The man was a hacker. He was a thief. He knew computers. He knew them inside out. He was like a pickpocket. He picked everyone's pocket. He picked everyone's bank account in America. Everyone with a bank account lost money. Millions of Americans have...
The Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $5 million to three different local nonprofit organizations. The money will be distributed over a four-year period and is aimed at helping approximately 1,000 homeless people in the...
The late Leona Bridges, a New York woman who married into millions, left her mansion and her $12 million fortune to her pet, a little white Chihuahua named Duchess. Although Leona is survived by one son, Wilbur, and three grandchildren, they received...
South Korean religious groups have temporarily taken over leadership of protests against the resumption of American beef imports, calling for peace and police restraint. At the same time, South Korea's biggest labor union group has begun a strike an...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 17 December 2007 Millions of Muslims from around the world have arrived in the Muslim holy city of Mecca to begin the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The four-day ritual is taking place under tight security, and officials in Saudi...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 May 2007 In a just released report Wednesday, Handicap International says hundreds of millions of people worldwide face a daily risk of death or maiming by cluster bombs. Lisa Schlein has more for VOA from Geneva, where the...
By Sonja Pace London 01 March 2007 Europe's biggest pharmaceutical company and a small Geneva-based non-profit group have teamed up to produce a malaria combination drug that they say is better, cheaper, and easier to use than other medication on th...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 October 2006 Five year-old Abubaker Kabir who is suffering from measles receives medication while his mother Ladi Kabir, left, watches in Kano hospital, Nigeria (File photo) In Nigeria, health officials who have fanned o...