Articles By: Voice of America
Press Muzzled as Military Strengthens Grip on Fiji
Fiji’s military government has moved to censor the media as it tightens its grip on the South Pacific country. Under a 30-day state of emergency, newspapers and broadcasters are banned from carrying stories that are critical of the army. Editors at Fiji’s newspapers as well as its television and radio stations have been ordered not [...]
Militants Torch Supplies Bound for Troops in Afghanistan
Pakistani police say Taliban militants have set fire to about 10 trucks carrying cement to Western forces in neighboring Afghanistan. Authorities say the trucks were in terminals near the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. Officials say gun battles erupted at the scene early Sunday. Media reports say several guards or truck drivers were wounded in [...]
North Korea Fires Missile over Japan
TOKYO: North Korea defied demands from Japan, South Korea and the United States not to go ahead with a planned launch of what Pyongyang said would carry into space an experimental communications satellite. The United States says North Korea launched a Taepodong- 2 missile which flew into the Pacific Ocean over northern Japan. Japan says [...]
French Parliament Votes in Favor of Bigger Role in NATO
The French parliament voted Tuesday in favor of rejoining NATO’s military command more than 40 years after France pulled out complaining of U.S. dominance. The measure was at the center of a no-confidence vote in President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government. A total of 329 lawmakers voted to back the president and his foreign policy while 238 [...]


