This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Tuberculosis killed one million three hundred thousand people around the world in two thousand seven. In addition, almost half a million people who were infected with tuberculosis and with H.I.V. also d...
The U.S. Congress is poised to give final approval to President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, handing the new president a major political victory in his first few weeks in office. Mr. Obama waged a two-front campaign on behalf of the bill....
President Barack Obama is facing an early decision on trade policy, one that could anger key members of his Democratic Party, or spark a trade war with some of America's closest allies. In a few weeks Mr. Obama is to travel to Canada, where official...
The vibrant seaport city, Mumbai, in southern India, usually is quick to bounce back from catastrophes like bombings, communal riots and monsoon floods. But the most recent terror attack is testing its reputation for resilience. Mumbai is limping ba...
The United States says the reported test of a new Iranian ballistic missile underscores that country's threat to the Middle East and Europe, including Russia, which has opposed a planned U.S. regional missile defense system. VOA's David Gollust repo...
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By Phuong Tran Dakar 25 April 2008 What started out as Africa Malaria Day was being observed worldwide for the first time on Friday. Health organizations have long said that most of the one million deaths every year attributed to malaria happen in Af...
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By Jim Malone Des Moines 04 January 2008 Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and former Republican Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas were the big winners Thursday in the Iowa caucuses, the first major test of the 2008 U.S. presidential elec...