Demonstrators hold a sign against the blockade of the Gaza Strip near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, 31 May 2010 As the United Nations considers investigating this week's Israeli ship raid Arab leaders are calling for end...
Or at least plenty of money wagered in Deadwood's gambling halls Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 03 June 2010 In the 1980s, town commissioners decided to fix up Deadwood and make it a genuine historic attraction. About one million people visit each ye...
D.C. Central Kitchen founder Robert Egger says, he does not do charity work -- he empowers people. His organization provides 1.5 million free meals a year, offers job training and partners with local restaurants. But VOA's Daniela Schrier has more wi...
A law intended to curb illegal immigration is to take effect in the southwestern state of Arizona late next month and it is generating controversy across the United States. Recent public opinion polls indicate that a majority of Americans, including...
Organizers of the upcoming football World Cup in South Africa are hoping the event will provide a boost to South Africa's economy and especially to its growing tourism industry. But at a recent tourism convention in Durban, some operators are express...
Relatives of shooting victim Darren Rewcastle gather to lay flowers in Whitehaven, England where Rewcastle was killed during a shooting spree yesterday, 3 June 2010 Britain is in shock and police are looking for answers a day after police say a lone...
Voters in the Netherlands go to the polls next week in a general election brought on the by the collapse of their coalition government over prolonging the country's troop presence in Afghanistan. Our reporter found that public opinion on Dutch involv...
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman briefs the media during a press conference in Jerusalem, 31 May 2010 Israel has rejected demands by the United Nations for an international investigation into the deadly raid on the flotilla carrying pro-Palestinian...
Newlywed Alexei Sytev and his fellow crewmembers will spend a year and a half living aboard a virtual spacecraft to simulate an actual space mission to Mars Six astronauts are about to experience what it's like to travel to Mars and back, only withou...
New website makes it easier to donate directly to specific Haiti reconstruction projects Emma Jacobs | Boston, Massachusetts 02 June 2010 Concrete blocks transformed into livestock pens on the organic farm in Haiti that Boston physician Arielle Adrie...
Shirley Mickel, 62, who retired from the federal government, might be lowering her risk of dementia by volunteering at a Washington, DC elementary school twice a week. Retired Americans seeking useful ways to spend their time find that tutoring child...
Massachusetts teens who act out can end up in drama camp Susan Logue Koster | Pittsfield, Massachusetts 02 June 2010 Tim has discovered there are some aspects he enjoys about performing Shakespeare, especially the sword play. Related Links Shakespear...
South Africa's public education system shows signs of serious decline. Reports of dismal graduation rates, bad teachers and crumbling buildings are commonplace. Our correspondent reports from Grahamstown that in Eastern Cape Province, one of the poor...
A special forces soldier walks down an office wall during an exercise showing the security forces capability for the Soccer World Cup, Johannesburg, 17 May 2010 As football fans around the world gear up for the World Cup that begins June 11 in South...
Some of the main driving factors of sub-Saharan Africas growing tuberculosis epidemic can be found deep underground in its gold, diamond and precious mineral mines. A new Oxford University-led study warns of the health risks faced by miners and their...
