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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 September 2007 The World Heart Federation says heart disease and stroke are the world's largest killers, claiming 17.5 million lives a year. Marking World Heart Day, the Federation says knowing the risk factors and leading a
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 February 2007 The World Health Organization held Wednesday a meeting in Geneva to devise strategies aimed at finishing the job of eradicating polio worldwide. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from WHO headquarters in Geneva tha
By Sabina Castelfranco Munich 12 September 2006 Addressing academics at the university of Regensburg where he taught before being posted to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Islam and violence. At a morning mass, he rejected the use of God's n
By Lisa Bryant Paris 31 January 2006 Lines are snaking out the door of the U.S. Consulate in Paris, as would-be French travelers to America wait to get newly required visas. The problem: the French go
Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 29 March 2010 Cell biologist Elaine Fuchs is known for revolutionizing the study of skin and for her support of women in science. Children, Elaine Fuchs says, have a natural fascination with science. She remembers that
Violence Forces Burmese Muslims Out of Kyaukphyu Little is left of this once vibrant Muslim fishing village. A month after fires leveled the community, those who once lived here are now part of the more than 100,000 displaced in Rakhine state still t
By Al Pessin Pentagon 31 October 2007 The Pentagon says it is trying to provide Turkey with the kind of intelligence about insurgents of the Kurdistan Workers Party that would enable the Turkish military to take action against them. VOA's Al Pessin r
By Brian Wagner Miami 06 April 2007 The leaders of Cuba and Venezuela, are criticizing President Bush's recent call to increase biofuel production, because of what they say is the potential impact on food supplies beyond U.S. borders. VOA's Brian Wag
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 24 May 2006 An international press-freedom organization accuses the Ethiopian government of blocking personal Internet Web sites known as blogs that are critical of the government, a charge the authorities deny. Paris-based
By Marissa Melton Washington 31 January 2007 watch Sean Maroney's report The International Organization for Migration reports Tuesday that increasing violence in Iraq is forcing more and more people to leave their homes while funding to help them is
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 24 December 2006 In Iraq, American troops have many missions. At the American Forces Network headquarters in Baghdad's Green Zone, broadcasters and disc jockey soldiers are helping to keep America's 140,000 troops across
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 February 2008 Microsoft has offered to pay nearly $45 billion to buy Yahoo, the Internet search engine. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the software giant's bid is a challenge to Google, which dominates the online advertisi
By Brian Wagner Caracas 07 January 2008 Venezuela has launched a new currency aimed, in part, at curbing high inflation rates in the oil-producing nation. Prices have risen in Venezuela due to soaring consumer demand, creating shortages of milk, suga
Australia's bold plans for a carbon emissions trading scheme are under threat after the conservative opposition in Canberra hardened its stance against it. Critics of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposal say it would cost jobs and provoke economic u
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 03 January 2007 An Iraqi official says the person believed to have recorded an unofficial video of Saddam Hussein's execution on a camera phone has been arrested and is being questioned. The video, which shows witnesses tau
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A premature baby in a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey Each year millions of babies are born too soon and too small. Premature or preterm births are defined as births at less than thirty-seven weeks. P
More than one million searchable and browsable images Art Chimes | Washington, DC 09 April 2010 Photo: Library of Congress The Library of Congress contains a treasure trove of photographs and other images. Related Links Library of Congress Prints and
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The two chambers of U.S. Congress on Friday passed a short-term payroll tax and jobless benefits bill, which is now on its way to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law. The bipartisan deal was approved by
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to finish implementing Wall Street reform by finally putting in place banking rules he signed into law two years ago, in order to protect U.S. consumers and help th
A mass rally and parade has been held in DPRK's capital a day after the Worker's Party wrapped up its first congress in 36 years. Hundreds of thousands of people were seen marching through the main ceremonial square. Participants in Pyongyang practic