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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 January 2006 A Palestinian inspects the bomb damaged United Nations Club in Gaza City t was a violent New Years in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian gunmen attacked a U.N
By Carolyn Weaver New York City 04 February 2008 The Federal Reserve Board cut short-term interest rates twice in January, most recently to three percent. The cuts are meant to encourage consumers by making credit more available, and to rally plungin
By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 26 June 2007 Smallpox was the first infectious disease ever to be eradicated worldwide. But now, thanks to a two-decade campaign, guinea worm disease is about to be eradicated as well. Unlike smallpox, guinea worm di
By Nina-Maria Potts Antwerp, Belgium 01 June 2006 watch report on Belgium Belgium is still reeling from the aftershock of the racially motivated killings of an African nanny and her two-year-old charg
Attendees of the now-concluded Boao Forum for Asia annual conference in south China's Hainan Province are suggesting that opening up is an important driving force for boosting economic integration across Asia. Yasuyuki Sawada, Chief Economist for the
Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud, holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Soldiers fired at rocks to dislodge enough debris to speed the drainage
By Brian Wagner Miami 24 April 2008 As the U.S. housing market continues a decline, home foreclosures across America have reached a three-decade high. For many Americans, the crisis is causing emotional as well as financial strain. VOA's Brian Wagner
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 May 2007 Israeli Yair Elbaz reacts after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a house he owns and rents to students in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, 18 May 2007 Israel has launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip