By Joseph Mok Washington, DC 12 June 2006 watch Black Eagle report Black Eagle, a Native American drum group from Jemez, New Mexico, has successfully melded its unique native Towa language singing with powwow drumming. VOA's Joseph Mok reports on th...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 12 June 2006 A general strike in Guinea has turned violent as it enters a second week. Students are starting their own protests as they have been unable to begin their exams. Security forces fired tear gas and wielded baton...
By Greg Flakus Houston, TX 12 June 2006 watch Horror Movie report Hollywood movies are seen around the world and the industry, based in Los Angeles, is one of the biggest in terms of U.S. exports. But not all American films are big-budget Hollywood...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 12 June 2006 Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, right, and Defense Minister Amir Peretz, left, May 25, 2006 Israel's Defense Minister says he will wait to see if Palestinian militants stop rocket attacks against targets in southern Isra...
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 12 June 2006 watch Stamp Collecting report Stamp collecting is a popular hobby that also can pay off financially. Stamps and related postal objects can be beautiful and exotic, plus they often have historical value. And...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 12 June 2006 watch Iraq After Zarqawi report After the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi last week, U.S. and Iraqi military personnel conducted multiple raids on al-Qaida operations, based on intelligence information ga...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 12 June 2006 U.S. military doctors now say militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi lived for nearly an hour after his hideout was torn apart by two precision-guided 500 pound bombs. The latest details on the terrorist leader...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 12 June 2006 US Ambassador to S. Korea Alexander Vershbow, right, receives a briefing from an unidentified N. Korean guide at a factory in the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong Washington's ambassador to South Korea calls a...
By Efam Dovi Accra 12 June 2006 In Ghana, about 20 percent of teenage girls drop out of school, or fail to finish their exams. Authorities say many of them leave school because they have become pregnant. Activists say the girls are ostracized by soc...
By Parke Brewer Hamburg 11 June 2006 The U.S. soccer team is set to begin its 2006 World Cup campaign on Monday against the Czech Republic. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports from Hamburg that the Americans face a difficult task if they are to a...
By Paula Wolfson White House 11 June 2006 President Bush has called his top advisors to his Camp David retreat for a strategy session Monday on Iraq. Iraqi leaders will join the discussions by teleconference on Tuesday. President Bush The talks will...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 11 June 2006 Iranian Top Nuclear Negotiator Ali Larijani, left , talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt Iranian officials are rejecting some aspects of an international package o...
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 11 June 2006 An elderly woman carries part of the food ration she received from the World Food Program in the drought-stricken southern Somali town of Wajid (file) African leaders, farmers and international agriculture expe...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 11 June 2006 Palestinian girl Houda Ghalia, center, during the funeral for her parents and siblings in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 10, 2006. They were killed by Israeli artillery shell while on...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 June 2006 Major international companies have recently announced several new investments in India. These investments signal India's growing importance as a global hub for the information technology industry, and also a...
