By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 09 April 2006 Despite Asia's fast economic growth, unemployment in the region has increased over the past decade. The United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for Asia...
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 16 February 2006 Nigerian authorities are being criticized for not doing enough to educate the public about the dangers of the bird flu virus. Chicken seller in Kano, Nigeria...
By Amelia Shaw Port-au-Prince 15 February 2006 watch Haiti Election report Leading candidate Rene Preval says massive fraud or gross errors have been committed in Haiti's presidential election. It is...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 February 2006 CEO, Times Global Broadcasting Company Ltd. Sunil Lulla, left, and Mahesh Prasad, president of Content and Application Solution Group, Reliance Infocom po...
By Craig McCulloch Vancouver 24 January 2006 Canada's Conservative opposition has won the country's general election, ending 12 years of Liberal government. Conservative Leader Stephen Harper gives th...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 18 January 2006 For the first time, the Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all trading early to prevent a system crash after a surge in transactions. Heavy trading followed news that...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Writer Willa Cather Celebrated Europeans Who Settled in the American Midwest By Richard Thorman Broadcast: Sunday, October 09, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE T...
EDUCATION REPORT – August 15, 2002: U.S. Early Childhood Education By Jerilyn Watson This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. About forty years ago, only five percent of Am...
Roger Wilkison Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has hailed his first visit to Europe in 15 years as historic and followed up his renunciation of weapons of mass destruction with a pledge to work for worl...
Steve is chatting with his sister, Diana. S: Gee, Diana, you're always at home. Don't you have any friends to go out with? D: Sure, I do. But all my friends are either out shopping or they're boring....