The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $100 million for Haiti. The appeal covers emergency relief and long-term recovery assistance for 300,000 people over the next three years. The International Red Cro...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 June 2008 The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it is suspending operations in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo following a deadly attack by rebels on a makeshift camp in the Rutshuru area of North Kivu province. The r...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 26 December 2007 Watch Operation Smile Operation Smile is an international group of medical professionals who perform reconstructive surgery, free of charge,for children with facial deformities. This year, Operation S...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 November 2007 An anti-terrorism operation ordered by Italian prosecutors has led to the arrests of 17 Algerians and Tunisians in Italy, Britain, France and Portugal. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. Milan prosecut...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 15 August 2007 The U.S. command in eastern Afghanistan is confirming that U.S. and Afghan forces are conducting an offensive against insurgents in the rugged Tora Bora region. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. A spokesw...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 20 June 2007 A senior Afghan military officer in the southeastern part of the country says his forces are implementing the first Afghan-planned and executed operation to clear Taleban fighters from his area and establish governm...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 September 2006 The World Food Program (WFP) says it will wind up its food assistance program in Lebanon by the end of October because of the country's rapid recovery from the war with Israel. A two-week assessment to evalua...
Lesson 77 A successful operation 一例成功的手术 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 Did the doctors find out how the woman died? The mummy of an E...
HEALTH REPORT -October 30, 2002: Breast Cancer Operation Studies By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Two new long-term studies have compared two operations for early brea...
Sonja Pace Israeli troops are continuing their controversial military operation in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, despite both international condemnation and domestic criticism. The Gaza operation...