The UN refugee agency and 10 other partners are launching a nationwide campaign to help the victims of forced displacement in Colombia. The campaign will use the Internet to make the public aware of the displacement crisis and to provide practical i...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 28 December 2007 Pakistan's assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest next to her father in the family grave on Friday, but there is no let-up in country-wide violent street protests triggered by her ki...
By Nico Colombant Thies, Senegal 16 November 2007 In the largely Muslim West African nation of Senegal, women have been excluded from joining the army as foot soldiers. But that will change next year, as VOA's Nico Colombant reports from a recruitmen...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 18 September 2007 Hundreds of Buddhist monks have taken to the streets of Burma's main city, Rangoon - the latest in a wave of demonstrations against the military government during the past month. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports...
By Phuong Tran Abeche, Chad 24 August 2007 Despite heavy rains that have made military battles almost impossible, smaller but deadly inter-communal clashes are still breaking out around the borders separating Chad, the Central African Republic and Su...
By Kari Barber Dakar, Monrovia 18 August 2007 Many families living along Liberia's coast are moving to safer areas after flooding and high tides destroyed scores of homes and structures by the sea. Some say mining beach sand, which is used for buildi...
Five Hundred Miles Peter Paul and Mary If you miss the train I'm on, You will know that I am gone, You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. A hundred miles, A hundred miles, A hundred miles, A h...
Five Hundred Miles If you miss the train I'm on, You will know that I am gone. You can hear the whistle blow A hundred miles, A hundred miles, a hundred miles, A hundred miles, a hundred miles. You can hear the whistle blow A hundred miles. Lord, I'm...
Hundreds Dead and Injured in Iran Freight Train Explosion Kerry Sheridan Part of a runaway freight train exploded in northeastern Iran Wednesday. The full explode blast killed at least 200 people - mo...
Five Hundred Miles If you miss the train I*m on, you will know that I am gone. You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles. You can hear the whistl...