NASA Art Captures 50 Years of Exploration One of the nation's most prolific art collectors is the U.S. space agency. For nearly a half-century, NASA has commissioned artists to document its missions and projects. Seventy of the 3,000 works in its col...
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Capturing or killing al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden(奥萨马本拉登) is still a priority for the United States, David Petraeus, the general who commands all U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was quoted as saying...
At first glance, you would never know this warehouse contains vital weapons to combat the spreading oil slick. They're staging areas set up from Venice, Louisiana, all the way to Pensacola, Florida. So what's going on here in this staging area is goi...
By Joseph Mok Stockbridge, Massachusetts 11 November 2009 For a man identified so closely with small-town America, Norman Rockwell spent much of his life living in or near America's biggest city. He was born in New York City in 1894, and did not mov...
By Tom Rivers London 05 October 2009 Three U.S.-based scientists have won the 2009 Nobel prize for medicine for their discovery into how chromosomes are copied and protected. The work casts important light on cancer and the aging process. . Elizabet...
In Sri Lanka, the military says it has captured key areas held by Tamil Tiger rebels, in the north of the country. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the Sri Lankan army is on a major offensive to crush the rebels, who have been fighting for...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 14 March 2008 The U.S. Defense Department announced Friday that it has taken custody of a senior al-Qaida official, who is now being held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon...
By VOA Sports Washington, DC 01 December 2007 The United States has taken an unbeatable 3-0 lead over Russia to capture the Davis Cup tennis title for the first time in 12 years. In front of a cheering crowd in Portland, Oregon, the world number one...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 October 2006 The Islamic Courts Union has taken control of another town in Somalia, raising fears that scheduled peace talks between it and the transitional Somali government may not take place. The town of Sakow, 170 ki...