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Serial bomb blasts have rocked the Indian state, Assam, with most of the explosions taking place in crowded markets. India's government confirms at least 12 separate blasts, with police saying around 50 people have died and several hundred have been
By Jim Stevenson Indianapolis, IN 31 March 2006 LSU guard Darrel Mitchell The U.S. men's college basketball national championship tournament has surprises each year. But this year's competition has be
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $72.5 million to support a three-year emergency and recovery program for victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma. The Red Cross says hundreds of thousands of poor peopl
By Sonja Pace London 30 October 2006 Britain's PM Tony Blair, left, arrives with Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown for the release of Stern report A British experts report on climate change warns that failure to curb global warming could trig
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 25 May 2006 Vicious fighting has broken out again in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing and wounding dozens of civilians. The violence was the latest in a series of battles between militias loyal to the Islamic courts and
By Meredith Buel Washington 15 April 2008 Pope Benedict XVIsays he is deeply ashamed of the sex abuse scandal staining the U.S. Catholic Church and is pledging to work to make sure pedophiles do not become priests. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has
By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 07 March 2006 watch New Orleans Levee report New Orleans levee repairs are to be finished before hurricane season begins June 1st In New Orleans, where recovery f
By Jeff Custer Washington 02 June 2007 U.S. officials in New York say they have foiled a plot to explode jet fuel tanks and a pipeline at the city's John F. Kennedy International Airport. One official called it one of the most chilling plots imaginab
By Jim Malone Washington 28 December 2006 John Edwards announces his candidacy for president in an area affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, 28 Dec 2006 Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards is the latest Democrat to formally announce
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 20 July 2006 VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has been reporting from Beirut since last week, but has only rarely been able to venture into the southern suburbs, which have been heavily bombed. Hezbollah's offices ar
By Margaret Besheer Tyre, Lebanon 01 September 2006 The recent fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants devastated large areas of Lebanon. For the past month, VOA correspondent Margaret Besheer has been reporting on the conflict and t
By Scott Bobb Luanda 24 July 2007 Angola's civil war ended five years ago but today the country and its people still struggle to overcome the devastation caused by the 27 years of conflict. At one point, 80 percent of the people lived off the informa
By June Soh Gaithersburg, Maryland 24 August 2006 watch Libraries report Public libraries in some U.S. communities are expanding their services to accommodate their increasingly diverse clientele. The report is narrated by Amy Katz. ----- A group of
By Deborah Tate Washington 25 April 2006 The U.S. Senate has begun considering a massive spending bill to pay for the war in Iraq and aiding the recovery of the storm-ravaged Gulf coast. Iraq war crit
As Israeli troops begin pulling out of the Gaza Strip, following their 22-day offensive against Hamas militants, the United Nations is intensifying its efforts to deal with the humanitarian crisis left in its wake. A Palestinian family sit next to t
By Greg Flakus Gulfport, Mississippi 08 February 2006 watch Recovery report The devastation caused by flooding in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina continues to dominate headlines here and inter
By Mike O'Sullivan American Samoa 05 October 2009 The death toll has reached 176 people, following last week's tsunami in the Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. Cleanup and recovery efforts are under way and survivors are taking tim