By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 20 March 2006 watch Prejudice report More Americans are expressing unfavorable views about Islam. A recent public opinion poll shows 25 percent of Americans now sa...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 08 March 2006 watch African Youth report In many parts of West Africa, as in much of the developing world, the youth population is growing fast, accounting for nearly 40 perc...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 March 2006 watch US Population report Census officials say the U.S. population will reach 300 million in October, and that the 300th million American may well be a La...
Bangkok 07 March 2006 A busy street in Bangkok As the 21st Century begins, environmentalists warn rapidly growing populations, combined with rising living standards in parts of the developing world, a...
By Crystal Park Washington, DC 28 February 2006 watch eWaste report Constant innovations and breakthroughs in technology are helping the world. But there's a downside. The amount of electronic waste,...
By Pat Harris Washington, DC 01 March 2006 watch Prostate Cancer report Thousands of men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. And as VOA's Pat Harris reports, sometimes choosing a treatment...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 03 February 2006 Several more European newspapers have added to a growing controversy over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by reprinting the caricatures of the Muslim prophet Fri...
Women, A Growing Force in Business More woman than ever are in the workforce, they are starting businesses at twice the rate of men, and about a third of working women earn more than their spouses. Th...
AGRICULTURE REPORT – January 15, 2002: Growing Wheat By George Grow This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. Studies show that there will be nine-thousand-million people in the world by t...
By Anjana Pasricha The United Nations is urging governments in South Asia to intensify efforts to tackle the growing problem of child sexual exploitation. UNICEF says the problem has worsened since So...