By Deborah Block Washington 22 May 2008 President Bushsigned a new anti-genetic discrimination bill on May 22.He says the act protects Americans against misuse of their genetic information by employers and insurance companies. The U.S. House of Repre...
By Barry Wood Washington 22 May 2008 Economists specializing in Africa say the continent's five-year run of record economic growth is threatened by sharply rising fuel and food prices. VOA's Barry Wood reports on a Capitol Hill forum Thursday sponsor...
By Jeffrey Young Washington 22 May 2008 An 11-year-old from Lincoln, Nebraska has won the 2008 National Geographic Bee with a flawless quiz score. Akshay Rajagopalis only the second winner in the Bee's 20-year history with a perfect performance. The...
By Bill Rodgers Washington 22 May 2008 More of the so-called $100 laptops are being distributed to the world's poorest children. While the computer still costs more than originally advertised when the initiative was unveiled three years ago, some 300...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 May 2008 Hillary Clinton won the Kentucky primary election, Tuesday, by a margin of more than two to one, but Barack Obama won the race in Oregon and passed a milestone in the Democratic Party's presidential contest....
By Carol Pearson Washington 21 May 2008 Doctors performed a biopsy on U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy and announced Tuesdaythat they found a malignant brain tumor. The Democrat and elder statesman of American liberal politics suffered a siezure last Satu...
By Carolyn Weaver New York City 21 May 2008 Every two years, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City mounts an exhibition of new art made in the U.S. The show aims to survey contemporary art's newest trends and methods. Not surprisingly,...
By Mil Arcega Washington 21 May 2008 The Air Transport Association predicts fewer domestic airline passengers in the U.S. this summer, between June 1 and August 31. The airline trade group says higher fuel prices and a weak economy have reduced airli...
By Carol Pearson Washington 21 May 2008 The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care for its citizens. And now, rising costs for both health care and for insurance premiums put health care o...
By Uma Ramiah Dakar 21 May 2008 A year-old project in Benin has shown that harnessing the power of sunlight could provide long-term solutions to hunger in underdeveloped nations. A six-month dry season in the Kalale District of Benin used to wreak ha...
By Jim Malone Washington 21 May 2008 Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton each won a primary on Tuesday, but the net result is that Obama is one step closer to securing his party's presidential nomination. VOA National...
By Steve Herman Nalaguraidhoo, Maldives 21 May 2008 Unprecedented cooperation among Asian government maritime authorities is beginning to pay off, with serious acts of piracy declining in part of the region. But, as VOA Correspondent Steve Herman rep...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 21 May 2008 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet took steps to deal with the growing garbage crisis in Naples and approved a package of measures to combat illegal immigration and crime. Sabina Castelfranco re...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 May 2008 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, warns extreme poverty, climate change and civil strife are generating more refugees around the world. He says the growing number of refugees and migrants is...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 21 May 2008 Australian and U.S. scientists have successfully inserted a gene from the extinct Tasmanian tiger into a mouse embryo. They say the result has been bone and cartilage from the extinct marsupial developing inside the...
