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Women Bear Brunt of Population Growth The global population is expected to rise to nine billion by 2050. Most of that growth will be in developing countries. However, many are asking whether such growth is sustainable, considering the amount of resou
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. Homelessness here in Los Angeles has gone down by 5 percent according to the city's annual count that was released yesterday. The one area where numbers increase, though - the unsheltered homeless, up 32 percent over th
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 29 March 2006 Millions of people across West Africa came out to witness what many expect will be a once in a lifetime event: a total solar eclipse that made its way across the co
By Steve Herman New Delhi 08 April 2007 Demonstrators in Nepal's capital have clashed with police in a failed bid to halt the country's most popular beauty pageant. VOA's Steve Herman reports from our South Asia bureau in New Delhi. Sitashma Chand, 2
By David Gollust Washington 05 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday an international consensus is growing for referring the issue of Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Securi
By Noel King Juba 05 January 2006 One year ago, a peace deal between Sudan's northern Islamist government and southern rebels turned Juba city into the capital of a new autonomous southern Sudan. Loca
By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 11 September 2006 watch Anniversary report Americans are marking the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks by observing moments of silence and reading the names of the victims. The attacks killed
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 March 2007 India has traditionally been a nation of tea-drinkers, but coffee is beginning A visitor sips coffee next to a poster advertising a coffee brand at the India International Coffee Festival 2007 in Bangalore (
AS IT IS 2013-06-07 Presence of Female Peacekeepers in Lebanon Continues to Grow From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. Im Caty Weaver. Women are half the worlds population. But they can face barriers to economic independence and security. Toda
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 February 2007 The U.N. refugee agency has raised to 107 the number of people who died trying to reach Yemen earlier this week. Their bodies have been found along a remote stretch of the Yemen coastline. Several people are s
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 26 July 2006 Israel's prime minister has expressed deep sorrow over the killing of four United Nations military observers by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon, and has ordered an investigation into the incident. The observers
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 25 March 2007 Participants of Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) forum in Jakarta (File photo - 10 Apr 2006) A regional United Nations agency says Asia needs to step up investment in infrastru
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 March 2006 Windmills in California Windmills are sprouting across the United States, as Americans search for non-polluting alternative energy sources. The West Coast
The International Organization for Migration says it believes more than 300 African migrants, possibly as many as 500, drowned after their boats sank off the coast of Libya. Libyan officials say 21 people are confirmed dead and about 20 others have
As had been feared, the U.S. economy lost more than one half million jobs in December, capping the worst year for job losses since World War II. People wait to talk with potential employers during job fair at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New J
Global Financial Leaders Ponder Jobs, Growth and Politics Many Europeans have been angered by government efforts to slash pensions and salaries, while raising taxes in an effort to balance battered budgets. Public anger is one of many things limiting
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 June 2007 Trucks loaded with military equipment are seen heading towards the border with Iraq near the southeastern Turkish city of Nusaybin, 01 Jun 2007 Iraqi Kurds living near the Turkish border continue to report regular
Hunter Smith, 5, drowned in a swimming pool after apparently wandering away from two teenagers, one of whom was his babysitter. Paramedics and hospital staff members spent several hours trying to revive Hunter. Police pulled the unconscious boy from
By Rosanne Skirble Washington 01 April 2007 The wife of presidential candidate John Edwards renewed her fight against breast cancer this week. Elizabeth Edwards is one of three million women in the United States living with the disease. Of the 275,00
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 19 July 2006 Israeli warplanes destroyed the center of the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Wednesday July 19, 2006 Israel carried out more air strikes in Lebanon, killing dozens of civilians while Hezbollah rocket