By Tom Rivers London 31 October 2007 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met Wednesday with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street as part of his state visit to Britain. The two discussed a variety of bilateral issues. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports...
By Tom Rivers London 29 October 2007 On the eve of his historic visit to Britain, Saudi King Abdullah says London is not doing enough to combat terrorism and in an exclusive interview with the BBC, he criticized the then government of Tony Blair for...
Did King Arthur really exist? The story of King Arthur is one that has been told for hundreds of years. There have been poems, books and even films made of his life, all of them telling the story a little differently. The basic story is this. There...
He began his career as a Baptist preacher but went on to lead a sweeping grassroots effort to end racial discrimination, known as the Civil Rights Movement. Along the way, Martin Luther King Junior made history and emerged as one of the most influent...
King of Beasts 狮子 Even skywatchers connect lions with royalty. For example, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion is called Regulus -- which means little king. Discover why lions are said to be the king of beasts -- today on Earth a...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 23 July 2007 Former King of Afghanistan Zahir Shah, left is seen as Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai walks towards the inauguration ceremony honoring him in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, in Kabul, Af...
Welcome to my living room. It's not a womb, it's not a tomb, not a June bright over December gloom. Carole King is about to embark on a Living Room tour. Miss King intends to try to make large concert venues like Radio City Music Hall, Cape Cod's Me...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 15 May 2007 Israeli and Jordanian leaders have held a summit in Jordan's Red Sea resort of Aqaba in a bid to advance the peace process. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, an Arab land-for-peace proposal t...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 March 2007 Jordan's King Abdullah is urging the United States to make a new commitment to peace in the Middle East. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where the king told a joint meeting of Congress that ina...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 06 February 2007 Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, center, then Bhutanese King Jigme Singye Wangchuk, right, as then Crown Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck looks on, in New Delhi (File photo - 26 July 2006) The new lea...
