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Last week, the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) hosted a Higher Education Summit in Rwanda intended to promote development through education by partnering American and African universities. For VOA, Thomas Rippe reports from Kigali th
Steve Inskeep : China is taking steps that are designed to benefit both the domestic and global economies. A Chinese official said today the country's currency will gradually gain value. That trend will spur domestic consumption inside China itself
By Margaret Kennedy New Orleans, Louisiana 05 September 2006 watch report / Hollywood South Movie production in progress One part of the Louisiana economy not only survived Hurricane Katrina -- it has grown. VOA's Margaret Kennedy has this report on
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 31 March 2008 India has taken steps to drastically limit rice exports in a bid to cool prices and ensure sufficient food stocks for its more than one billion people. As Anjana Pasricha reports, India is battling inflation
By Jim Stevenson Tianjin, China 23 September 2007 Top ranked United States and defending champion Germany have advanced to the semifinals of the Women's World Cup football (soccer) tournament in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports both teams had simil
European Farmers Work to Boost Global Grain Supplies Britain has just been hit with its wettest summer in 100 years and that's been bad news for a lot of farmers, especially inland and in the north. But in the eastern pocket of Suffolk, wheat yields
President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to act quickly on his economic recovery program, warning that inaction by Washington could extend the current recession for years. President-elect Barack Obama makes remarks on nation's economy at Geor
President-elect Barack Obama is proposing an emergency $800 billion economic stimulus plan that would use government spending and taxing power to help pull the faltering U.S. economy out of recession. President-elect Barack Obama speaks to reporters
Struggling Detroit Seeks Economic Boost Detroit, the heart of America's car industry, was once one of the richest cities in the United States. But car manufacturers have downsized their work force, and, in recent decades, more than half of Detroit's
Analysts: Prisoner Exchange Could Boost Hamas Some Middle East analysts say the release of an Israeli soldier and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners could have a significant effect on security in Israel and the Mideast. It is a rare day in the Middle
By Robert Raffaele Washington 16 November 2009 World leaders at a U.N. summit on food security in Rome are vowing to take urgent action to eliminate global hunger. But they did not agree in their final declaration to a U.N. request for $44 billion a
DC Area Islamic Charity Feeds Poor for Ramadan HERNDON, VIRGINIA Every Thursday afternoon during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, hundreds of people flock to Herndon High School, in the Virginia. A hall has been converted into a market, but there a
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I know you're all looking forward to spending time with their families over the holidays, but we did have one last piece of business to finish up. I said it was critical for Congress not to go home without pr
Another founding principle of America history has been ingenuity. What would sex inspire you to invent? I manna invent a pill that would make you to have sex all of the time. I would invent something that got him up and ready to go at a moment *. I t
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 07 April 2007 American software designer Charles Simonyi is due to head into space Saturday along with two Russian cosmonauts for a ten-day stay at the International Space Station. Simonyi was born in Hungary and is the fifth
By Jim Malone Washington 14 June 2006 Following his brief visit to Baghdad, President Bush says he sees steady progress in Iraq as he continues to rally domestic support for the war effort there. In the wake of his dramatic surprise visit to Baghdad
By Greg Flakus Houston 15 September 2006 Artist rendition of the Orion crew exploration vehicle approaching the International Space Station The U.S. space agency, NASA, has embarked on a long-range plan to return humans to the moon and then go on to
By Meredith Buel Washington 09 March 2006 An Iraqi man walks past unexploded ordnance next to the wreckage of a car bomb blast, in Baghdad,Iraq The International Crisis Group (ICG), a non-governmental
By Cathy Majtenyi Kampala, Uganda 12 June 2007 Earlier this year, Uganda launched its Universal Secondary Education program to enable more students from low-income and rural families to get a high school education. Cathy Majtenyi files this report fo
By Naomi Schwarz Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 08 June 2007 The Microsoft corporation is teaming up with African leaders to try to bring development to the continent through technology. As part of the partnership officials are holding a three-day technol