With roughly one month to go until Election Day in the United States, the two major presidential campaigns are stepping up their attacks on each other. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Washington. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks to supporters during a...
The two U.S. vice presidential candidates, Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin, are both getting generally positive reviews following their only debate Thursday in St. Louis, Missouri. As VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from...
The UN Children's Fund, in partnership with diaper-maker Pampers, is launching a global campaign to eliminate tetanus by 2012. UNICEF reports the disease kills about 140,000 newborn infants and 30,000 mothers every year in the poorest countries in t...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters in Duryea, Pennsylvania, on Friday Elections in the United States are now less than two months away. The political conventions are over, and campaigning will inten...
Now that the U.S. political conventions are over, the candidates for President and Vice President have begun the final two months of intense campaigning. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his...
The UN Children's Fund is leading a campaign to get thousands of children displaced by the war in Georgia back to school. UNICEF says getting children, who are traumatized by war back into a structured school program, will help them regain their sen...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The November fourth presidential election in the United States is only about three months away. The two candidates are in a close race. Recent opinion studies show voters are most concerned about the econo...
The UN refugee agency and 10 other partners are launching a nationwide campaign to help the victims of forced displacement in Colombia. The campaign will use the Internet to make the public aware of the displacement crisis and to provide practical i...
By Jim Malone Washington 23 April 2008 Senator Hillary Clinton kept her presidential hopes alive Tuesday with a convincing victory over rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. The Democratic presidential race now moves on to primarie...
By Loirdham Moyo Mutare, Zimbabwe 25 March 2008 Zimbabwean political parties are using innovative methods of attracting prospective voters for the March 29 presidential elections.For example, they providethe undecided with text messages about their p...