Jordin Sparks在她会说话之前, Jordin 的歌声就频频出现在电视和广播里, 三岁的时候就在她妈妈的磁带里清脆放音. 在小学时她用厨房当排练室，站在橱柜上练声，初中时在教堂唱诗班唱歌, 并乐此不疲。 2006年九月，她陆续赢得了亚利桑那偶像，西雅图偶像，接着在那里获得...
The Russian economy has been among the hardest hit of any country, during the current global economic crisis. Russia - a major energy exporter - has not only suffered banking and stock woes, as in the rest of the world, but also a precipitous drop i...
After receiving new evidence in recent days, the U.S. military is launching a higher level investigation of its air strike in Afghanistan two weeks ago, in which dozens of people were killed. The initial U.S. investigation said the strike had killed...
A new law in the southern state of Georgia has set the stage for a court dispute over whether guns should be allowed at the nation's busiest airport. Mike Cooper reports for VOA from Atlanta on the disagreement over where firearms can be carried. Ha...
By Mil Arcega Washington 13 May 2008 India's economy is growing at an unprecedented rate, prompting far-reaching changes that are rapidly transforming the country. Among the most visible signs of the new India is a housing boom that targets the count...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 May 2008 In India, controversy has erupted around foreign cheerleaders brought in to provide entertainment for a newly-launched cricket tournament. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, many of the cheerleaders ha...
By Nico Colombant Monrovia 20 February 2008 Recent comments by President Bush about Liberia as a possible host nation for headquarters of the U.S. military African command have ignited a debate in the West African nation itself. The Liberian governme...
By Barry Newhouse Washington 27 December 2007 The suicide attack that killed opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has sparked riots in several cities and thrown Pakistan's crucial January elections into doubt. VOA's Barry Newh...
By Trish Anderton Bali 05 December 2007 At the U.N. conference on Global Climate Change in Bali, the early talk has focused on whether some of the major developed countries will commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. European...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 21 November 2007 Kenya's Electoral Commission is hearing complaints from candidates who failed to secure their parties' nominations for parliamentary elections, scheduled for December 27. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi,...
