By Margaret Besheer United Nations 29 May 2008 A wreath was layed at U.N. headquarters Thursday to mark the 60th anniversary of its peacekeeping operations. The world body has more than 100,000 troops from more than 120 countries working to keep the...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 May 2008 The U.S. Army reported Thursday that the suicide rate among its soldiers continued to rise last year, and is now nearly double the rate recorded before the invasion of Iraq. But they say last year's increase was not...
By Tendai Maphosa London 28 May 2008 Amnesty International marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a report finding, among other things, that, despite decolonization, Africa has not seen many promi...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 28 May 2008 Town officials have rejected plans for an Islamic school on the outskirts of Australia's biggest city, Sydney. The issue has stirred emotions in the town of Camden, where local groups held demonstrations against the...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 May 2008 A new turn in a bribery case is threatening to topple Israel's embattled prime minister. The political crisis is overshadowing peace efforts, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Israeli...
By Scott Stearns White House 28 May 2008 A controversial new book by former White House Spokesman Scott McClellan says President Bush's decision to invade Iraq five years ago was a serious strategic blunder. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearn...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 May 2008 Various international agencies and advocacy groups say North Korea is close to its worst food crisis in a decade. However, political changes on the Korean peninsula have complicated South Korea's ability to come to the...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 28 May 2008 The United Nations food agency says 22 countries are particularly threatened by the global food crisis that has seen soaring prices increase hunger and led to protests and riots in some countries. The FAO says...
By Paul Sisco Washington 28 May 2008 The Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded to environmental activists around the world annually for what the Goldman foundation calls environmental grass roots heroism. The prize carries with it $150,000 and has b...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 May 2008 The World Health Organization calls the adoption of a strategy that will help developing countries access life-saving drugs a breakthrough. WHO officials say several other resolutions adopted by the 193-member World...
By Suzanne Presto Irbil, Iraq 28 May 2008 An Amnesty International report on worldwide human rights says violence against women is widespread in northern Iraq. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from the northern city of Irbil. In its report, Amnesty Inter...
By Meredith Buel Washington 28 May 2008 US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says the world cannot let down future generations by allowing Iran to develop a nuclear bomb, saying such a development would be a disaster for the Middle East and th...
By Jessica Berman Washington 28 May 2008 Monkeys have successfully operated robotic arms to feed themselves with human-like precision, activating a mechanical device with signals from their brain. Researchers say the technique could eventually be use...
By Mil Arcega Washington 28 May 2008 The rising cost of food is becoming a big concern around the world. Many countries from Ghana to Mexico have started reducing tariffs and taxes on food. And the World Food Program has requested more than $700 mill...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 27 May 2008 Nepal's traditional instruments date back centuries and have been very much at the core of the country's cultural heritage. But these days, modern musical forms from India and the West have some fearing that traditio...
