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Writers Kick-start Career with Print-on-Demand On a recent Sunday afternoon, there was a steady stream of visitors to a house in Alexandria, Virginia, where John Saul signed copies of his first published book, Candle in the Window. It is a collection
Plight Of Maria Puts Spotlight on Roma In Europe A little blonde girl in Greece is at the center of a Europe-wide row over the treatment of Roma people - sometimes known as gypsies. The girl, named Maria, was taken into care from a Roma community ove
By Meredith Buel Washington 11 September 2006 Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld led the memorial service to honor the 184 people who died five years ago, when terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon. Vice Presiden
By Al Pessin Pentagon 30 August 2006 The Defense Department has called on the Associated Press to correct a report that it says mischaracterized a speech by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday. But the AP is standing by the story and many o
By Noel King Akobo, Southern Sudan 22 August 2006 Disarming small militias is an ongoing problem in southern Sudan. Following a proliferation of arms during Sudan's 21-year civil war, rival villages in the region armed themselves, leading to violent
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 22 June 2006 The build-up to the 2007 elections in Nigeria has seen a fierce challenge by some of the country's major ethnic groups. The South-South region, which includes the oil-rich Niger Delta, has mounted the most vigo
Burma's $8.5 Billion Port Project Facing Hurdles BANGKOK When Burma's planned Dawei deep-sea port and special economic zone are finished, a highway, railway and pipeline will connect Southeast Asia's largest industrial zone to Thailands primary comme
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 18 May 2007 In Uganda, the deaths of four peacekeepers in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, this week have prompted calls for President Yoweri Museveni to withdraw his military troops from the African Union mission. As VOA Correspo
By Lisa Bryant Paris 02 April 2008 France says it has launched a humanitarian mission with the assistance of Spain and Switzerland to help an ailing French-Colombian politician who has been held by Colombian rebels for the past six years. Lisa Bryant
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 June 2006 The U.S. Senate Monday opened debate on a proposed Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in what is seen as an appeal by Senate Republican leaders to t
The new leader of Israel's ruling party is vowing to move forward with peace talks with the Palestinians, while confronting Iran. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Tzipi Livni talks during a meeting with France's Foreign Minist
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 November 2007 On Capitol Hill, another fierce debate is underway about the war in Iraq, as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives considers a measure to provide $50 billion in short-term funding for U.S. mi