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UNHCR reports at least 52 Somalis died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down, leaving them adrift with no food or water for 18 days. The UNHCR says this latest tragedy coincides with a recent upsurge in people smug
Tropical Storm Lee to Soak US Gulf Coast The U.S. Gulf Coast is getting a major soaking this weekend from Tropical Storm Lee. The storm is expected to dump as much as 50 centimeters of rain in parts of the southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi an
DAVID GREENE, HOST: This summer, a record-setting dead zone has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a zone where water does not have enough oxygen for fish to survive. One major cause of this is pollution from farms. And this has provoked a debat
She said the gulf disaster wasn't a big problem. How can you say that? he asked. Millions of gallons of oil are pouring into the ocean. She said it was a big ocean. The oil spill was a drop in the bucket. Besides, oil and water are natural, she said,
By Scott Stearns White House 12 January 2006 President Bush praises Gulf Coast residents for their rebuilding efforts during a visit to Saint Louis, Mississippi President Bush says the federal governm
The spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is contaminating nesting and feeding grounds for sea turtles. All six species in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Fragile species Barbara Schroeder, who
Lack of electrical power is slowing efforts to bring normalcy back to southeast Texas, hit hard by Hurricane Ike last week. Private companies operating in the area have thousands of people working around the region, but many neighborhoods remain in
Hurricane Gustav crashed into the U.S. gulf coast Monday bringing strong rain but winds that were weaker than initially expected. Most residents of New Orleans had already fled the city, where water is now splashing over the levees that were rebuilt
By Paula Wolfson Jerusalem 10 January 2008 After talks in Jerusalem and on the West Bank, President Bush is getting ready to embark on the second half of his Middle East tour. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports he is heading to five
By Scott Stearns White House 01 March 2007 U.S. President George Bush returned to America's southern Gulf Coast to visit areas destroyed by a killer hurricane 18 months ago. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, opposition Democrats s
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates called on Persian Gulf States and other Middle Eastern powers Tuesday to do more to help stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan, and to work together to counter Iranian influence. Gates spoke in Washington to a gathering
Yemen Opposition Rejects Gulf Proposal on Power Transfer Yemen's opposition rejected on Monday a Gulf Arab initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down because the proposal appears to offer him immunity from prosecution, while Saleh himse
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Oyster harvests along the Gulf Coast have been in decline for decades now. Actually, this year, Alabama canceled its season because there were so few oysters. NPR's Greg Allen reports that help may be on the way thanks to millions
By David Gollust Kuwait City 16 January 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in the Gulf region, trying to persuade America's Arab allies to actively support President Bush's new strategy for quelling violence in Iraq. The mainly Sunni Mu
By David Gollust Washington 04 June 2008 The State Department's annual report on human trafficking, issued Wednesday, gave the lowest rankings to some U.S. Arab allies, including Saudi Arabia. But several countries were credited with an improved per
By David Gollust State Department 12 June 2007 The State Department's annual report on human trafficking worldwide ranked several of the United States' Gulf allies, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, in the lowest category and subject
By Paula Wolfson White House 11 May 2006 President Bush paid another visit Thursday to the hurricane-ravaged U.S. Gulf Coast, this time to honor the graduates of one local college. These students got
By Nico Colombant Dakar 14 November 2006 Youth struggling to make ends meet in Conakry, Guinea African security and maritime officials are reacting positively to increased U.S. help in stabilizing the Gulf of Guinea. A three-day U.S. sponsored works
The United Nations refugee agency reports 16 people have drowned in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend in two separate incidents involving smuggling boats sailing from Somalia. The UNHCR says these tragedies are continuing to mount. Bossasso Beach in
Every spring, the Mississippi River dumps tens of thousands of tons of nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico. Add temperature, current and wind to that pollution, and you have the Western Hemisphere's largest stretch of oxygen-poor watersa so-calle