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RAY SUAREZ, HOST: In Germany this New Year's Eve, authorities have taken extra precautions at outdoor celebrations to prevent sexual harassment. In Berlin, organizers of the main party have taken the unusual and, as it turns out, controversial step o
That fork, called happy folk. It's the fork to tell you to eat more slowly. It tells you to eat more slowly.Where are you from? Where are you from? I'm from Paris. France. So you come up with this in France where you eat cheese and wine. As you hold
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 16 February 2006 Nigerian authorities are being criticized for not doing enough to educate the public about the dangers of the bird flu virus. Chicken seller in Kano, Nigeria
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 April 2006 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching an appeal for $13.4 million for operations aimed at preventing the spread of bird
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 04 April 2006 Thailand's PM Thaksin Shinawatra speaks at Government House in Bangkok, April 4, 2006 Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has announced he will s
By Barry Wood Washington 26 July 2006 The World Bank, based in Washington and owned by its 184 member governments, spends about $20 billion a year to promote economic development in poor countries. The Bank in recent years has stepped up its efforts
By Stephanie Ho Washington 01 July 2007 The United States is increasing transportation security after a car bombing and other attempted terror attacks in Britain in recent days. The top U.S. security official says although he sees no links to any spe
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 26 May 2007 Israeli air strikes against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are now in their tenth day. At least five militants have been killed. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, ceasefire effor
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 20 January 2006 As concerns over the spread of bird flu increase, Italian police have stepped up controls at sites that could be at risk. Thousands of chickens and eggs wer
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta, Indonesia 02 January 2007 Emergency workers in Indonesia continue searching for the wreckage of an airliner that disappeared during a flight to Sulawesi Monday. Officials say earlier reports that the crash site had been fou
The United States has begun preparing for the possibility that a terrorist could detonate a nuclear device in a major American city. U.S. officials appeared before a Senate panel Thursday to discuss the effort. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capito
The United States confirmed Friday North Korea has reversed the steps it took in recent weeks to restart its Yongbyon nuclear reactor. The action by Pyongyang is in line with an agreement reached late last week to salvage the six-party accord under
Police say they have beefed up security at vital sites, including a fuel refinery, and are checking vehicles and setting up road blocks to ensure the execution of the three men convicted for the 2002 Bali bombings is not disturbed. Bali bombers from
Italian officials are pressing for steps to prevent a repeat of the tragedy involving hundreds of migrants from Africa who are missing and believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean over the weekend. The migrants were cramped in un-seaworthy vess
U.S. President Barack Obama is devoting much of his time these days to one issue: reforming the nation's health care system. Concerns about the cost and scope of reform are growing among members of Congress and the general public. Mr. Obama is makin
US Steps Up Pressure on Karzai to Sign Security Agreement 美国敦促卡尔扎伊签署安全协议 The United States is raising the pressure on Afghanistan's leader Hamid Karzai to sign a bilateral security agreement that would allow more than 8,00
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 May 2006 U.S. lawmakers have heard from experts about the expanding use of the Internet by al-Qaida and other terrorist groups. The scope of terrorist exploitation of t
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 03 August 2006 A barrage of more than 100 rockets fired by Hezbollah militants has killed at least eight Israelis. Military authorities say they plan to expand what they intend to be a security zone in Lebanon to at least 15
By Marlene Smith Vienna 07 March 2006 The International Atomic Energy Agency resumed closed talks Tuesday on Iran's nuclear program in an effort to avoid escalation in the stand-off with the Islamic R
By Stephanie Ho Washington 10 August 2006 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says the United States is stepping up its security measures, after authorities in Britain said they uncovered a major terror plot to blow up airplanes flying from