By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 03 July 2007 Welfare organizations say there has been a dramatic increase in the number of abandoned babies in South Africa in the past year. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our bureau in Johannesburg. HIV-positive...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 May 2006 A young boy works on a tire at a garage in Allahabad, India A new report by the International Labor Organization, ILO, says child labor, especially in its worst form...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 March 2006 A new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council says the number of people internally displaced within their own countries by conflict decreased slightly during 2005,...
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Coco Chanel: Number One 2 Successful years In time, Chanel’s business expanded into clothing shops in Paris and fashionable resort towns. At first unable to afford expensive fabrics, she created sim...
Coco Chanel: Number One By Dorothy Rompalske / This article was published originally in Biography Magazine . 1998. Anbsp; How Coco Chanel invented herself and reinvented fashion. 1 The shoulder bag, t...
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EXPLORATIONS -April 17, 2002: Broadcast Number 2000 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we...
A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bones lying about. "How old are these bones?" the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide. "Exactly one hundred...
Broadcast: Jan 28 2003 The number of malnourished Australian aboriginal children has risen sharply. At Royal Darwin Hospital, statistics show a 25 percent increase in children 3) diagnosed with malnut...