By Michael Bowman Washington, D.C. 29 August 2006 watch Exchange Students report Exchange programs provide students with opportunities to learn about people, cultures and nations far from home -- and allow host families and communities to learn from...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 29 August 2006 A group of California women are building bridges among people of different faiths, forming bonds of friendship despite their disagreements. Mike O'Sullivan reports the group, called Sarah, is bringing to...
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 29 August 2006 Joseph Kabila Senior representatives for Congo's President Joseph Kabila and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba have met in Kinshasa to set up a commission to investigate post-election violence earlier this month....
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 29 August 2006 watch High Tech Supermarket Supermarkets are using technology to get shoppers to spend more time and money at their stores. VOA's Mil Arcega reports that if your local supermarket doesn't have wi-fi access...
By Ernest Leong Washington, DC 29 August 2006 watch Agassi Retirement report American tennis star Andre Agassi will retire from professional tennis after playing in this year's U.S. Open. VOA's Ernest Leong has more on an athlete who began his caree...
By Elaine Lu Washington, DC 29 August 2006 watch Red Hat Society report Ladies in red hats attend the Red Hat Society's international convention was held recently in St. Louis Missouri Aging is often perceived negatively and treated as something und...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 29 August 2006 watch report Israeli Politics The inconclusive end to the recent war in Lebanon has shaken Israeli confidence in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. VOA's Peter Fedynsky reports the political result for Mr. Ol...
By Sabina Castelfranco Brindisi, Italy 29 August 2006 A naval task force with the first 1,000 Italian troops set sail for Lebanon Tuesday following a farewell ceremony in the waters off the southern coast of Italy. Up to 2,500 Italian troops will be...
By David McAlary Washington 29 August 2006 The Mobile Launcher Platform sits on the crawlerway near the Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida A drop in storm intensity has caused the U.S. space agency NASA to...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 29 August 2006 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, third right, leaves southern headquarters of UNIFIL, in Naqura, August 29, 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is in Israel after meeting with Lebanese officials and visiting...
By Scott Stearns Washington 29 August 2006 President Bush and first lady Laura Bush attend a service commemorating the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina at St. Louis Cathedral, August 29, 2006 in New Orleans President Bush is in the southern ci...
By Paula Wolfson White House 28 August 2006 President Bush is promising continued government help for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. One year after the storm hit the US Gulf Coast, the president is touring the region and meeting with the survivor...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 28 August 2006 One year after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, one of the city's main engines of economic activity is back with a vengeance. Business at the port is now above pre-Katrina levels....
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 28 August 2006 Kurdish leaders in Iraq say they want to be sure prosecutors build the strongest case possible against Saddam Hussein and six of his military commanders charged with genocide in the Anfal military operation...
By Larry London Washington, D.C. 28 August 2006 watch Meat Loaf report One of the greatest epics in rock music history will open a new chapter on October 31st with the release of Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell III. The winner of a 1994 Grammy for Best...
