Despite the excitement the inauguration of Barack Obama generated around the world, overseas markets continued their downward slide. Man walks past electronic stock board in Tokyo, while showing President Obama at inauguration ceremony, 21 Jan 2009...
In the final days of the presidential campaign, Americans have been flooded with messages from John McCain and Barack Obama. One person who has maintained a conspicuously low profile is the man both candidates hope to replace: President Bush. Far fr...
There was tight security in Jerusalem for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Robert Berger filed this VOA report from the Old City of Jerusalem. Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during the first Friday prayers of the ho...
Florida is to get more than 75,000 hectares of land to help restore famous wetlands. Transcript of radio broadcast: 21 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. U.S. Sugar is based in Clewiston, Florida. The company plans to sell...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 30 May 2008 Economists are rapidly lowering growth forecasts for Africa and urging donor countries and lending agencies to increase assistance in light of the recent sharp increases in commodity prices. As VOA's Peter He...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 09 May 2008 France is commemorating this month the tumultuous events of May 1968, when a wave of student and worker protests swept the country - profoundly changing it, many say, forever. From Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on the 4...
By Aya Batrawy Cairo 21 March 2008 In a weekend-long celebration, Egyptians acknowledge the Prophet Muhammad's birthday late Thursday with prayer and gatherings in celebrations similar to those taking place in other parts of the Muslim world. Aya Bat...
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 05 March 2008 The United States is a nation of immigrants with cultural connections around the world. Such diversity helps to spark interest in foreign language immersioninstruction in public schools. Kent Garden Elem...
By Kathie Scarrah Washington, DC 06 February 2006 watch Cartoon Furor report Cartoon Furor Protesters Protests have continued throughout the Muslim world over the publication of caricatures of the pro...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 27 January 2006 Six years after instituting a policy of nationalizing white-owned farms and evicting their owners, Zimbabwe's government has begun to seize white-owned land...