By Barry Wood Washington 09 May 2008 Home sales remain weak in the United States, a development some economists say will prolong the slowdown in economic growth that began last October. VOA's Barry Wood has more. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 09 May 2008 U.N. officials say they have suspended aid shipments to Burma after the military government seized all of the food and equipment that had been flown in by the World Food Program. The latest development in the unfol...
By Teresa Sullivan Washington 09 May 2008 2000 Olympics champion Laura Wilkinson of the United States has won a gold medal in every major world competition in platform diving. The 30-year-old is considered a strong contender to earn a spot on the 200...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 09 May 2008 France is commemorating this month the tumultuous events of May 1968, when a wave of student and worker protests swept the country - profoundly changing it, many say, forever. From Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on the 4...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 09 May 2008 Troops, tanks, warplanes and missiles paraded across Red Square in Moscow Friday for the first time since the Soviet collapse. The display came as Russia celebrated its May 9 Victory Day over Nazi Germany. VOA Mos...
By Jim Malone Washington 09 May 2008 Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama picked up more support Friday in his battle with rival Hillary Clinton for the party's presidential nomination. Both candidates campaigned in Oregon, which holds a pr...
By Paul Sisco Washington 09 May 2008 The Discovery Channel and NASA have restored 50 years of history for the U.S. space agency's archives. Discovery has used the material to produce a documentary series called, When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions...
By Carol Pearson Washington 09 May 2008 A new type of artificial foot is the latest in smart prosthetics that are changing people's lives. The artificial foot and its ankle can move like a human foot and ankle. The new prosthetic is on the market now...
By Tendai Maphosa London 09 May 2008 Amnesty International has issued a statement criticizing the Burmese government's intention to proceed with a referendum for a new constitution Saturday instead of concentrating on providing relief for victims of...
By Scott Stearns Washington 09 May 2008 Burma's military government has agreed to allow a single U.S. cargo plane to deliver relief supplies for victims of Saturday's killer cyclone. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Burmese offici...
By Kent Klein Washington 09 May 2008 Days after a deadly cyclone swept through Burma, governments and aid organizations around the world are ready to help, but Burma's military government has allowed very few aid workers to enter the country. As VOA'...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 08 May 2008 A memoir of life in a North Korean gulag is to become the latest South Korean film project aiming a spotlight at the North's human rights situation. As VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, the book has already w...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 08 May 2008 Vladimir Putin has been confirmed as Russian's new prime minister by an overwhelming vote in the lower house of Parliament. But VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports that scathing criticism and oppositio...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 08 May 2008 As hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims go without food, water and medicine, Burma's military leaders are refusing to grant access to international disaster teams who want to help them. The official death toll...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 08 May 2008 There are a 100,000 fishing boats in Vietnam - too many, say conservation experts, who warn of overfishing in Vietnam's coastal waters. But Vietnamese fishermen are hurting from rising fuel prices. To help them, t...
