Italian Political Gridlock Threatens Euro Italians surprised the world, and perhaps themselves - splitting their vote among disgraced former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a center-left coalition and a protest movement led by a former comedian. Th...
Conflict Threatens Mali Farming The conflict in northern Mali is threatening the countrys food security. Many farmers are among the hundreds of thousands of people whove been displaced. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said the next plantin...
Illegal Fishing Threatens Tonie Sap Lake Villagers' Livelihood Despite a government ban on commercial fishing across Tonle Sap Lake - the largest lake in Southeast Asia -- fishing communities say bribery of corrupt local officials has meant the illeg...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Bonobos Threatened With Extinction FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And Im Christopher Cruise. Today we tell about an African ape, the bonobo. Bonobos were...
Funding Shortfalls Threaten Polio Eradication The WHO-sponsored World Health Assembly ended recentedly in Geneva, Switzerland, with the announcement of a new strategy to wipe out the polio virus forever. Organizers said global polio eradication has s...
Leaders Threaten Euro 2012 Boycott Over Alleged Ukraine Abuses May Day brought communist demonstrators onto the streets Tuesday in Kiev - as news of the threatened Euro 2012 boycott spread. Marchers voiced their support for Yulia Tymoshenko and for t...
The British mobile service Vodafone has threatened the Indian government with international arbitration over a proposal that could make it liable for billions of dollars of taxes. Pressure is mounting on India to reconsider the proposal, which foreig...
Police Mistrust Threatens US-Afghan Alliance in Key Town The Marzak strategy hinged on setting up a new, tribe-based local police force capable of defending the town against Taliban fighters. After two weeks of training, the first 50 police began dut...
Drought Threatens Turkana Way of Life in Kenya The Turkana region of Kenya is one of the areas hit hardest by drought in the Horn of Africa. A relief organization says while indigenous people are receiving emergency supplies to survive, their traditi...
Non-Native Weed Threatens Northwest Clams The usual story of invasive species goes something like this: an exotic plant or critter hitches a ride on some incoming cargo, alarm bells go off and an eradication campaign starts. But now, Japanese eelgras...