By Scott Stearns Dakar 25 September 2009 People waiting to be registered for assistance in the city of Rosso, Mauritania, 25 Sep 2009 Flooding in Mauritania may delay the start of the school year as people displaced by heavy rains are living in clas...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 September 2009 Peshawar, North West Frontier in Pakistan The U.N. Humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan says the crisis for hundreds of thousands of displaced people who have returned to homes they fled in the Swat Valley an...
By Dan Robinson Washington 25 September 2009 The revelation that Iran has been constructing a second uranium enrichment facility has reinforced the determination of the U.S. Congress to move forward with sanctions legislation. With Iran now facing i...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 September 2009 Somalia The UN refugee agency says conflict and drought are forcing thousands of Somalis to flee to Kenya. The UNHCR reports about 6,400 refugees are arriving in Kenya every month, creating further pressure o...
By Michael Bowman Washington 24 September 2009 The U.S. economy continues to generate mixed data that analysts say point to a slow recovery from a deep and prolonged recession. U.S. dollars U.S. job losses continue, but at a slower pace. The Labor D...
By Jennifer Glasse London 24 September 2009 A sign seen, at the entrance to St Thomas' Hospital, part of the National Health Service, in London, 14 Aug 2009 As the United States debates health-care reform, VOA is looking at health-care services arou...
By Carol Pearson Washington 24 September 2009 The World Health Organization says the H1N1 swine flu virus should be part of next year's seasonal flu vaccine. The WHO says the H1N1 pandemic could affect up to one third of the world's nearly seven bil...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 24 September 2009 US Ambassador to Thailand Eric John (L) with Thailand Minister of Public Health Witthaya Kaewparrdai after press conference in Bangkok, 24 Sep 2009 In a major scientific breakthrough researchers in Thailand sa...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 24 September 2009 India has embarked on an ambitious project to give biometric identity cards to its 1.2 billion citizens. If implemented, the project could help millions of poor people gain easier access to public servi...
By Steve Mort Orlando, Florida 24 September 2009 The news on television and radio sometimes can be dominated by wars and global economic troubles. But one U.S. school student from is trying to change that. Max Jones is making a difference by reporti...
By Deborah Block Washington 24 September 2009 What is democracy? That is the question more than 900 people from 95 countries answered by submitting original, short videos to the first Democracy Video Challenge. The competition was sponsored by sever...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 24 September 2009 President Barack Obama chairs a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at the United Nations headquarters, in New York, 24 Sep 2009 President Barack Obama chaired a summit level-session of...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 24 September 2009 President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 23 Sep 2009 World leaders addressing the U.N. General Assembly underscored issues of domestic and international conc...
By David Gollust United Nations 24 September 2009 US President Barack Obama delivers his opening remarks the United Nations Security Council, in New York, 24 Sep 2009 U.S. President Barak Obama chaired a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on nucle...
By Alan Boswell Nairobi 24 September 2009 The U.S. government says it sent warning letters to 15 senior Kenyan officials who are viewed as impeding the implementation of key governance reforms. The U.S. ambassador to Kenya further stated that travel...
