By Delana Gbenekama London 09 July 2007 It is the beginning of a new era for smokers in England. No more lighting up in closed public places, including in pubs and private clubs. Other parts of Britain already have such bans. Delana Gbenekama reports...
By June Soh Washington, DC 09 July 2007 The United States Botanic Garden located across from the U.S. Capitol is one of the many tourist attractions in Washington, D.C. Visitors can see thousands of beautiful and fascinating plants in the garden and...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 28 June 2007 In South Africa, one the longest strikes since the end of apartheid has ended. Unions representing workers in public schools, hospitals and government offices said they would accept a government package of wage...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 June 2007 South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls the fighting between Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza Strip a natural consequence of years of occupation. The archbishop, who headed a high-level fact-finding mission to the P...
By Paula Wolfson White House 11 January 2007 President Bush has launched a campaign to win public support for his revised Iraq strategy. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House that a day after he outlined his plan in a speech to the nation...
By Jim Malone Waashington 14 December 2006 Puerto Rican widow Digna Nieves cries over coffin of her husband, Army Spc. William Lopez Feliciano during a funeral service (File) While President Bush prepares his new strategy on Iraq, public-opinion pol...
By Scott Stearns White House 11 October 2006 U.S. President George Bush says falling public support for the war in Iraq will not cost Republicans control of Congress. Mr. Bush believes his political party will win next month's elections on issues of...
By June Soh and Rosanne Skirble New Orleans 26 April 2006 watch Post Katrina Health report Mold is still present on this kitchen door in a New Orleans home When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 March 2006 We live in an information age when it is often difficult to separate fact from fiction. Public relations expert Torie Clarke has some advice for leaders wh...
By Faith Lapidus Washington, DC 17 March 2006 watch US Public Opinion report Three years after U.S. and coalition troops entered Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein there are signs of political progress...