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Roadside Bomb Kills Iraqi Provincial Police Chief
Monday, 10 December 2007, 3:47 am | VOA News
Officials say the blast struck Major-General Qais al-Maamouri's convoy Sunday near Babil's capital, Hilla. Militants have frequently targeted provincial police chiefs in the country. More >>
IAEA To Examine New Area Of Iranian Activities
Monday, 10 December 2007, 3:46 am | VOA News
Iranian media say a team of U.N. nuclear experts is in the country to examine a new area of Iran's past nuclear activities. The IAEA delegation arrived in Tehran Monday and will begin talks with Iranian officials Tuesday. More >>
Afghan, NATO Forces Advance On Taliban-held Town
Monday, 10 December 2007, 3:45 am | VOA News
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says the joint force of mostly British and Afghan troops are advancing on the town Sunday, and already have captured two senior Taliban commanders. More >>
Car Bomber Kills 6, Including 2 Kids, In Pakistan
Monday, 10 December 2007, 3:44 am | VOA News
Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber has killed six people in Swat Valley, a day after the military said it drove out almost all pro-Taliban militants from the region after weeks of fighting. More >>
Boxing: Mayweather Stops Hatton in WBC Title Bout
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 9:10 pm | VOA News
American boxer Floyd Mayweather, Junior retained his World Boxing Council welterweight title Saturday by stopping Britain's Ricky Hatton in a much-anticipated bout between between undefeated boxers in Las Vegas More >>
India: Women In India Win the Right to Tend Bar
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 3:44 pm | VOA News
India's Supreme Court has struck down a 1914 law that prevented women from tending bar. The justices rejected the Delhi government's argument that women bartenders would find themselves in peril at the hands of unruly male patrons. More >>
USA: Clinton, Obama Face Off For Iowa Voters
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 3:43 pm | VOA News
The two leading Democratic candidates for the U.S. presidential race visited the state of Iowa Saturday with high-profile guests, in a head-to-head fight for votes from the state holding one of the nation's earliest nomination processes. More >>
CIA & Justice To Investigate Destruction Of Tapes
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 1:10 pm | VOA News
The U.S. Justice Department and the Central Inteligence Agency (CIA) announced Saturday that they would open an investigation into the spy agency's destruction of videotapes that showed the interrogation of terrorism suspects. More >>
Philippine Commies Praise Coup Attempt, Deny Role
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 1:10 pm | VOA News
Communist guerrillas in the Philippines Saturday issued a statement praising last month's failed military uprising in the country, while denying they had any role in the attempted mutiny. More >>
Iraq: Suicide Car Bombing In City Of Baiji Kills 7
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 12:37 pm | VOA News
Iraqi police say a suicide car bomb has exploded in the northern city of Baiji, killing at least seven people and wounding 13 others. Police say several homes were damaged in the blast Saturday in a city located about 250km north of Baghdad. More >>
US Air Strikes In Afghanistan Kill Several Taliban
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 12:36 pm | VOA News
The U.S. military in Afghanistan says several Taliban militants have been killed in air strikes in the southern town of Musa Qala, as NATO-led ground troops began an offensive to take the key town back from Taliban control. More >>
Forest Preservation Plan Debated At Climate Talks
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:59 am | VOA News
Delegates from about 190 countries are negotiating a plan for private companies and wealthy nations to pay poorer nations to keep their forest intact. More >>
Ex-Aide Knew Of CIA Plans To Destroy Tapes
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:58 am | VOA News
The tapes were destroyed at a time when human rights activists, Congress and U.S. courts were demanding answers about the CIA's secret detention and interrogation program. More >>
Oil From Tanker Spill Reaches South Korea Beaches
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:57 am | VOA News
More than 10,000 tons of crude oil gushed into the Yellow Sea Friday after a barge struck a Hong Kong-registered supertanker anchored five kilometers off the coast of the port of Mallipo. More >>
US Says Iran A Threat; Iran Accuses US Of Spying
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:57 am | VOA News
Gates told a security conference in Bahrain Saturday that he believes Iran is pursuing destabilizing foreign policies and is trying to create instability and chaos in the Middle East. More >>
Fighting In North Kivu Blocks Access To Victims
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:56 am | VOA News
The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is very concerned about the fate of possibly thousands of civilians caught up in what it calls some of the worst violence it has seen in North Kivu in years. More >>
Israeli Says US Intelligence Report On Iran Flawed
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:55 am | VOA News
Israeli officials are throwing cold water on this week's U.S. intelligence report that plays down Iran's nuclear ambitions. Israel remains deeply suspicious of Iran's nuclear program. More >>
US Congress Nears Compromise On War Funding
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:54 am | VOA News
U.S. congressional leaders are close to finishing work on a compromise budget bill that includes money for the U.S.-led war in Iraq, without a deadline to withdraw the troops. More >>
Gunmen Kill 3 Bhutto Supporters In SW Pakistan
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:53 am | VOA News
Pakistani authorities say three supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto were killed Saturday, when unidentified gunmen attacked her party's office in southwestern Baluchistan province. More >>
Gates Calls Iran Threat To Middle East, US
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 8:53 am | VOA News
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iran remains a threat to the Middle East and to the United States despite a new U.S. Intelligence report that Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. More >>
