By Scott Stearns White House 09 August 2007 U.S. President George Bush says he is confident that Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf has both the desire and the ability to hunt down al-Qaida terrorists along the border with Afghanistan. VOA...
By Ted Landphair Washington 09 August 2007 Every day, American consumers are offered a simple choice when they areby a store's cashier: paper or plastic? But as VOA's Ted Landphair explains in today's searching for solutions report, some communities...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 25 July 2007 Mexico has long been vexed by official corruption, which enables drug traffickers to flourish and ordinary citizens to avoid fines for minor infractions. The authorities are trying to fight corruption at all le...
Astronomers say they have some intriguing new clues about one of the biggest mysteries of the universe. More than 20 years ago, scientists discovered that most of the matter in the universe is not made up of ordinary atoms, it is something invisible...
By Michael Bowman Caracas, Venezuela 28 June 2007 Protesters in Caracas 27 June 2007 Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have marched in the capital to press for freedom of expression, one month after self-proclaimed socialist President Hugo Chavez shut...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 30 May 2007 U.S. and Afghan forces in Eastern Afghanistan have killed at least six suspected insurgents. Violent attacks are on the rise throughout much of Afghanistan, including areas previously considered relatively secur...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 21 May 2007 Israel confirms that it is targeting the leaders of the Islamic militant group Hamas, hours after a deadly attack on the home of one of its lawmakers in the Gaza Strip. At least 12 Palestinians have been killed...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 26 January 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there is no new policy on targeting Iranian operatives in Iraq, as reported Friday by the Washington Post. But he says U.S. forces will target any foreign fighter trying...
My cooking has always been the target of family jokes. One evening, as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smoke detector went off. Although both of my children...
My cooking has always been the target of family jokes. One evening, as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smoke detector went off. Although both of my children...