Ghana President John Atta Mills is set to visit with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House for a meeting Ghana says will “further deepen” the ties between the two countries. Mr. Mills’ communication director, Koku Anyidoho, told VOA the two leaders will discuss ways to enhance development as well as their shared economic […]
Clinton: China Should Use its Power for Good
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 1:50 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging China to use its growing global influence to play a “constructive role” in world affairs. Clinton spoke in Washington Wednesday at an event marking the 40th anniversary of former President Richard Nixon’s groundbreaking 1972 trip to China. She says Beijing can no longer be what she calls […]
Apple Unveils New iPad and TV Device
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 1:40 am (UTC-5)
The Apple computer company introduced a new version of its popular iPad Wednesday. “Today we’re announcing the new iPad and it is amazing. We’ve taken it to a whole new level and we are redefining the category that Apple created with the original iPad. It makes amazing improvements over the most fundamental features of the […]
UN Aid Chief Continues Syria Talks After Baba Amr Visit
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 12:45 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. humanitarian chief is expected to meet with Syrian officials and humanitarian representatives in Damascus Thursday, a day after touring the former rebel stronghold of Baba Amr. A spokeswoman for Valerie Amos said Wednesday she found parts of the district “completely devastated,” and that few people were around – most having fled to nearby […]
Suspect in Australian Collar-Bomb Hoax Pleads Guilty
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 12:45 am (UTC-5)
An Australian investment banker has pleaded guilty in the “collar bomb” extortion scheme that caused worldwide notoriety last year. Paul Douglas Peters appeared in a Sydney courtroom on a video screen from prison as his lawyer entered the plea on a charge of aggravated breaking and entering. Bill Pulver, the father of Peters’ teenaged victim, […]
Greece Still Short of Reaching Debt Write-Off Goal
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 12:35 am (UTC-5)
Greece is edging closer to its goal of getting the country’s private lenders to eliminate $142 billion of the debt it owes them, but remains short of the target as a Thursday deadline nears. Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Junker said Wednesday, he is confident private investors’ participating in a Greek debt-relief deal would reach the target […]
VOA Marks 70th Anniversary
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 12:25 am (UTC-5)
(re-issuing from Wednesday to add audio links) U.S. President Barack Obama and other prominent world figures have joined in the year-long celebration of Voice of America’s 70th anniversary with messages of congratulations. President Obama credited VOA with providing “accurate and objective” news in the face of foreign governments that censor and regimes that deny universal […]
UNESCO to Announce Fate of Obiang Prize
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 12:15 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is set to announce whether it will go forward with a controversial $3-million prize funded by Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. The prize, for life science research, has been on hold for more than three years. Rights groups and Western nations say Mr. Obiang’s dismal human-rights record […]
South Korea Sees Possible Talks With North at NY Conference
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
South Korean nuclear negotiators are leaving the door open for direct talks with their North Korean counterparts in New York, where both parties are attending a three-day academic conference. Lim Sung-nam, South Korea’s top envoy to the stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, told reporters Wednesday that he has no plans for a […]
