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Three Have you wrapped your Christmas presents? 你的圣诞礼物包好了吗? 1 Introduction A Whereas the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival (also known as the Chinese New Year), Americas most popular holiday is Christmas. As Chinese kids
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 28 February 2007 The Bush administration is stepping up its campaign to get the Democratic-led Congress to approve its immigration reform plan, which failed to get approval from the Republican-dominated Congress last year
By Michael Bowman Washington 29 June 2006 The Bush administration says it is taking effective steps to stem illegal immigration to the United States, but Congress must act to overhaul America's immigration system. Homeland Security Secretary Michael
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 16 April 2007 Six cabinet ministers loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr quit the Iraqi government Monday to protest the prime minister's refusal to set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. and other coalit
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 January 2006 Although most members of Congress are still away from Washington on a lengthy break, repercussions of the scandal involving former lobbyist Jack Abramoff a
By Kari Barber Dakar 09 January 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has called for the Guinea-Bissau government to take control of a recent burst of violence in a country historically rocked by coups. The murder of a former navy chief last week
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 16 August 2006 Islamist forces in Somalia continue to expand the territory under their control, taking a key port in central Somalia. The Islamists have also claimed that as many as 100 troops from the interim government have
By Scott Stearns Talinn, Estonia 28 November 2006 President Bush says terrorists are trying to destabilize the Iraqi government and that he wants to know what America can do to help stop them. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports that
By Steve Schy Washington 23 July 2006 An American has won cycling's most prestigious event - the Tour de France - for the eighth straight year. Floyd Landis of the United States cruised to victory on the Champs-Elysees Sunday in Paris. -------- 2006
European Foreign Ministers have called for diplomacy rather than a military option to prod Iran to abandon its nuclear activities, despite lack of progress in talks with Iranian officials in Geneva. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. European Union mi
Pro-Taliban extremists in northwestern Pakistan have killed 22 members of a pro-government tribe. The remote violence-plagued area borders the volatile tribal region of South Waziristan on the Afghan border, which is believed to be a safe haven for
A Burmese human rights activist says Burma's military government continues to use rape as a weapon to subdue ethnic minorities. She urges Burma's neighbors to put pressure on the military to stop sexual violence against women. Claudia Blume reports
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 19 June 2008 Somali Islamist opposition leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed says his group signed a U.N.-mediated peace agreement with Somalia's interim government last week because the accord provides a specific timetable for an E
America Marks 10 Years Since Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks Americans have marked the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people. Ceremonies were held in New York, at the Pentagon, and i
Scientists Regrow Tissue Killed During Heart Attack U.S. scientists have done what was once considered science fiction - regrown heart muscle to replace tissue that was killed off in a heart attack. It's the latest advance in the field of regenerativ
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 March 2007 A leading gay activist in Nigeria has denounced current government efforts to ban homosexuality in the country. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports the Nigerian government is facing substantial international pres
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 June 2006 Activist of Indian Communist Party listens to a speaker, unseen, during a demonstration against hike in gasoline prices, in New Delhi, India, June 6, 2006 India's economy has been on a high growth path in re
By Paula Wolfson White House 17 January 2007 Big changes are being made in a highly controversial domestic surveillance program launched by the Bush administration after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States. VOA's Paula Wolfson
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 07 December 2006 Hundreds of Kenyans marched in the streets of Nairobi, calling for the end of rapes and other abuses being committed against girls and women in Darfur. The march is one of several events planned worldwide t
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 08 November 2006 watch Heart Stent report Heart stents are lifesaving medical devices that help prevent heart attacks. Most of these stents are coated with various drugs, but mounting data suggest drug-coated stents c