Bush Says He Has Not Decided on
Troop Surge for Iraq
During year-end press conference, US
president says he will only deploy more troops if specific mission can
be accomplished with addition
Al-Qaida Deputy Says US Talking
to Wrong People in Iraq
In excerpts of videotape broadcast
on al-Jazeera TV, Ayman al-Zawahri also says elections will not free
Palestinian land from Israeli occupation
Heavy Fighting Spreads in
Somalia
As fighting raged just outside of Baidoa, EU Development
and Aid Commissioner Louis Michel flew into city for talks with
interim leaders
Rival Palestinian Factions
Enforce New Cease-Fire in Gaza
Meanwhile, Israeli troops killed
Palestinian girl and two militants in West Bank early
Wednesday
US Meets Again With N. Koreans
on Nuclear Weapons
Pyongyang, emboldened by nuclear
test in October, says it will not get rid of weapons program unless
all sanctions are lifted
VOA Reporter Escapes Eritrean
Detention
Head of Reporters Without Borders' Africa desk, Leonard
Vincent, certain Aklilu Solomon has fled to neighboring
Ethiopia
Thai Stock Market Rebounds
After Policy Turnaround
Investors, many of them bargain
hunters, return to stock market, buoyed by government's surprise
decision to partially lift capital controls it had imposed
Monday
Annan Defends His UN
Stewardship
Outgoing secretary-general promises
to stay active in world affairs after he steps down at end of
year
Fresh Outbreak of Bird Flu
Alarms Nigerian Officials
Veterinary Association warns country
risks triggering even bigger round of infection
Young African Women Get Taste
of Male-Dominated Jobs
VOA's Nico Colombant reports on
prospects and challenges for young women in Africa
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