By George Dwyer Washington 26 October 2007 A new high-tech stage show is attempting to portray in 95 minutes what it took evolution millions of years to accomplish. Walking with Dinosaurs - The Live Experience uses life-size models of Tyrannosaurus,...
By Katherine Cole Washington 23 October 2007 Linda Thompson's name and voice are probably quite familiar to you if you're old enough to remember Fairport Convention, or perhaps the duo albums Linda recorded with then-husband Richard Thompson in the l...
An astronaut stands on the surface of the Moon Scientists in the UK have expressed their enthusiasm for Chinas plans to explore the Moon with robotic spacecraft , and are keen to take part in the adventure. British scientists are seeking to collabor...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 17 October 2007 Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says her arrival in Pakistan on Thursday will mark the country's transition from dictatorship to democracy. In a televised address from Dubai carried live on major Pakis...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 October 2007 Tens of thousands of highly qualified Indian professionals migrated to Western countries in recent decades for better job opportunities. But as India's economy booms, a lot of them are now opting to return...
By Mike O'Sullivan Central Washington State 02 October 2007 Each year, salmon head upriver to their spawning grounds in the Columbia River basin in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the event has inspired a festival...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 11 September 2007 Kenya is asking that a Chicago museum return the remains of the infamous Maneaters of Tsavo, two lions that terrorized workers who built a railroad from Uganda to the Kenyan coast in the 19th Century. Nick Wa...
By Malcolm Webb Nairobi 23 August 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says many of the 10,000 Congolese refugees, who fled to neighboring Uganda Tuesday, have returned to their homes. The exodus from villages in the North Kivu prov...
19 August 2007 Nigeria Nigerian troops are continuing their crackdown on gangsters in Port Harcourt, the main oil city in the southeastern Rivers State. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that residents are terrified at the prospect of more violence....
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 04 August 2007 Matt Damon is back as undercover agent Jason Bourne in a new espionage action-adventure based on the best-selling books by Robert Ludlum. Alan Silverman spoke with the stars and film-maker Paul Greengrass fo...