By Mil Arcega Washington 19 March 2007 watch Insurance Camera report A major U.S. insurance company is offering new technology to its customers, which could significantly reduce accidents. The program targets risky teenage drivers by giving parents...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 March 2007 Tuberculosis until a few years ago was off the informal list of priority diseases because it could be prevented and it could be cured. Now, as the world marks Tuberculosis Day, the disease is causing alarm be...
By Larry London Washington 19 March 2007 watch Chris Difford report In 1974, the British band Squeeze brought new wave music to prominence with hit songs like Cool For Cats, Up The Junction, Tempted, Black Coffee In Bed, and Hourglass. After an abse...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 19 March 2007 watch Richard Branson report Richard Branson sits on the top-ten list of the United Kingdom's richest citizens, with an estimated wealth of roughly eight billion dollars. As the company he founded -- Vir...
By Ernest Leong Washington 19 March 2007 watch Vaccine report Some U.S. state lawmakers are fighting a mandate requiring certain vaccinations for children, saying it encourages undesirable behavior. Getting vaccinated has become a more complicated pr...
By Kari Barber Dakar 19 March 2007 Mauritanian presidential candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi casts his vote in Nouakchott, 11 March 2007 The third-place finisher in Mauritania's first round of presidential polls, Zeine Ould Zeidane, has thrown in...
By Scott Bobb Mozambique 19 March 2007 watch Mozambique Food report In central Mozambique, the waters from the worst floods in six years have crested for now but relief workers are scrambling to support villagers who have lost their homes and crops....
By Paula Wolfson White House 19 March 2007 George W. Bush speech on Iraq war anniversary, 19 Mar. 2007 U.S. President George Bush Monday asked Americans for their continued support for U.S. efforts in Iraq. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 19 March 2007 In the Philippines, as in other impoverished parts of the world, selling a kidney may seem to offer an answer to financial hardship. But only the poorest of the poor resort to this, and their gains are often...
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 19 March 2007 The government of Macau says it will release $25 million of North Korean funds that had been frozen in a Macau bank. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Beijing that earlier U.S. officials announced they resolved the...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 19 March 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Sudan must accept a strong international peacekeeping force in its war-torn Darfur region. Mr. Ban made the comment in an exclusive VOA interview. Correspondent Pe...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 19 March 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised a five-year old Saudi Arabian peace proposal as a pillar in the search for Middle East peace. The Saudi plan is to be discussedlater this month at an Arab s...
By Paula Wolfson White House 18 March 2007 The change in the Palestinian leadership has apparently led to no change in Bush administration policy. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (l) an...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 18 March 2007 As the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war approaches, debate over the war's future is heating up among politicians in Washington. The sides of the argument mostly fall along partisan lines, with Democrats, wh...
By Phuong Tran Dodel, Senegal 18 March 2007 During the final campaign week in Mauritania's second round of the presidential election, two white Arab candidates are trying to court the sizable black vote in a country long divided by color and ethnici...
