Todd: So, Tres, can I ask you some questions about your hair? Tres: Sure, go ahead. Todd: So you have dreadlocks. How long have you had dreadlocks? Tres: I've had dreadlocks ever since I was in high school, so I would say over ten years. Todd: And ho...
The local university blood center had a blood drive today at the Civic Center auditorium. Almost 300 people showed up, but about 50 were turned away for various medical reasons. Fifty others left because the lines were moving so slowly. The event con...
Colleen was in a hurry, which made her driving even more careless than usual. Her boyfriend Simon had already criticized her many times for failing to stop completely at stop signs. Thats what they call a California, or rolling, stop, he told her. If...
A team sees promise in genetically engineered tobacco, and hopes for similar results with other crops. Transcript of radio broadcast: 02 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. One cause of the current food crisis is drought. F...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 27 March 2007 In the Democratic Republic of Congo, human-rights organizations say they are not reassured by President Joseph Kabila's statement that the military action that left dozens dead last week was necessary to maintain...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 07 March 2007 The United Nations is focusing attention on child soldiers in Africa. One country where children are still feeling the terrible effects of war is the Democratic Republic of Congo. VOA's Nico Colombant reports fro...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 03 December 2006 John B. Menzer, Wal Mart President talks with Indian PM Manmohan Singh, right, in New Delhi, 12 May 2005 India's retail sector is set for dramatic changes as the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, gets...
By Efam Dovi Accra 27 October 2006 Britain is offering expertise and training to help Ghana fight drug trafficking. The United Nations says West Africa is increasingly a transit point for cocaine destined for Europe. Britian's parliamentary undersec...
By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 23 October 2006 European rapid reaction force commanders in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they believe the second-round presidential run-off Sunday will have a much more peaceful outcome than the first round, when r...
By Greg Flakus Hudspeth County, Texas 17 February 2006 watch Mexican Border report Guarding the Mexican border on horseback There has been tension along the US-Mexico border in recent weeks following...