By Jordan Davis Dakar, Senegal 23 October 2006 Muslims around the world are celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan. In the village of Ngor, in the northern Dakar suburbs, the celebrations mean a new wardrobe for many. In a small, dark wood...
By Barry Wood Washington, DC 18 October 2006 watch Hungarian Revolt report Fifty years ago, on October 23, 1956, Hungarians rose up against their communist rulers and for two precious weeks lived in relative freedom, until their revolution was bruta...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 21 September 2006 Thaksin Shinawatra leaves a London hotel with his daughter Pinthongta, September 21, 2006 Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed this week by a military coup, left office tarnished by allegations of c...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 11 September 2006 watch report Blair US Relations Bill Clinton and Tony Blair British Prime Minister Tony Blair's three terms in office have coincided with the terms of two American presidents, Bill Clinton and Georg...
By Gary Thomas London 08 September 2006 The front pages of some British national newspapers, Sept. 8, 2006, with headlines covering the reported turmoil within the leadership of the Labor Party British Prime Minister Tony Blair's pledge to step down...
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...