Scientists Search for Those Long Missing Researchers are developing new techniques to find hidden graves. They say it would help locate the remains of a lone murder victim or the mass graves of victims of war. The research has been presented at the M...
Search for Boston Bombers From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS. American law enforcement officials this week looked for suspects in the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed when two bombs exploded near the finish line o...
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 07 August 2006 Ethiopia and Eritrea Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors, after flash floods on Saturday in eastern Ethiopia killed at least 200 people and left some 300 others missing. Ethiopia's Disaster Preventi...
By Al Pessin Honolulu 27 July 2006 The effort to identify the remains of missing American troops from past wars is very technical, involving anthropology, forensic analysis, and DNA. But behind it all are thousands of families that are sometimes eag...
By Al Pessin Honolulu 27 July 2006 Inside US military identification laboratory At a modern laboratory in the sun-washed serenity of Hawaii, lost American servicemen from some of the most brutal and difficult wars of the past century are finally com...
By Jim Bertel Washington, D.C. 16 January 2006 watch Comedy movie report A Hollywood star has a new movie that is as serious as it is funny. VOA's Jim Bertel reports Albert Brooks delivers laughs with...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 13 January 2006 The death toll has risen to at least 363 after Thursday's deadly stampede during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Pilgrims are searching for news of t...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - Gold! How the Search for Riches Drove Development After the U.S. Civil War By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, August 25, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION --...
Once upon a time, there was a man who always forgot things. One day, he went out with his little son. He was so happy that he put the son ride his neck. After a time, he suddenly thought of his son, h...
By Sabina Castelfranco Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has begun consultations with the European Union (EU) governments in an effort to resolve the crisis over his proposed...