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By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 February 2006 French flag flies above demonstrators who carry flags of the Jewish Defense League as they participate in a march through Paris, February 26, 2006 The brutal kill
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 27 November 2007 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has attended military farewell ceremonies before his expected retirement as head of the country's armed forces. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that analy
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 28 August 2006 Before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans a year ago, the city had one of the highest crime rates in the United States. New Orleans Police Detectives escort suspect Raymond Amison, 18, center, into jai
By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 27 February 2007 watch Peace Operations report The United States Institute for Peace just released the book Twenty-First-Century Peace Operations, the culmination of a four-year project to examine the origins and out
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 29 December 2006 watch Gold Exhibit report In January of 1848, James Marshall was digging a water ditch at Sutter's Fort in California when he noticed a shining metal substance. Marshall's finding sparked the largest
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 28 July 2006 For the second time this week, a large plane arrived in the Islamists-controlled Somali capital of Mogadishu Friday, carrying an unknown cargo. But many people believe it contains weapons from Eritrea, which the
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 28 September 2006 In 2004, Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid became the first and, to date, only woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Architectural Prize, the so-called Nobel of the design world. Her bold designs are on
By Deborah Block Santa Fe, New Mexico 18 September 2006 watch Santa Fe Artists / Real broadband The U.S. southwestern town of Santa Fe, New Mexico is home to hundreds of artists. It is the third-largest art market in the United States, after New Yor
By Joseph Mok New York City 01 August 2006 watch Museum report The spacious MoMA lobby holds large crowds and large pieces of art Founded in 1929 on the idea of providing the best modern art museum in the world, the Museum of Modern Art in midtown M
By Paula Wolfson White House 23 May 2007 President Bush says al-Qaida terrorist leaders tried to turn Iraq into a launch pad for attacks on the United States. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush outlined details of the plan in a speech Wednesday at
By Jim Malone Washington 21 June 2007 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg caused a political stir this week with his decision to leave the Republican Party to become an unaffiliated independent. Bloomberg's move has fueled speculation that he might
By Lisa Bryant Paris 30 March 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the international community is united in demanding that Iran give up its nuclear weapons program. Condoleezza Rice, third fr
Europe's largest Muslim and Jewish communities, both located in France, have just elected new leaders Sunday, who both vow to make their faiths more tolerant and open to non-believers. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the two men assume their new job
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 12 July 2006 The world's most expensive painting is now on exhibit in New York's Neue Galerie. The head of the small museum purchased the exotic Gustav Klimt painting less than one month ago for what experts say is a re
By Mike O'Sullivan Albuquerque, New Mexico 02 November 2006 The western US state of New Mexico has been home for thousands of years to Native Americans, including the Navajo, Pueblo tribes and others. The Spanish settled the region 400 years ago, an
By Greg Flakus New Orleans, LA 03 February 2006 watch Rebuilding report The city of New Orleans, Louisiana currently has less than half its pre-Katrina population of around 500,000 people. Efforts to
By Carolyn Weaver New York 09 February 2007 watch Human Trafficking report A coalition of women's and human-rights advocates in the United States is pressing New York state legislators to pass a law against human trafficking. Investigators say that
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 20 June 2007 The Arab American Institute and the organization Americans for Peace Now have released the results of a joint survey that measures support for Arab-Israeli peace. The poll of Arab and Jewish Americans sho
By Ivana Kuhar and George Dwyer Washington, DC 07 February 2006 watch World Bank report World Bank report A new report by the World Bank says most post-communist European countries are now better inte
By Paula Wolfson Washington 12 December 2006 President Bush, right, and Iraq's Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi in the Oval Office of the White House, 12 Dec 2006 President Bush has put off the announcement of changes in his Iraq policy until sometim