President Barack Obama scored his first major political victory with the passage of a $787-billion stimulus package, which he will sign into law this week. Although many economists now agree that a stimulus was needed to jolt the ailing economy, som...
By Jim Fry Washington, DC 11 January 2007 watch Public Diplomacy report The U.S. State Department has announced a new award Wednesday that diplomats hope will encourage non-governmental groups to bolster America's image abroad. The Benjamin Franklin...
By Gary Thomas Washington 16 October 2006 A Japanese woman reads an extra special edition newspaper reporting about North Korea's nuclear test, distributed in downtown Tokyo, October 9, 2006 North Korea, which recently conducted an underground nucle...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 13 February 2006 Javier Solana Europe's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, is in the Middle East this week to try to calm outrage over cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. M...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Kids Helping Kids Survive the Effects of Katrina By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, September 09, 2005 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. I'm Doug J...