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1. Los Angeles area officials say they found more bodies at the Santa shooting crime scene. Investigators are still trying to identify the badly burned bodies. Officials want to know if they died in the shooting or the subsequent house fire. 2. The
Doctors, Nurses Continue to Provide Care at Damaged Sirte Hospital The destruction of Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, Sirte, during Libya's revolution included significant damage to the city's main hospital, where a small crew of intrepid doctors and nur
International aid worth hundreds of thousands of dollars is making its way to Indonesia in places like Palu, a city struck by last Friday's earthquake and tsunami, the situation is desperate. Though the official numbers of those killed on the island
Sulawesi is an island of Indonesia whose northwest region was hit hard by an earthquake in Tsunami last week. In total, the disaster left at least 70,000 homeless, and it killed more than 1,400, though that number is expected to increase as rescuers
We did it! said Annie. We made our ownmagic!Yeah, we got the Cloud Dragon to put out the fire,breathed Jack. He felt dazed. Do you think we'renear Basho's house?I think so, said Annie. We asked the CloudDragon to take us there, so I bet she did. Come
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 September 2009 The U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict says the past year has been terrible for children in war-torn regions. In a report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights C
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 20 July 2006 The Shi'ite-dominated regions of southern Lebanon and south Beirut have been heavily bombed by Israeli jets. On Thursday afternoon, VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough joined other journalists on a tour of
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 August 2006 Children assist their grandmother in front of their tent in the Debbine village, south Lebanon, Aug. 25, 2006 United Nations aid agencies are planning for reconstruction and rehabilitation of war-torn Lebanon. T
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 27 May 2006 Indonesian villagers mourn eartquake victims in Bantul, Yogyakarta The powerful earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java early Saturday morning has killed more than 3,000 people and injured thousands
Pakistani officials say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake has killed at least 170 people in an impoverished area of southwest Pakistan and left thousands of others homeless. International aid groups in the region estimated at least 500 people have been kil
U.N. aid agencies are rushing aid to help thousands of people affected by devastating floods in Yemen. The agencies say many of the victims are without shelter, food and proper medical care. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva. The United Natio
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip must be respected. On the eve of a diplomatic sweep through the region, Mr. Ban said he is deeply anguished over the situation
Dozens Killed as Wave of Violence Strikes Iraq 伊拉克遭遇一系列暴力袭击 A series of explosions and attacks hit cities and towns across Iraq Monday, killing at least 63 people. It was the most violent day in the country in months. 周一,伊
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's a photograph that's been seen around the world this week. It seems to hold both civilization and destruction in the same frame. The photo shows a white-haired man sitting on a bed in the midst of rubble. He sits in front of
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 July 2006 Kashmiris who survived massive earthquake sit on rubble of school in village of Balgran (File photo - Jan. 31, 2006) U.N. Children's Fund says it will spend $150 million to reconstruct hundreds of schools and rura
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 18 September 2009 Pakistani local residents gather at the wreckage of a market and vehicles after a suicide car bomb blast near the garrison city of Kohat, 18 Sep 2009 Authorities in northwestern Pakistan say that a suicide car
The death toll from an earthquake in Indonesia has reached 57 with scores injured and missing. Casualty figures could increase. Rescuers search for victims after an earthquake-triggered landslide hit a village in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, 03 Se
By Kent Klein Washington 05 April 2008 White House officials say they do not expect U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach an agreement this weekend on a missile defense system that the U.S. wants to place in Cent
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The partial government shutdown is triggering some anxiety around Paradise, Calif. David you know this town. You walked the streets of Paradise. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Yeah. I mean, this town - Steve, I was there two months ago, and