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Scientists have created a climate model that they say proves human activity is responsible for global warming not only at the North Pole, but at the South Pole as well. The model includes data from Antarctica about which relatively little is known.
Politics Overtaking Science in Global Warming Debate Polls in recent years show that fewer Americans believe global warming is a threat or that it is driven by human activities. Thats despite consensus among scientists that climate change is not only
Study: Neglected Tropical Diseases Surfacing in Central Asia Many of the bacterial and parasitic worm infections commonly associated with the tropics are becoming rampant in some Central Asian countries in the former Soviet Union. That's the finding
Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian novelist and songwriter. He was born in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro. In 1970, he quit law school to go travelling around South America, Africa, and Europe. He learnt much about the supernatural on his travels, which would becom
By Suzanne Chislett London 29 August 2007 The southeast Asian nation of Burma is famously secretive. A military government has run the country since the army put down anti-government riots in 1988. The opposition party leader Aung San Suu Kyi has sp
By Jim Malone Washington 23 June 2006 U.S. officials have arrested seven men in connection with what Bush administration officials say was a homegrown terrorist plot that targeted buildings in Miami and Chicago. Alberto Gonzales, front right, with D
South Africa's parliament has elected African National Congress deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as the third post-apartheid president of the country. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our Johannesburg bureau, the new president made it clear he d
Global Initiative Unveils Six-Year Plan to Eradicate Polio A new campaign has been announced to eradicate polio. The six-year plan costing $5.5 billion was unveiled Thursday at the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi. The Global Polio Initiative says
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 Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 08 September 2006 A report by a Senate committee says there is no evidence former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had any relationship with the al-Qaida terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi or his associates before the U.
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 10 July 2006 As ethnic and sectarian violence continues to shake Iraq's capital, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called for all Iraqis to unite. The Prime minister made the appeal during a visit to the Kurdistan Nation
By Tabinda Naeem Washington, D.C. 21 May 2007 Two years ago, the National Academy of Engineering established the Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability. This $1 million award was designed to challenge the world's scientists to develop a practica
By Stefan Bos Budapest 18 June 2006 Slovakia's opposition Smer-Social Democracy party leader Robert Fico declares victory in June 17 general elections in the Slovak Radio in Bratislava Officials results show that Slovakia's opposition leftist party
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 02 December 2006 Leonardo Dicaprio and Djimon Hounsou co-star in a politically charged action-drama set during the Sierra Leone civil war in the 1990's. Alan Silverman has a look at the new film Blood Diamond. Leonardo Di
By Margaret Besheer Washington 20 May 2006 Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to parliament as he announces his new cabinet in Baghdad, May 20, 2006 After more than five months of political negotia
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 01 March 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the United States to take the lead in the search for a global response to climate change. VOA's correspondent at the United Nations, Peter Heinlein, reports t
By Craig McCulloch Las Vegas 18 April 2007 Leaders in the U.S. broadcast industry are discussing new technologies and trends at the annual meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas,Nevada. As Craig McCulloch reports, HD Radio,
By Carol Pearson Washington 18 May 2007 The technology that helps drivers to navigate roads and soldiers to map their positions is now helping doctors repair worn-out knees. The medical procedure is called navigational knee surgery. VOA's Carol Pears
By Selah Hennessy London 06 November 2009 Senior negotiators at a U.N. conference in Barcelona say a legally binding environment treaty will be delayed. In the final day of a weeklong conference, world leaders say a global climate treaty might be po
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