>
Space Shuttle Launch Delayed Until January 2
Monday, 10 December 2007, 8:43 am | VOA News
Atlantis was scheduled to go into space Sunday, but NASA cancelled the launch because one of the sensors on the shuttle's hydrogen fuel tank was not working properly. More >>
British PM Calls For Release Of 5 Kidnapped Briton
Monday, 10 December 2007, 8:43 am | VOA News
For the first time since the 5 Britons were abducted on May 29 from a Finance Ministry compound by gunmen posing as police officers, a video released Tuesday by a group called the Islamic Shia Resistance in Iraq showed one of the men being held. More >>
Russian FM Warning On Kosovo Independence Moves
Monday, 10 December 2007, 8:42 am | VOA News
Russia's foreign minister is again warning that any unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia by Kosovo Albanians could provoke separatist unrest in other parts of the world. More >>
Israel Plans To Keep Jewish Areas In E. Jerusalem
Monday, 10 December 2007, 8:42 am | VOA News
Days before Israel resumes formal peace talks with the Palestinians, a dispute has erupted over East Jerusalem. Israel has responded defiantly to U.S. and Palestinian criticism of new construction plans in the city. More >>
Nigerian Muslim Group Denies Terror Link
Monday, 10 December 2007, 8:41 am | VOA News
A leading Muslim group in Nigeria has dismissed allegations by the country's secret police that several Muslim suspects in northern Nigeria are linked to terrorist organizations. More >>
India To Invest Billions To Improve Infrastructure
Monday, 10 December 2007, 3:48 am | VOA News
India says it needs to invest billions of dollars to improve its creaking infrastructure. The building of roads and ports has failed to keep pace with the country's runaway economic growth in recent years. More >>
South Korea Struggles To Clean Up Oil Spill
Monday, 10 December 2007, 3:48 am | VOA News
South Korean officials say the last of three holes in the hull of a supertanker was plugged early Sunday, stopping thousands more tons of oil from spilling into the Yellow Sea More >>
