By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 30 August 2006 watch Microhome report The latest government reports indicate the U.S. housing market is cooling off. But builders say there's a mini-boom going on for a different kind of house. VOA's Mil Arcega reports o

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By Noel King Khartoum 30 August 2006 A government-sponsored demonstration in Khartoum has protested international attempts to coax Sudan into accepting a U.N. mission in Darfur. The demonstration followed a visit this week by Assistant Secretary of

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By Zulima Palacio Toronto, Canada 30 August 2006 watch AIDS CD report AIDS music performers A group of musicians has produced a CD intended to spread a message of HIV-AIDS prevention to young people. The CD is part of the AIDS Responsibility Project

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By Nico Gnecchi Nairobi 30 August 2006 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, left, with Sudanese President Omar El Bashir (File photo) The Somali government and the Islamist forces that control many parts of the countryare expected to meet for a much-delaye

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By Carolyn Weaver Washington, DC 30 August 2006 watch Peacekeeper report Peacekeepers stand guard The U.N. Security Council resolution on ending the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah called for adding up to 13,000 troops to the 2,000 membe

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 August 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and urged Israel to lift its blockade of Lebanon and ease restrictions in the Palestinian territories. Israel says Hezbollah

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 30 August 2006 Government soldiers patrol on the Mavilaaru reservoir tank bank in Mavilaaru, close to Muttur, Sri Lanka, Monday, August 28, 2006 International ceasefire monitors have blamed the Sri Lankan military for the

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 August 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appealed to Israel to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon. Israeli officials say the blockade can only be lifted when full implementation of the U.N.-mediate

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By David Gollust State Department 29 August 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a war veterans group Tuesday that a premature U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq would cause immeasurable harm to U.S. interests. Domestic political pressure for

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 30 August 2006 watch Touchable Science report Glenn Mills is part teacher, part scientist, and part inventor. We think you'll enjoy what he calls his touchable science. Inventor Glenn Mills Meet Glenn Mills. For nearly 5

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By Joseph Mok New York City 01 August 2006 watch Museum report The spacious MoMA lobby holds large crowds and large pieces of art Founded in 1929 on the idea of providing the best modern art museum in the world, the Museum of Modern Art in midtown M

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By Deborah Block Washington, D.C. 01 August 2006 watch Middle East report U.S. President George W. Bush is again calling for a sustainable ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. This, after Israel carried out li

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 01 August 2006 watch Transplant report The new lease-on-life enjoyed by organ transplant recipients comes with a price: patients must take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. But a promising new procedu

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 August 2006 South Asian rivals India and Pakistan have expressed their commitment to a peace process that New Delhi had put on hold following last month's serial bombings in its financial capital Mumbai. This is the f

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By Bill Rodgers Washington 01 August 2006 Fidel Castro Ruz was born August 13, 1926, on a sugar plantation in eastern Cuba, the son of a Spanish immigrant landholder and a household servant. An intellectually gifted student, he attended Jesuit schoo

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By Parke Brewer Washington 31 July 2006 Children with (left to right) Andy Roddick, James Blake and Paul Goldstein The men's (ATP) tennis tour is in Washington this week for the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. As part of its outreach, the Washington Tenn

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 01 August 2006 British soldiers from the 2nd Battallion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers arrive at Kabul International Airport (File photo -July 12, 2006) Three British soldiers were killed during a suspected Taleban ambush on

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By Noel King Akobo, Southern Sudan 22 August 2006 Disarming small militias is an ongoing problem in southern Sudan. Following a proliferation of arms during Sudan's 21-year civil war, rival villages in the region armed themselves, leading to violent

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By Noel King Akobo, Southern Sudan 22 August 2006 Disarming small militias is an ongoing problem in southern Sudan. Following a proliferation of arms during Sudan's 21-year civil war, rival villages in the region armed themselves, leading to violent

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 August 2006 A journalist from Pakistan and another from Nepal are completing a fellowship that commemorates Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was abducted and killed by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002.

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