By Katherine Cole Washington 18 December 2006 American Roots music can be found any day of the week in the clubs of urban centers; at the many concerts performed on university campuses; and at hundreds of bluegrass festivals in towns large and small
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 07 December 2006 Singer Mary J. Blige leads the nominations for the Grammy Awards, announced Thursday morning in Los Angeles. Blige, a rhythm and blues artist, earned eight nominations for the music industry honors. Mi
By Al Pessin Pentagon 08 December 2006 The second ranking U.S. military commander in Iraq says it might be possible to implement the Iraq Study Group's call for the withdrawal of most U.S. combat forces from Iraq by early 2008. But in a news confere
By Ed Kowalski Washington 18 December 2006 The entertainment world has lost a pioneer and founder of one of the most-important record companies in music history. VOA's Ed Kowalski tells us more about the life and career of Ahmet Ertegun, who died in
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 19 December 2006 The past year has been a particularly troubled time in Lebanon. The country wrestled with political instability following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, and the subsequen
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 02 December 2006 A few hours after taking the official oath as Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, delivered an inaugural address in which he promised to fight organized crime, to provide more employment for Mexicans
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 14 December 2006 'Babel', a film that tells the story of international families linked by a tragic shooting, has received seven nominations for Hollywood's Golden Globe awards. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan has details from Lo
By Zulima Palacio Washington, D.C. 15 December 2006 watch Malaria Summit report President Bush and his wife Laura hosted a White House summit on Malaria Thursday. The conference brought together health ministers from countries affected by malaria, h
By Jim Teeple Bethlehem 21 December 2006 watch Bethlehem Christians Every year at this time, Christians around the world turn their attention to Bethlehem, a small city in the West Bank where, according to Christian tradition, Jesus Christ was born.
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 December 2006 A judge is the latest victim of Palestinian factional fighting in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, there is growing concern among Palestinians that the situation is spi
By Nico Colombant Dakar 06 December 2006 Joseph Kabila reviews the troops at the start of his inaugural ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa, 6 Dec. 2006 Thirty-five-year-old Joseph Kabila has been sworn-in as the newly elected post-war p
By Joe Bavier Kinshasa 29 December 2006 Joseph Kabila (file photo) A close adviser to Congolese President Joseph Kabila has won the top leadership position in the Democratic Republic of Congo's newly elected parliament. Joe Bavier is in the capital,
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 06 December 2006 Ndiaye Diop lifts her daughter over trash in Pikine, 17 Oct 2006 In the developing world's fast-growing cities, formal systems for managing garbage are sometimes insufficient. In Senegal's capital, Dakar, tras
By Jordan Davis Dakar 26 December 2006 Senegalese fishermen say their catches are smaller because of fishing by foreign commercial vessels, 26 Dec. 2006 This year as many as 30,000 illegal migrants left West African shores for Spain's Canary Islands
By Jordan Davis Dakar 21 December 2006 Senegalese army officials say two soldiers were shot to death in an ambush in the southern Casamance region. For more than two decades, the area has seen sporadic violence involving separatist rebels and the na
By Phuong Tran Dakar 21 December 2006 In cities, they turn heads with their tight jeans, sparkly makeup and fashionable jewelry. But, the cosmopolitan beauty of young African women can actually hide urban woes. In this fourth part of a series on cha
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 December 2006 The meaning and expression of Christmas is changing in Kenya, with more and more people buying expensive gifts and many choosing to stay in the city or go to the coast rather than travel to the country vill
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 05 December 2006 Terrorism, free trade and North Korea are just a few of the issues expected to come up at the summit of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cebu, in the Philippines, which starts Decem
By David McAlary Washington 06 December 2006 New biological evidence casts more doubt on Libyan government charges against six imprisoned Bulgarian and Palestinian medical workers accused of deliberately infecting several-hundred Libyan children wit
By Linda Cashdan Washington 27 December 2006 Former President Gerald Ford is dead at the age of 93. Mr. Ford had been in declining health this year, battling pneumonia and undergoing two heart procedures. He suffered a mild stroke in 2000. The 38th
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