At least 13 people have died as Indian security forces opened fire on protests led by Muslim separatists in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Shahnawaz Khan reports for VOA from Srinagar that police killed four people Monday who were trying to lead a march...
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Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, astronomers have found a whole new solar system may be forming in the wake of a star's violent death. This is the Hidden Universe of the Spitzer Space Telescope, exploring the mysteries of infrared astronomy wit...
Iraq's political leaders struck a hopeful tone as they marked five years since the killing of prominent Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim and dozens of others in a car bombing in the holy city of Najaf in 2003. VOA's Suzanne Presto re...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 03 June 2008 Russian officials have confirmed the beating deaths of four inmates at a prison in the Ural Mountains, allegedly at the hands of their guards. Correspondent Peter Fedynsky has this report from VOA's Moscow Burea...
Korean War POW Wayman Simpson remembers the Korean officer who led the Tiger Death March, a brutal trek that claimed nearly 100 lives. This is Dave Isay, creator of StoryCorps, the project that records the stories of everyday Americans. StoryCorps a...
Tom Morgan made a difficult decision to help end his father's life then looked forward to his own death And it's time again for StoryCorps traveling the country, recording people talking about their lives. Tom Morgan told his story in Murray Kentuck...
By Greg Flakus Houston 26 May 2008 A band of storms stretching from the Texas Panhandle to Wisconsin has caused death and destruction in the central United States during the past few days. At least 7 people were killed in Iowa and Minnesota by tornad...
It's been called the land that God had forsaken, long considered one of the harshest environments on Earth and for good reason. Summer time, ah, we start to hit 100 usually in mid April, ah, and usually (don't) continue with that through, through mid...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 07 May 2008 International aid agencies are struggling to reach the hundreds of thousands of people in Burma who are without food and water following Saturday's devastating cyclone. The government says nearly 22,500 people are...