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Back at the resort, the Alden children found their grandfather sitting on the cabin porch with Abby. How did you make out in town? Grandfather asked. We got everything well need for the signs, said Henry, handing Abby the change. Sandpaper, brushes,
US Activists Cautiously Optimistic About Anti-LRA Mission U.S. activists who have worked for years advocating against Central Africa's roaming Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are cautiously optimistic new U.S. military assistance to dismantle the deadly
By Paula Wolfson White House 31 October 2006 President Bush is calling for greater international pressure on Sudan to end the violence in the war-torn Darfur region. Mr. Bush spoke after a meeting with his special envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios. ---
Goldman Environmental Prizes Honor Diverse Group of Activists Kenyan Ikal Angelei is a hero to the people who live around Lake Turkana. She received a Goldman award for her efforts to halt construction of a dam on a river in neighboring Ethiopia that
International Community Wants 'Concrete Action' from Iran at Nuclear Talks U.S. officials say Iran's installation of more advanced uranium-enrichment centrifuges before these talks is yet another provocative step. But State Department spokeswoman Vic
By Al Pessin Brussels 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pe
By Carolyn Presutti Washington 07 December 2007 CT scans, also known as CAT scans, have long served as lifesaving tools to expose deadly diseases. But a new study finds that CT scans might also cause diseases. VOA's Carolyn Presutti has the story. C.
By Cathy Majtenyi Kiambu District, Kenya 11 June 2007 In Kenya's Kiambu District, activists and local government and education officials are working hand-in-hand to rescue boys and girls laboring in the area's coffee, tea, and other plantations. Cat
By Bill Gasperini Sakhalin, Russia 20 October 2006 A giant energy project on Russia's remote Sakhalin Island has recently come under scrutiny because of environmental concerns. A foreign run consortium has long been building parallel gas and oil pip
By Marissa Melton Washington 27 January 2007 Peace activists have held another anti-war rally on the National Mall in Washington Saturday, the first such event since Democrats assumed control of Congress. Organizers say they hope participants will st
By George Dwyer Washington 30 May 2007 Ivory-billed woodpecker A North American bird believed to have become extinct in 1944 has apparently re-appeared. The Ivory Billed Woodpecker was rediscovered in February 2004 when it was reportedly spotted twic
By Phuong Tran Dakar 20 November 2006 Prosecutors who want Chad's exiled former ruler, Hissne Habr, to face charges of crimes against humanity say they are facing obstacles despite a pledge by the Senegalese government to organize a fair trial. ----
By Ron Corben Bangkok 25 October 2006 Human rights groups have called on the Thai government to release 58 men arrested two years ago during a military crackdown in the southern Thai town of Tak Bai. Rights groups are challenging Thailand's new mili
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 22 January 2007 An Iranian news agency says Iran has decided to block 38 inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency from entering the country. Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, said the 38 names were on a
By Catherine Maddux Washington 20 June 2006 Demonstrators stage protest over Darfur in front of White House Activists held rallies in several cities across the United States Tuesday to call for peace in Sudan's western Darfur region. Meanwhile, expe
European markets again fluctuated Friday closing out a highly volatile week of trading. Most of the markets were making gains by midday. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London reports. Stock traders talk at the stock exchange in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 16 O
Activists Honored by Refugee Advocacy Group There are about 44 million refugees and internally-displaced people around the world and 12 million stateless individuals living in limbo without citizenship rights. This according to Refugees International
By Franz Wild Abidjan 14 March 2006 An unidentified woman walks on oil pipeline belonging to the Shell oil company as armed militants in Nigeria are vowing to further cut daily oil exports A new repor
Veronica was an only child. Even as a child, she decided that she was going to be a doctor. All her dolls became her patients. All her dollhouses became hospitals for her patients. She spent her early childhood treating her patients for all kinds of
Nelly: Look at that couple over there. What theyre doing is indecent! Sadat: Where? Oh, you mean those two people hugging and kissing? Thats not indecent. Nelly: Theyre not just hugging and kissing. That girl is sitting on her boyfriends lap and they