By Mary Morningstar Washington 07 August 2006 Just a few years ago, Country singer Julie Roberts was answering telephones for the chairman of Universal Music Group in Nashville. Through much persistence and a little luck, she achieved her dream of a...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 07 August 2006 Israel and Lebanon are reacting coolly to a draft United Nations resolution that calls for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. The U.N. Security Council is...
By Michael Bowman Washington 06 August 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is ready to assist Cuba in a transition to democracy, but is not attempting to foment unrest on the island while President Fidel Castro is ill. --...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 06 August 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures during a news conference near President Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch, Sunday, August 6, 2006 President Bush is consulting with top aides at his Texas ranch on st...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 06 August 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures during a news conference near President Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch, Sunday, August 6, 2006 President Bush is consulting with top aides at his Texas ranch on st...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 August 2006 Child laborers who were rescued from small-scale industrial units wait to get themselves registered at a police station, in Bombay, India (File photo) India has announced it will ban the employment of chil...
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 06 August 2006 France and the United States have presented the U.N. Security Council with a draft resolution aimed at ending the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. -------- Lebanese soldiers stand next to...
By Katherine Cole Washington 05 August 2006 For years, music lovers have faced a quandary. How to enjoy live concert recordings at home? Festivalink.net is a new company that lets music lovers capture the magic of their favorite festivals legally. -...
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 05 August 2006 High speed, high thrills auto racing under the banner of NASCAR (the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) is one of the most popular spectator sports across the heartland of America. This fact ha...
By Jeff Custer Washington 05 August 2006 With backdrop of US Border Patrol keeping watch on Rio Grande River, George Bush speaks to a group about immigration policy in Mission, Texas, Aug. 3, 2006 President Bush is urging Congress to adopt an immigr...
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 05 August 2006 No segment of Iraqi society seems to be safe from the violence, including those in the world of sports. In July, members of the Iraqi Olympic National Committee and more than 30 others were kidnapped in Bag...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 05 August 2006 Israel launched air strikes, commando raids and heavy ground combat operations Saturday against Hezbollah in Lebanon, as Hezbollah militants continued rocket attacks against northern Israel. In New York, the Un...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 August 2006 The World Health Organization is urging donors to be sure the medicines they send to Lebanon are ones that are needed and are not due to expire soon. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva, the WHO is warning...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 05 August 2006 The world's first earthquake early warning system has begun operating in Japan. The government-developed system takes advantage of the precious seconds between the first indication of a powerful tremor and the ar...
By Challiss McDonough Tyre 05 August 2006 Israeli commandos have stormed an apartment complex in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, trying to capture or kill leaders of a local Hezbollah unit they believe had been firing long-range rockets into Isr...
