It's been protected from human impact since 1909. With three million acres, nearly a half million under water, Superior National Forest is largely unspoiled. But now the survival of this national treasure rest with those who would see some of it bur...
NATO forces in Afghanistan say they have fired on militant positions inside Pakistan after coming under rocket attack. The border region has experienced a surge in violence in recent months, raising tensions among Afghan, U.S. and Pakistani official...
By Jim Teeple Gaza City 19 June 2008 A tenuous truce took hold Thursday between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. The cessation of hostilities is the first break from violence that Gazans have enjoyed in more than a year si...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 March 2008 A brief lull in Israeli-Palestinian fighting is over. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, a new spike in violence is eroding hopes for a ceasefire. The Islamic Jihad group fired rockets at Is...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 08 February 2008 Palestinian militants have stepped up rocket attacks against Israel after a tightening of Israeli sanctions on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. The electri...
By Jade Heilmann Dakar 14 December 2007 Police in Eastern Sierra Leone have opened fire to disperse a group of demonstrators in the kimberlite mining town of Koidu, where local residents say they have not been compensated for environmental damages fr...
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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 22 August 2007 Nigerian lawmakers, opposition party pressing for an investigation into how the parliamentary speaker spent nearly $5 millionto renovate two official residences. From Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA th...
听遍美国之空难性新闻[5]:A Fire Took Place at New Years Celebration The Netherlands: A fire at a New Years celebration(1) near Amsterdam killed at least 5 people and injured 130 more. Officials say about 700 young people were celebrating in the three...
Fire Cycle 火灾规律 The El Nino phenomenon of 1997-98 unleashed torrential rain in some parts of the world, while creating abnormally dry conditions in others. And it sparked record numbers of wildfires. Learn more about climate and wildfire -- toda...