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The U.S. Department of Defense is sending agricultural teams to Afghanistan to supplement the war effort nad help Afghans rebuild their country's largest and most important economic sector. Pentagon officials said the Agricultural Development Teams
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 July 2006 The governor of Nigeria's Lagos state says owners of a four-story apartment building, which collapsed Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, will be prosecuted. Rescue efforts continue nearly 48 hours after the i
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 October 2006 Hundreds of soldiers are on the streets of the central Nigerian city of Jos following clashes Friday between riot police and demonstrators protesting the attempted impeachment of the state governor. Witnesse
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 14 June 2007 Thousands of angry mourners have attended the funeral of Lebanese lawmaker Walid Eido, who was killed along with nine others in a car bombing Wednesday. VOA's Challiss McDonough has more from our Middle East b
By Jim Randle Baghdad 16 February 2007 watch Iraq Kurd Troops Iraqi Kurd troops Iraq's army is moving more troops into Baghdad as part of the new effort to stop sectarian violence there. The controversial plan includes bringing Iraqi Army units to t
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 27 December 2006 Health teams are combing a Lagos neighborhood Wednesday in search of survivors of Tuesday's pipeline explosion who need urgent treatment. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that several bodies were buried la
By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 21 September 2006 Watch Cancer Rally report Cancer survivors, researchers and advocates say more money is needed for cancer research. Their goal: to get the U.S. government to make cancer a national priority. VOA's C
By Barry Newhouse Seoul 22 August 2006 North Korea has condemned the annual military exercises between the United States and South Korea in harsh terms, calling them a wartime activity that violates the ceasefire that ended the Korean War in 1953. A
By Kurt Achin Seoul 29 June 2007 There are more indications that at least one key element of a broader effort to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs may soon be in place. United Nations nuclear inspectors say they were given full access to a N
By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu 24 April 2006 As Nepal's political stalemate and communist insurgency drags on, the economy is feeling the impact - with shops bearing the brunt of government-imposed curfe
By Barry Wood Mitrovica 25 January 2007 February 2 the United Nations proposal for the future status of the disputed territory of Kosovo will be delivered to Serbian and Kosovar authorities. VOA's Barry Wood reports from the city of Mitrovica in nort
By Kane Farabaugh Breeze Point, NY 18 July 2006 watch Wounded Warriors report Water sports, such as water skiing, are possible for amputees While modern medicine on the battlefield has helped reduce the number of casualties, close to 20,000 U.S. ser
Like sea turtles who from the moment they hatch they are on their own. For predators, hatching time is a veritable feast. Even so, the strategy works. Carnivores gulp down virtually every hatchling, but a few do make it, not even the most voracious f
I mean, these guys were, frankly dumb as a fence post. Sauroposeidon does almost everything by instinct, including rearing or more accurately not rearing its children. It may seem cruel to just dig a hole and leave your eggs and wander on, but its a
Dinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years. They grew to almost unimaginable sizes,nd adapted to extreme environments all over the globe. These animals were very successful and really, some of the crowning achievements of evolution. And they do
By Margaret Besheer Washington 15 May 2007 IAEA Board of Governors, Vienna, Austria Despite U.N. Security Council sanctions and international demands that Iran suspend its nuclear enrichment work, diplomats and international inspectors say the Islami
Officials in southern Afghanistan say a suicide bomber has attacked a police training center, killing at least 25 officers and wounding 20 others. A Taliban spokesman claims responsibility for the blast. Officials in Tirin Kot, the provincial capita
By Michael Bowman Washington 07 February 2007 Three U.S. military officers are being charged with steering lucrative Iraq reconstruction projects to a U.S. contractor in return for cash, vehicles and other kickbacks. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, fe