By Stefan Bos Budapest 29 February 2008 Sixteen Hungarians received Israel's Righteous Among the Nations award for saving Jews during the Holocaust. But as Stefan Bos reports, the ceremony was overshadowed by concerns over renewed anti-Semitism in Hu...
By Ray McDonald Washington 11 February 2008 While the Recording Academy looked back a half-century of Grammy winners, new honorees at Sunday night's ceremony included a rap innovator and a troubled British vocalist who obtained a visa too late to ent...
By Kevin Billinghurst Stockholm 15 October 2007 The 2007 Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics will be shared by three Americans, Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson. From Stockholm, Kevin Billinghurst reports for VOA. The three are hono...
By Paul Sisco Washington 27 April 2007 The Goldman Prize is awarded annually to six individuals from around the world who have dedicated their lives, sometimes at great risk, to protecting the world's natural resources. Paul Sisco reports. Goldman En...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 08 December 2006 Kenya's parliament late Thursday awarded an almost three-fold basic pay increase to President Mwai Kibaki, a move heavily criticized by opposition politicians. It comes as civil servants are striking for be...
V.S. Naipaul’s Banquet Speech after His Award Your majesties, your royal Highnesses, honoured 1)laureates, ladies and gentlemen: One of the things that happen to people who get the Nobel Prize, is t...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Two MacArthur Award Winners Honored for Work with Low-Cost Technology By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, October 25, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Development...
THIS IS AMERICA -March 18, 2002: Academy Awards By Shelley Gollust VOICE ONE: On March twenty-fourth, actors, directors and other filmmakers will gather in Los Angeles, California, for the yearly Acad...
John Cleese: For 40 years, one movie hero has been 1) carrying out more death 2) defying feats than any other. His name - Coyote, 3) Wile E. Coyote. But close behind him comes the man who made it acce...
Tom Cruise: When the great director Billy Wilder was asked, “What makes a movie unforgettable?” His answer was simple: “A little bit of magic.” We’re all here tonight or sitting at home watc...