By Tony Budny Washington, DC 01 February 2008 Hundreds of millions of people from around the world will watch the New York Giants face the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl this Sunday. The National Football League championship game is traditio...
By Parke Brewer Phoenix 01 February 2008 The National Football League continues to try to grow the popularity of its sport outside the United States. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports from Phoenix that the league has announced that team owners h...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 01 February 2008 OPEC's 13 members, meeting in Vienna Friday, rejected calls by the United States to increase oil output. The oil cartel said supplies meet current demands. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. Following talks in Vien...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 February 2008 Microsoft has offered to pay nearly $45 billion to buy Yahoo, the Internet search engine. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the software giant's bid is a challenge to Google, which dominates the online advertisi...
By David Gollust State Department 01 February 2008 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski Friday reported progress in talks on Poland's role in a U.S. missile-defense system aimed at a potential Iranian thre...
By Barry Wood Belgrade 01 February 2008 Over 6.5 million voters Serbia are eligible to take part in Sunday's presidential election, which is being viewed as a choice between greater European integration or further isolation from the West. VOA's Barry...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 01 February 2008 The top U.S. military officer says it is possible the United States could pause its withdrawal from Iraq later this year, if commanders there believe it is necessary. But Admiral Mike Mullen says he does not see...
By Jim Malone Washington 01 February 2008 The remaining U.S. presidential candidates are preparing for a major showdown on Tuesday when more than 20 states hold primaries or caucuses to choose delegates to the Republican and Democratic nominating con...
By Scott Stearns White House 01 February 2008 President Bush says U.S. Senators must move quickly to approve a $146 billion economic stimulus plan already passed by the House of Representatives. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, th...
By VOA News 01 February 2008 President Bush has declared February American Heart Month to raise awareness of the impact of cardiovascular disease and encourage citizens to take steps to help prevent it. In a presidential proclamation signed Friday,...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2008 The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 40 staff and aid workers from private organizations have been withdrawn from the Eastern Chad town of Guereda following a series of armed attacks in the area. The aid w...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2008 A United Nations report released February 1shows rape is being used as a weapon in Kenya as the country is roiled in ethnic violence since the December elections. The survey of rape victims was conducted in the...
By Alex Villarreal Washington, DC 01 February 2008 Medical researchers in Canada say a brain stimulation procedure used to treat people with Parkinson's and other diseases could help restore the memory of dementia patients. The researchers stumbled u...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 01 February 2008 The European Union has announced it would delay a peacekeeping mission to Chad because of a new rebel offensive against N'Djamena's government. Meanwhile, Lisa Bryant reports from Paris the French government is d...
By Ravi Khanna Washington, DC 01 February 2008 Pakistan's deposed chief justice has called on Western leaders to stop backing President Pervez Musharraf, accusing the Pakistani leader of detaining him and his family in dire conditions. Iftikhar Muham...
