A Burmese human rights activist says Burma's military government continues to use rape as a weapon to subdue ethnic minorities. She urges Burma's neighbors to put pressure on the military to stop sexual violence against women. Claudia Blume reports...
With nearly 1.2 million children, the New York City public school system is the largest in the nation. Until recently, the Big Apple had one of the worst per capita high school dropout rates in the country, especially in the city's low-income neighb...
For more than two centuries, cotton has been king in the American South. Cotton was the mainstay of the economy and some aspect of the industry touched everyone's life. But that is no longer the case. Two other crops, soybeans and corn have taken th...
State Department officials are acknowledging an internal debate over whether the United States should open a diplomatic interests section in Tehran. Iran said Tuesday it would consider a request from the United States to open a diplomatic presence....
By Kurt Achin Seoul 17 June 2008 South Korea's biggest labor confederation says its members will go on strike, next month, to protest the policies of the country's president. The labor troubles heap new crisis on an administration facing mass street...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 13 June 2008 Violence in the Somali capital Mogadishu and elsewhere has increased dramatically since a U.N.-backed peace agreement was signed Monday in Djibouti between Somalia's transitional federal government and a moderate f...
By Michael Bowman Washington 12 June 2008 The U.S. space agency is planning to send a probe to the sun to gather data and shed light on basic questions about how the star operates and its effects on Earth. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washingto...
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By Jessica Berman Washington 04 March 2008 According to the results of a large U.S. study, older women who used hormone therapy to ease the symptoms of menopause and then discontinued it remain at increased risk of cancer. Researchers voiced surprise...
By Ravi Khanna Washington 28 February 2008 Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte says US looks forward to working with new Pakistani leaders...