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Time again for StoryCorps, traveling the country recording your stories. Last week, we heard remembrances of the Great Depression. Today, we revisit that time with sisters Evelyn Palmour and Doreene McCoy. They were just children when the Depression
By Crystal Park Washington, DC 20 January 2006 watch Baby Boomer report The eldest members of the baby boom generation turn 60 this year, but that doesn't mean they're slowing down. Today's middle-age
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 01 August 2006 A plume of smoke billows in the Lebanese border village of Aita al-Shaab after is was hit by Israeli artillery, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006 Heavy fighting was reported as Israeli troops battled Hezbollah guerrillas i
By Greg Flakus Houston 26 January 2006 The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza, has sent a formal diplomatic note to the government of Mexico regarding an incident on the border with Texas on Januar
By Brian Wagner Miami 03 March 2008 Ecuador and Venezuela have ordered troops to their borders with Colombia, after a Colombian attack on rebels inside Ecuador. VOA's Brian Wagner reports from Miami. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he had reca
By Karem Sa'id Cairo 25 February 2007 Tourists to Egypt are no doubt familiar with the felucca, a timeless sailboat. Egyptians, however, use the word felucca for another kind of boat on the Nile - a motorboat that blares popular music. Karem Said re
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 01 October 2006 Mourners walk together on Jimbaran beach to lay wreaths for the bomb blast victims, Bali Relatives and friends of those killed in suicide bombings on Bali one year ago have gathered on the Indonesian island t
By Scott Stearns White House 26 October 2006 U.S. President George Bush has signed a law authorizing construction of more than 1,000 kilometers of fence along America's border with Mexico. Illegal immigration is an important issue in some of next mo
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 24 July 2006 Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is in Israel for talks on how to end the conflict with Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon. The secretary's visit comes as the violence enters its second week amid continued cross-
Pakistani military officials say they have recovered an American drone aircraft that crashed in a village near the Afghan border. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that locals in the region say they shot down the drone, but the military is
By Kari Barber Dakar 21 September 2007 Sierra Leone's newly elected president Ernest Koroma began his first foreign trip Friday since taking office. He stopped first in Guinea and continued on to Liberia where meetings are planned on bolstering secur
Attack on Pro-Gbagbo Protestors Draws Criticism from Ivorian Rights Group Dozens of supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo were attacked and injured during a rally Sunday in Abidjan, after opponents began throwing stones. Eric-Aim
Israel has been plunged into political uncertainty following Tuesday's national elections in which hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist Tzipi Livni are each claiming victory for their parties. With 99 percent of the vote counted, Livni's Kadima
Bangladesh's government is negotiating with mutinous border guards who have clashed with their Army superiors in Dhaka. Heavy gunfire and the booms from mortar shells caused chaos in the densely populated streets of the Bangladeshi capital. A ricksh
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 08 August 2006 watch UN Resolution report Hezbollah fired another barrage of rockets into northern Israel Monday. Israeli warplanes struck the major Lebanese cities of Beirut and Tyre. Israel says its army is ready fo
By Efam Dovi Accra 08 November 2006 Five neighboring West African countries have agreed to shorten traveling time between their countries borders, in a move to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS infection among migrants and inhabitants along the route. T
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 08 January 2008 U.S. Senators Tom Harkin and Bernie Sanders and Congressman Elliot Engel are in Abidjan, Ivory Coast'scommercial capital, for a two-day visit related to child labor in cocoa production. They are set to meet with
Italian police have arrested a Muslim imam from Morocco who has been linked to suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003. The imam of a mosque in the northern Italian city of Varese was picked up at his home in Italy and Italian authorities say they pl
A leading U.S. advocate for combating climate change has unveiled an ambitious plan to drastically slash global carbon emissions over the next 12 years, saying aggressive action is both necessary and feasible. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washi
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 09 August 2006 watch Ground War report An Israeli soldier looks at a U.N. position in Lebanon, on the Israel-Lebanon border 09 August 2006 Israel's security Cabinet has approved a wider ground offensive against Hezbollah guer