By June Soh Washington, D.C. 07 June 2007 The U.S. Justice Department says homicides in the United States are most often committed with guns, especially handguns. And the number of shooting deaths has increased steadily over years. But a new technol...
By Steve Mort Orlando, Florida 07 June 2007 A little more than a decade ago, the number of people studying foreign languages in the U.S. colleges was on the decline. Now, the Modern Language Association of America reports enrollment is rising rapidly...
By Michael Bowman Washington 07 June 2007 Scientists in the United States say they have for the first time been able to create stem cells from the ordinary skin cells of mice, a breakthrough that could lead to new medical breakthroughs and eliminate...
By Kane Farabaugh Manchester, N.H. 07 June 2007 The U.S. presidential election is nearly a year and a half away, but voters in the northern state of New Hampshire will get their chance to help select the Republican and Democratic parties' candidates...
By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm 07 June 2007 Leaders of the world's richest industrial nations wind up their three days of meetings in northern Germany on Friday. Their last day is to be devoted mostly to Africa - alleviation of poverty, debt relief and a...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 07 June 2007 Senegal's electoral commission confirmed the presidential coalition's apparently easy victory in last Sunday's legislative election, which was boycotted by major opposition parties. The coalition dominates the legisl...
By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 07 June 2007 The first of four shuttle missions to the International Space Station this year is set for late Friday. Space shuttle Atlantis The shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad and everything looks good for Friday...
By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 07 June 2007 For years, doctors urged women to take folic acid if they planned to get pregnant. Then researchers discovered the nutrient helped reduce the risk of a heart attack. But now a new study shows folic acid...
By Ivana Kuhar Heiligendamm, Germany 07 June 2007 Leaders of the world's leading industrial nations (G8) are arriving/have arrived at the German resort town Heiligendamm for their annual three-day summit. As the leaders gather, VOA's Ivana Kuhar and...
By Cathrine Drew London 07 June 2007 The Italian-born, British architect Richard Rogers has been awarded this year's Pritzker Prize, the world's most prestigious prize in architecture. The jury cited the 73-year-old Rogers as a champion of urban lif...
By Kari Barber Port Harcourt, Nigeria 07 June 2007 Newly instated Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua will face as one of his first challenges controlling the unruly and lawless Niger Delta. Kidnappings of foreigners have escalated as armed militants a...
By Katy Migiro Nairobi 07 June 2007 As G-8 leaders debate what action they are going to take to tackle climate change, poor communities in Kenya's highlands are already feeling the impact of global warming. Katy Migiro reports from our Nairobi bureau...
By Paige Kollock London 07 June 2007 When big city mayors, business leaders, and environmentalists gathered recently in New York City to discuss climate change, at the heart of their talks was the effects of carbon emissions on the environment. Paige...
By Scott Stearns Rostock, Germany 07 June 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to use a Soviet-built radar base in Azerbaijan as part of a U.S. plan for a missile defense system in Europe. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, t...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 07 June 2007 In South Africa, more than 1 million workers in the private sector have been told to prepare to strike next week Wednesday in sympathy with striking public servants. The call by the powerful COSATU confederatio...
