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Golden Fruit Of the fruits of the year I give my vote to the orange. In the first place it is a perennial----if not in actual fact, at least in the greengrocers shop. On the days when dessert is a name given to a handful of chocolates and a little p
By Yi Suli Carl's Corner, Texas 03 October 2006 watch Carl's Corner report Carl's Corner in the southwestern state of Texas used to be an old-fashioned truck stop. Today it is a city in its own right, a haven for truckers passing by, a frontier for
By Phuong Tran Dakar, Senegal 22 November 2006 Discovered three years ago in Kenya, an Asian fruit fly species is spreading throughout Africa, posing a threat to crops and livelihoods. Farmers and government officials are starting to devise strategi
By Peter Fedynsky Moscov 06 September 2007 Kazakhstan has suspended launches of the Russian Proton rocket at the Baikonur Space Center following a failed liftoff and loss of the payload, a Japanese communications satellite. VOA Moscow Correspondent P
By Noel King Kass, Darfur, Sudan 26 February 2007 The African Union has warned that violent clashes between nomadic Arab tribes are heating up in south Darfur. A series of recently attacks by the Reizegat tribe has paralyzed much of the region. Noel
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 22 June 2007 Hundreds of Pakistanis protested Britain's decision to honor author Salman Rushdie with a knighthood. Rushdie has been accused of insulting Islam in his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses. From Islamabad, VOA corres
By Peta Thornycroft 20 September 2007 The division in Zimbabwe's broad opposition movement appears to be widening as a long-serving activist for constitutional reform has accused the Movement for Democratic Change of treachery for supporting a consti
By Paula Wolfson Washington 19 January 2006 U.S. intelligence officials say the voice heard on an audiotape aired Thursday on Arab television is indeed that of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. In the
France's ambassador to Tbilisi is being hailed as a hero for his role in rescuing two American children trapped behind enemy lines in a Russian-occupied region of Georgia. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Tbilisi reports diplomats and relief agencies are wor
A group of private Russian citizens is seeking to establish a network of corruption victims as a means of advancing President Dmitri Medvedev's plans to battle the country's oppressive bureaucracy and courts. Participants at an organizational meetin
By Victoria Cavaliere New York 06 December 2007 International mediators are due to present a report to the United Nations Security Council next week on Kosovo's push for unilateral independence from Serbia. More than a dozen European nations and the
Poet Rupi Kaur: 'Art Should Be Accessible To The Masses' DAVID GREENE, HOST: Rupi Kaur has been called the pop star of poetry. She's 24 years old. And she's famous for these raw, minimalist poems she posts on Instagram to more than a million and a ha
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 11 March 2008 Dmitri Medvedev, 42,officially becomes president of Russia on May 7. He will succeed Vladimir Putin, who has led the country for eight years. But Mr. Putin will not leave the political scene - Mr. Medvedev
By Kurt Achin Seoul, South Korea 15 November 2006 watch North Korea Kumgang Mount Kumgang, North Korea The international community is looking at ways to enforce U.N. sanctions imposed after North Korea conducted its first-ever nuclear test on Octobe
As Ruto Trial Resumes, Kenya Debates ICC Future NAIROBI Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto is back at his trial at the International Criminal Court after returning to Kenya following the Westgate mall attack. Kenyans remain divided on whether the
By Phuong Tran Dakar 07 October 2007 The political opposition In Togo is threatening demonstrations in the last week of campaigning before the October 14 legislative election. Opposition leaders say they are worried about election fraud from the ruli
By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 September 2007 Poland's parliament has voted to hold early elections following high level corruption allegations. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest that more political turbulence is expected ahead of the October 21 vo
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 13 April 2006 The head of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, says the biggest obstacle to economic growth in Indonesia is the country's endemic corruption. Paul Wolfowitz
My friends and I decided to do something a little different this year. Instead of going to a crowded club or throwing a party on New Years Eve, we decided to take a harbor cruise instead. The cruise would be four hours long, and it included dinner, m
Connie: Im so excited! Were finally taking a cruise . Are you sure this is the embarkation area? Robert: Yes, Im sure. We go on board right here, see? Come on, lets find our cabin . Connie: Okay, but I want to go up on deck as soon as possible and lo