Amateur Pianists Compete in Van Cliburn Contest Two doctors and a retired database programmer took top honors at the 6th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Fort Worth, Texas. The competition is hosted by the Van C...
BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Mozilla's newly launched Firefox 4 Web browser was downloaded nearly 7 million times worldwide in the first 24 hours, according to media reports. The number was almost triple the 2.4 million downloads that Microsoft r...
By Michael Bowman Washington 02 March 2008 Amid a weakening U.S. economy, America's foreign-trade policy has become a contentious issue in the presidential race. Both major Democratic Party candidates say free-trade pacts have harmed American workers...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 27 February 2008 Russians go to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election in which the victory of Kremlin-backed candidate Dmitri Medvedev is considered a foregone conclusion. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky rep...
By Alex Villarreal Washington, DC 07 February 2008 The Millennial Generation -- Americans 30 and younger -- is a growing force in U.S. politics. Political researchers say millennials of voting age now number nearly 50 million, close to a quarter of t...
Mr Lordi searches for musical inspiration Jaakko Laajava the Finnish Ambassador to Britain has admitted to having a taste for heavy metal music . Commenting on his countrys amazing victory in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday (20th May 2006),...
