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New Indian Law Takes Aim at Curbing Child Abuse This woman - who asked not to be identified -- says her sisters husband started sexually abusing her when she was nine years old. She eventually told her parents, but they did nothing. She says going to
By Rosanne Skirble Washington, DC 31 May 2006 watch Film Review report Al Gore, a longtime advocate for the environment and former vice president of the United States, developed a slide show about the threat posed by global warming. Over the last si
By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 February 2006 President Jacques Chirac delivers his speech during a meeting to discuss an international tax and the fight against poverty and disease in the developing world Fr
As we produced today's edition of CNN 10, a category five hurricane was roaring over the Turks and Caicos islands and it had the Bahamas and the U.S. mainland directly in its projected path. Hurricane Irma is a monstrous and deadly storm. Last night,
By Lisa Bryant Paris 12 November 2007 The international climate change panel that won this year's Nobel peace prize is holding a meeting in the Spanish city of Valencia this week to draft a key report on global warming. Environmentalists hope the doc
President Obama unveiled his budget proposal for the coming year. And at a time when a lot of Americans are struggling economically and many are worried about this nation's massive national debt, this budget hasn't seemed to satisfy anybody. There ar
By Phil Mercer Sydney 03 September 2007 Police patrol the forecourt at the Sydney Opera House as a police helicopter buzzes above as security for APEC forum increases in Sydney, 03 Sep 2007 Sydney is gearing up for the annual Asia Pacific Economic Co
By Phil Mercer Sydney 30 August 2007 Sydney is gearing up for the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, which starts next week. Residents are grumbling about traffic problems security preparations will create, while protesters are preparin
By Teri Schultz Brussels 26 March 2007 Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, visiting Brussels for talks with European Union and NATO allies, warned Tehran its failure to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency would lead to Iran's further
By Mandy Clark London 26 March 2008 An eco-friendly home in Britain is considered not just globally responsible but now it is becoming personally profitable. Nearly 40 percent of Britain's energy is consumed in lighting, heating and cooling the coun
By Greg Flakus Dallas, TX 27 September 2006 watch Urban Water report As the populations of urban areas around the world continue to grow, the demand for water has also grown. In the arid areas of the western United States, growth in some metropolita
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 30 August 2007 Climate change and trade liberalizations are expected to top the agenda at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering in Sydney next week. Regional security also will be addressed. But, as VOA corre
By Scott Stearns White House 01 June 2006 Iraq will launch its own investigation into reports that U.S. Marines last year intentionally killed as many as 24 unarmed civilians in the town of Haditha. U
Budget Cuts Hit US Foreign Aid Programs Mandatory federal cuts Like other federal agencies, the U. S. Agency for International Development has to cut its budget as a result of sequestration. The four-percent USAID must cut will reduce its foreign ass
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In Houston, Police Chief Art Acevedo has been helping to lead the city's response to Harvey. Now as the city begins to move from the search and rescue into the recovery phase, we wanted to check back in with him. Chief Acevedo is o
And whereas our ** of adore were prohibited, getting busy and private was mandatory. -It was written into the Puritan Bible that a man has duty to God and to his wife was to pleasure her. That was called due benevolence. -It's also about economy and
By Barry Unger Washington, DC 13 September 2006 watch Volunteerism report In the United States, volunteering has long been a part of the American way of life. In 2005, roughly a fifth of the U.S. population participated in volunteer activities. More
By David McAlary Washington 15 July 2006 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has departed from the International Space Station (ISS), but has not gone far away. It will remain in the vicinity of the outpost until flight controllers are certain there is
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali, Indonesia 11 December 2007 Debate at the U.N. climate-change conference has intensified over whether to include greenhouse gas emissions targets in a new climate accord. As VOA Correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins reports
By Phil Mercer Sydney 12 October 2009 A group of Afghan asylum seekers who survived an explosion that killed five people in the Timor Sea are to be granted refugee status in Australia. The government, however, has signaled it will deport anyone conv