By Liu Enming Smithfield, Virginia 11 June 2007 Genuine Smithfield hams have graced dinner tables in the U.S. since nearly the settlement of the nation itself. VOA's Liu Enming recently traveled to the self-proclaimed Ham Capital of the World, Smithf...
By Amra Alirejsovic Los Angeles, California 26 April 2007 Harun Mehmedinovic is a young Bosnian-American filmmaker who is studying at the American Film Institute (A.F.I.) in California, one of the most prestigious film schools in the world. His late...
By Paula Wolfson White House 16 April 2007 President Bush invited military families to the White House Monday, as he stepped up his campaign for Congressional passage of a war funding bill without a timetable for withdrawal. VOA's Paula Wolfson repor...
By Michael Bowman Washington 05 April 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says restricting U.S. military operations in Iraq could unleash massive bloodshed among the country's warring factions. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 07 March 2007 By April, the Russian government hopes to reduce the number of illegal workers in the country by nearly 50 percent. The majority of such workers toil at low-wage market jobs shunned by ordinary Russians. Others ar...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 26 February 2007 A major Israeli raid in the West Bank town of Nablus is in its second day. One armed Palestinian has been killed. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel describes the operation as a co...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 February 2007 Union leaders in Guinea are welcoming a more relaxed curfew, but are pursuing a crippling strike action. They say they want President Lansana Conte to respect agreements signed in January that have been ignore...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 January 2007 The World Food Program (WFP) says it will provide a seven-day ration of food to 125 people who were wounded during the recent anti-government protests in Guinea, because the paralyzing strike is preventing rela...
By David Gollust Berlin 17 January 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the international Quartet on the Middle East will meet in Washington in two weeks to try to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Rice, in Berlin after a M...
By Jim Malone Washington 04 January 2007 The winds of change blew through Washington Thursday as Democrats took control of Congress for the first time in 12 years. The congressional shift in power following last November's elections brings new oppor...