Elie Wiesel, left, Rabbi Slomo Koves, center, and Rabbi Baruch Oberlander look at a WWII Hungarian Nazi propaganda poster while visiting the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, 10 Dec. 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner, author and activist Elie Wiesel...
In March, the virus caught the attention of health officials in Mexico when cases of a flu-like illness were reported in the state of Veracruz. The transmission of the virus was so rapid that by mid-June the WHO declared the first flu pandemic in mor...
Photo: VOA Protesters converged on a high school in Sterling, Illinois where a state commission was holding a public meeting on the possible sale of a prison The Illinois State Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability held a public hea...
A UN investigation into September's killing of opposition protesters in Guinea says military leaders were directly involved in the violence. Guinea's military blames the killing on political opponents and 'uncontrollable elements' of the army. Scott...
Kurt Achin | Seoul 17 December 2009 A South Korean nuclear power plant South Korea is looking toward a low-carbon future that likely includes boosting nuclear power consumption. The buildup of nuclear waste in the South creates a problem, however, an...
Military officials in the Central African Republic say they have retaken a key northern town that was captured by rebels last week. Scott Stearns | Dakar 30 November 2009 Central African Republic President Francois Bozize (file photo) Military offici...
By Ricci Shryock Dakar 11 November 2009 Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (File photo) At mediation talks in neighboring Burkina Faso, Guinea's ruling military says there is no way their current leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, will relinquish his rol...
A Former military leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has won Mauritania's presidential election. Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, left, speaks to the press shortly after being declared the victor in the previous day's presidential election, in ce...
The top U.S. military officer is in Moscow for talks on missile defense, arms control and other issues in advance of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the Russian capital in 10 days. Admiral Mike Mullen, (file photo) The Chairman of the Joint C...
The U.S. Defense Department is in the final stages of creating a new military command to defend against attacks on the nation's military computer systems. We report from the Pentagon on plans for U.S. Cyber Command. Deputy Secretary of Defense Willi...
