Doctors Say Millions Worldwide Suffer From Diabetes 世卫组织警告糖尿病将成全球流行病 The World Health Organization estimates that 346 million people globally suffer from diabetes. Most of them live in low- and middle-income countries....
By Tom Rivers London 02 May 2008 Britain's ruling Labor party appears set to suffer its worst defeat in 40 years in local elections against the opposition Conservative party. Preliminary results indicate Labor will receive about 24 percent of the vot...
By Dan Robinson Washington 14 February 2008 In a blow to Democrats, the House of Representatives has voted to reject a measure that would have extended existing foreign intelligence surveillance legislation by three weeks. VOA's Dan Robinson reports,...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 11 February 2008 Kenya has been one of Africa's strongest-performing economies in recent years, averaging more than five percent growth since 2003 and with projected growth as high as eight percent for 2008. But political viol...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 December 2007 Three research studies show that Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon are living under precarious circumstances. The UN refugee agency says the studies, which were conducted over the last few months, fin...
By VOA News Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 19 October 2007 The southern African Nation of Zimbabwe is suffering from massive inflation, rampant poverty and a 90 percent unemployment rate. But when people try to speak out against the situation and the current gov...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2007 Sudan's infant malnutrition and mortality rates are among the highest in the world. Wherever international aid agencies operate, they make a difference in saving lives and creating healthier babies. Lisa Schlein...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 22 February 2007 Union leaders in Guinea are pursuing a strike that began in early January, demanding that long-time President Lansane Conte name a consensus prime minister. Meanwhile, the government is maintaining a state of...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 04 January 2006 Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, has suffered what his doctors call a "significant stroke." Mr. Sharon's powers as prime minister have been transferred to...
I Write, I Suffer Nikki Gemmell: The thing that I worry about when I write is, and I think its one of the hardest things to do, is keeping people's attention. I'm 1)paranoid that I'm going to be borin...