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By June Soh Washington, DC 18 April 2006 watch DC Divas report DC Divas women football team in action American football has long been a man's sport. But there are women football players who want to sh
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 26 May 2006 An Australian soldier takes up a defensive position along Dili's main street Friday May 26, 2006 in Dili, the capital of East Timor Australian peacekeepers are patrolling the deserted streets of the East Timo
At least 18 people were killed, seven of them Lebanese Army soldiers, and more than 45 people were wounded, in an explosion targeting an intercity passenger bus in the northern port city of Tripoli. The explosion follows weeks of tensions in Tripoli
Five months after Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston, Texas, the island city on the Gulf of Mexico below Houston is struggling to recover. The economic slump in the nation as a whole has made the task more difficult, but many islanders are determine
Struggling Detroit Seeks Economic Boost Detroit, the heart of America's car industry, was once one of the richest cities in the United States. But car manufacturers have downsized their work force, and, in recent decades, more than half of Detroit's
Killing of US School Children Sparks Gun Control Discussion Authorities say the weapons used in the Newtown shooting were legally registered to Nancy Lanza, the mother of the gunman, Adam Lanza. She was the first of 27 victims of the shootings, inclu
By Kurt Achin Seoul 23 October 2009 A high-level North Korean official is traveling to the United States for meetings that may help push forward stalled diplomacy with Washington. The trip coincides with South Korean media speculation of talk betwee
Russia continues to strongly oppose the U.S. plan to station a ballistic-missile defense system in Eastern Europe. That issue was discussed during the recent Moscow summit (July 6-8) between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, D
Detroit Government Retirees Struggle to Keep Benefits Don Taylor spent 26 years of his life as a police officer in Detroit, the city where he was born and raised. It was a dangerous job, but one he is fond of. It also provided a dependable paycheck,
By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 December 2006 A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has postponed the trial of several employees of an international mining company accused of helping government soldiers carry out a brutal 2004 crackdown against a rebe
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 June 2006 The presidents of Sudan and Eritrea met in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in a bid to improve relations between the two countries. The leaders were expected to discuss the rebellion taking place in eastern Sudan
Takeshi: What do you want me to do with this piano? Paula: I want you to move it from the living room to the family room. Youre as strong as an ox and thats why I called you for help. Takeshi: Lucky me. I dont think I can move that piano by myself, t
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 06 July 2006 watch Stroke Prevention report People with diabetes, sickle cell anemia, or sleep apnea are at risk for having a stroke. The American Stroke Council has some guidelines that can help prevent stroke. -----
By Scott Stearns Washington 06 April 2006 President Bush says Iraq is making progress toward forming a government of national unity and stopping sectarian violence. George Bush delivers speech on glob
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 May 2006 Migrants from India wait at their home, an old movie theater in the town of Zouerate, Mauritania, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 The International Organization for Migrat
By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 15 August 2007 Evidence of killings from 1975-1979 Thirty years after the brutal Khmer Rouge governed Cambodia, efforts to punish those considered most responsible for the deaths of nearly two million people have entered a ne
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 11 March 2006 Pakistani troops have killed at least 25 suspected militants, some of them thought to be foreigners, in an attack near the Afghan border. The so-called tribal
By Jessica Berman Washington 01 April 2008 For the past 50 years, the development of new drugs to treat tropical diseases that affect nearly one billion people has languished because it has not been profitable for drug manufacturers in the West. But
By Scott Stearns Washington 11 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush is sending more troops to Iraq as part of what he says will be a new way forward. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns looks at the president's changing approach to the co
Russia and Ukraine have ended 2008 with an escalating dispute over gas deliveries through a key pipeline that supplies much of Western Europe. Each side is blaming the other for the dispute. A spokesman for the Russian gas giant, Gazprom, held up a