Report: Tax Havens Cost Africa $38 Billion a Year Melanie Ward is spokesperson for the 'Enough For Everyone If' campaign. I think a lot of people here in the U.K. and around the world are fed up with tax dodging, said Ward. They are fed up with a sys...
AS IT IS - Mr. Obama's budget for the 2014 fiscal year Hello, again. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. President Obama has proposed a $3.77 trillion budget for the federal government. The president says his budget will help Americas economic recovery. Tha...
John Kerry: First White, Male Secretary of State in 16 Years For the first time in almost a decade, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee were using the term, mister, to address a prospective Secretary of State. And at least online, it's...
US, Somalia Renew Diplomatic Ties After 20 Years African peacekeepers are patrolling the streets of Mogadishu, helping secure the capital for a new government bent on overcoming decades of chaos after the collapse of Siad Barre's rule in 1991. At the...
Soweto Shows Uneven Development After 18 Years of Democracy Tourists cycling fearlessly in Soweto are finishing up a historical tour in one of the world's most famous townships, where they are taught about life during white-minority rule, known as ap...
'War of 1812' Flag Still Inspires After 200 Years This is a really big year at Fort McHenry, a star-shaped fortification overlooking the harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore and a few other places are commemorating the 200th anniversary of the st...
Agriculture Report - US Faces Worst Drought in 56 Years This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United States is suffering its worst drought in almost sixty years. Moderate to extreme dry conditions spread to fifty-five percent of the...
Dear you, Are you wearing 1)pajamas? I do not mean to begin this letter by getting personal. I was just wondering if you people leave the house anymore-something that seems to be increasingly unnecess...
Through the years I can't remember when you weren't there When I didn't care for anyone but you I swear we've been through everything there is Can't imagine anything we've missed Can't imagine anythin...
Tracy: When were you born? Ivan : In the Year of the Dog. Tracy: What does that mean? Ivan : Oh. That's one of the twelve Chinese horo- scope animals. I was born in 1970. Tracy: That's interesting. I w...
