This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Female farmers in Rwanda and Sudan will learn about what kind of seeds to use, how to farm without chemicals and when to harvest The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that poor countries...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 March 2008 The U.S. Defense Department has released a study of 600,000 documents from Saddam Hussein's archives concluding that while he supported many terrorist groups he did not have a direct connection with al-Qaida. But t...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 December 2007 A new report finds that last year the number of children dying before their fifth birthday fell below 10 million for the first time since the United Nations has been keeping records. But, the U.N. Children's Fu...
By Trish Anderton Jakarta 22 October 2007 The Indonesian government says the pilot in a fiery plane crash earlier this year ignored repeated warnings to abandon his landing attempt. The March 7th accident in Central Java claimed 21 lives. Trish Ander...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 07 September 2007 A senior U.S. military officer is disputing reports in two major U.S. newspapers, which said Friday that the U.S. commander in Iraq may be willing to send several thousands of his troops home by January. VOA's...
By David Gollust State Department 30 March 2007 The State Department says it is seeking clarification of reports Sudan has softened its opposition to new international peacekeepers for Darfur. The reported change of position by Sudanese President Oma...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 13 September 2006 The International Campaign to Ban Landmines reports dramatic progress in de-mining around the world. But landmines still inflict a terrible toll in 58 countries worldwide, says the campaign group in its annual...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 19 January 2006 Media reports say last week's missile attack in Pakistan killed at least three al-Qaida leaders, including one of the terror group's top chemical weapons exp...