By Barbara Schoetzau New York 10 August 2006 The United States and France are continuing intense negotiations to agree on a joint resolution to present to the U.N. Security Council, aimed at a truce between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Secretary...
By Larry London Washington, DC 09 August 2006 watch Dobbie Brothers report Dobbie Brothers For more than 35 years, theDoobie Brothers have been Taking it to the Streets with their unique style of guitar driven rock music. VOA's Larry London recently...
By Mary Morningstar Washington 07 August 2006 Just a few years ago, Country singer Julie Roberts was answering telephones for the chairman of Universal Music Group in Nashville. Through much persistence and a little luck, she achieved her dream of a...
By Carolyn Weaver Washington, DC 30 June 2006 watch report Sexual Harrasment The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was rocked by charges of sexual assults in 2003. A military jury acquitted a U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet of rap...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 05 July 2006 watch report Brain Regeneration Terry Wallis He has been called a 'medical miracle.' A 42-year-old man from the southern state of Arkansas has regained some ability to speak and move after 19 years of bei...
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 04 July 2006 Map of Sudan, Darfur region Rebels from the Sudanese region of Darfur have carried out an attack outside the region on a town about 400 kilometers from Khartoum. Government aircraft have been sent to Hamrat al-Sh...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 26 May 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Burma's military government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Mr. Annan issued the call in Thailand on the last stop of a f...
By Suzanne Presto and Paige Kollock Washington 24 May 2006 watch OnLine Dating report As American society continues to strive for greater efficiency in all things, can even romance become streamlined? Busy young Americans increasingly rely on the In...
By Al Pessin Washington 19 May 2006 U.S. military guards at the Guantanamo detention center fired rubber shotgun pellets and used batons and shields to put down a small but violent riot by detainees T...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 27 April 2006 The top U.N. representative in Afghanistan says that Pakistan recognizes the need to help keep the Taleban from regaining power. The U.N. envoy also underscore...