By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 December 2006 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees begins returning to south Sudan an estimated 11,000 refugees from Ethiopia, Wednesday, and another 8,000 from the Central African Republic, Saturday, to the ho...
By Sean Maroney Washington 13 December 2006 watch Paul Sisco report The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration says the current shuttle crew's first space walk outside the International Space Station was a huge success. VOA's Sean Marone...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 13 December 2006 As events in Washington mark the U.S. government effort to combat malaria in Africa, West Africans, themselves, are busy applying techniques they were unfamiliar with and trying new drugs. VOA's Nico Colomban...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 13 December 2006 Kofi Annan is completing 10 years as U.N. secretary-general to applause and ovations from his legions of fans. In a series of scripted events, he is reliving the glory days of his first term, when he...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 December 2006 Child prostitutes are escaping life on the streets with help from a Los Angeles charity called Children of the Night. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the group has helped thousands of youngsters in the 27 yea...
By Doug Levine Washington 12 December 2006 Fifteen years after the release of their debut album, Fourplay has yet to relinquish its title of smooth jazz warriors. As we hear from VOA's Doug Levine, the all-star quartet is back with a new album that'...
By Catherine Maddux Washingtion 12 December 2006 In the latest edition of its magazine, the human rights group Amnesty International focuses attention on the status of human rights in three countries: Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and S...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington, DC 12 December 2006 watch US Press report This week marks the 215th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, which grants specific political privileges to American citizens. One important section of the Bill of Rights, know...
Washington, DC 12 December 2006 watch Cultural Diplomacy Amid the turmoil generated by U.S. policies in the Middle East, the American diplomatic community is looking for more effective ways to communicate with Arab populations throughout the Middle...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 12 December 2006 President Bush, right, and Iraq's Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi in the Oval Office of the White House, 12 Dec 2006 President Bush has put off the announcement of changes in his Iraq policy until sometim...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 December 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the U.N. Human Rights Council to take action to protect the people in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur and to investigate abuses committed against them. An...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 December 2006 Paralyzed woman crawls out of a tent at a shelter for internally displaced people in Baghdad's Shi'ite neighborhood Kazimiyah, 6 Oct 2006 The International Organization for Migration reports thousands of peopl...
By Jane Chambers Santiago 12 December 2006 Family and friends of former Chilean military leader Augusto Pinochet have paid tribute to the late general at a funeral in Santiago. Pinochet died Sunday afternoon after suffering a heart attack. From Sant...
By Efam Dovi Accra 12 December 2006 Africans escaping rural poverty, in search of better lives in urban areas, are being forced to live in very difficult conditions. As cities struggle to cope with the influx, the majority are left without water, sa...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 December 2006 Four people have been wounded in the latest violence between rival Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, a deadly shooting incident has set off a wav...
