It is a festive Christmas Eve in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Christian worshipers light candles inside the Church of Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, 24 Dec 2008 Palestinian boy and girl scouts marched through Manger Square in Beth...
The Green Alley program is an effort to reduce flooding, save energy and decrease heat in the city. Transcript of radio broadcast: 13 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. An environmental project in the American city of Chic...
The telegraph was the first communication device that could move information quickly from one place to another. 10 June 2008 VOICE ONE: Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we begin a serie...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 December 2007 The chairman of Nigeria's anti-corruption Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, has been ousted in a move criticized by anti-corruption campaigners. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that R...
By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 28 June 2007 The World Health Organization has been gathering information on diabetes for more than 20 years. Its findings show that diabetes is second only to asthma as the most common chronic childhood disease. New...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 December 2006 Child prostitutes are escaping life on the streets with help from a Los Angeles charity called Children of the Night. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the group has helped thousands of youngsters in the 27 yea...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 15 November 2006 The non-profit group , One Laptop per Child has unveiled a low-cost, high-durability laptop computer that it says it wants to put into the hands of children across the globe. Children's laptop from One Lap...
By Bill Rodgers Washington 20 October 2006 A top State Department official says the United States will be assessing whether it will continue to be engaged in the United Nations Human Rights Council - following what the official called a disappointin...
By Jim Malone Washington 28 March 2006 Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, lead attorney for Salim Hamdan, leaves Supreme Court Lawyers for a suspected member of al-Qaida argued at the U.S. Supre...
Tim Johnston With almost half the votes counted from last Monday's Indonesian elections, the incumbent ruling party is maintaining a very slight lead. But the results could bring radical change to Ind...