Your VOANews.com Headlines (UTF-8)

Talk 2 America is a new live weekly chat on VOANews.com. Join us on 18 July 2007 at 18:00 UTC in our exclusive on-line discussion with NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who recently returned to Earth after the longest space voyage ever by a woman.

Suicide Bombers Kill 80 in Northern Iraqi City of Kirkuk In one attack, a car bomber struck the local office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Powerful Quake Strikes Northwestern Japan; 7 Dead, 700 Injured Hundreds of buildings collapsed in the morning quake and its aftershocks UN Nuclear Agency Confirms North Korea Has Shut Down Reactor Mohamed ElBaradei says the move is positive but that there is still a long way to go before its nuclear arsenal is dismantled Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Arrested Detention comes just months after the military-backed interim administration tried unsuccessfully to exile the powerful woman, who heads the Awami League party UN Remains Hopeful on Nepal Peace Deal Despite Delays by Maoists Nepal's former Maoist rebels are refusing to allow United Nations officials to continue verifications called for in the agreement that brought peace to the Himalayan nation Poverty Undermines Solar Power Project for Remote Philippine Villages Residents, making a dollar a day, say they cannot pay $3.70 per month for system's maintenance Olmert, Abbas Meet to Discuss Support for West Bank Government Israel to free 250 Fatah prisoners from Israeli jails Women Pushing for Increased Representation in Turkey Political analysts predicting that next parliament could see near tripling of women deputies US-Africa Trade Increases As AGOA Forum Opens in Ghana U.S. official says the real power for economic growth and poverty alleviation comes from trade Former US First Lady Buried in Texas Lady Bird Johnson, who died of natural causes, Wednesday, at the age of 94, was buried next to her husband, President Lyndon Johnson, who died in 1973