Greek police are examining accounts from 10 people who witnessed an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Athens early Friday, state-run NET TV said Saturday.

U.S. President George W. Bush has told soldiers that his strategy of sending more U.S. troops to Iraq would not yield immediate results in halting sectarian violence.

A Chinese official says the United States should not interfere in China's relations with Iran. The comment came after the U.S. expressed concern about a Chinese oil company's plans to invest in an Iranian oil field, at a time when Tehran is defying the United Nations over Iran's nuclear program. Daniel Schearf reports for VOA from Beijing.

President Bush proposes the plan to fix Iraq problems. Is US Democrats helping or hurting the process.

The Kars-Akhalkalai railway will be constructed despite US Congress position, stated Georgian Prime Minister Gela Bezhuashvili today after the end of the session of Georgian government.

The U.S. State Department Tuesday expressed skepticism about the industrial nationalization plans of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The Bush administration has had a difficult relationship with the populist Venezuelan leader. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.

The U.S. Treasury Department has named Iran's state-owned Sepah Bank as a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction and banned all transactions between it and U.S. businesses.

The United States has urged China to reconsider a $16 billion deal with Iran on the development of oil and gas fields.

Technology, computer, and telecommunications companies line the highways of Gaithersburg city of 50,000 some 32 kilometers north of Washington, D.C.

Two Nobel Peace Prize winners, one from the United States, the other from Iran, are urging the Bush administration to engage in a constructive dialog with the government in Tehran. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details from Washington.

In advance of President Bush's scheduled speech Wednesday on Iraq strategy, lawmakers are speaking out for and against any possible surge of U.S. troops into Iraq. As VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the latest comments come as Democrats controlling Congress take additional steps to move Iraq to the top of their agenda on Capitol Hill, along with domestic issues.

A court in Milan is due to begin hearing arguments today on whether to charge 26 U.S. citizens and five Italians in connection with the purported kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric.