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By Carolyn Weaver New Haven, Connecticut 11 June 2007 Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut is known for its neo-Gothic campus, 20th century buildings in the style of medieval Europe. But the university is also home to several treasures of modern
By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 11 January 2006 An Iraqi mason works on a wall surrounding a new school on the outskirts of Basra (file picture) Iraq has been hit with a construction boom - in no small part du
By Jim Malone Washington 23 April 2007 Students and faculty returned to classes at Virginia Tech University, one week after the worst mass-shooting spree in U.S. history. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington. A white balloon(
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 April 2007 Foreign and Palestinian journalists demonstrated on both sides of the Israel-Gaza border Wednesday calling for the release of BBC Gaza Correspondent Alan Johnston, kidnapped more than six weeks ago. VOA's Jim Tee
By Noel King Khartoum 20 October 2006 The Sudanese army has denied that its forces are badly demoralized after losing two key battles against rebels in Darfur. Jan Pronk Thearmystatement followed comments by a top United Nations envoy in Sudan. Unit
By Mil Arcega Washington 25 May 2007 Technology and high gasoline prices are helping to coax hard-to-extract oil from California's oil fields. Production at some of the state's older oil fields is expected to dry up in about 25 years, but Chevron say
By Catherine Maddux Washington 29 June 2006 The Democratic Republic of Congo is beginning campaigning for the first democratic elections in over 40 years. The difficulties the nation faces in staging such an election are evident in the fact that the
The International Criminal Court in The Hague is examining a demand by the Palestinian Authority to investigate possible war crimes during Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. Overview of The Great Hall of Justice at the Peace Palace in The Hague,
Terrorist Attack Victims and Heroes Remembered in New York On a day as clear as September 11, 2001, President Barack Obama and former president George W. Bush walked with their wives to the memorial pools built in the footprints of the former twin to
Egyptians have another day off work Monday, amid word of a new timeline for implementing political reforms in the wake of President Hosni Mubarak's resignation. Egypt's military leaders called a public holiday Monday, amid strikes by bank tellers, st
The ongoing national debate over health care reform in the United States has given way to angry and at times chaotic displays of emotion at town hall meetings sponsored by congressional Democrats. But the anger and fear on display goes beyond concer
Yemeni officials say they are releasing about 170 detainees with suspected ties to al-Qaida, two weeks after al-Qaida said it would use Yemen as its base of operations for the Arabian peninsula. One Yemeni official, who asked to remain anonymous, to
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 17 May 2006 watch report on Russia The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 raised hopes Russia would become more democratic and less authoritarian. In the 1990's th
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 04 July 2007 Pakistani students run out of a government office after setting on fire after a clash with police outside the Red Mosque in Islamabad, 03 Jul 2007 A standoff between Pakistani troops and students at a radical m
By Cathy Majtenyi Burundi 16 May 2006 The tiny African Great Lakes nation of Burundi is the latest on the continent to institute free primary school education, which began last September following mor
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 09 June 2007 Somalia's interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed a story reported by VOA on Friday about a coalition being established in Eritrea, composed of groups opposed to the Somali government and its main b
The last time I went to the doctor for a checkup, she told me that I needed to start taking some dietary supplements that had the vitamins and minerals that my body needed to stay healthy. I told her that I ate a balanced diet, but she said that many
By Al Pessin Pentagon 01 December 2006 The commander of coalition forces in northern Iraq says the reported conclusions of the high-level Iraq Study Group in Washington reflect what his troops are already doing, and also reflect the goals already se
By Lisa Bryant Paris 04 February 2008 Embattled French bank Societe Generale faces new worries with a trial opening Monday in Paris over a vast money laundering scandal that took place several years ago. The trial implicates staff and the bank itself
By Jim Malone Washington 12 February 2007 Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion, 11 Feb 2007 The war in Iraq continues to dominate the early debate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election ca