Sri Lanka's government and the international community have been pouring tens of millions of dollars into the country's Eastern Province. The area was liberated by the army from rebel Tamil separatists a year ago during the country's on-going civil...
Government officials from more than 30 countries gathered in Hungary Friday for the opening of Central and Eastern Europe's first conference center powered by renewable energy. The building of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Easter...
By Kari Barber Dakar 15 April 2008 Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say more than 70 people have been killed in the crash of a passenger plane in the eastern city of Goma. Theplane, whichwas carrying up to 100 people, crashed into a busy...
By Scott Stearns White House 31 March 2008 President Bush is on his way to Ukraine for the start of a four-nation trip that also includes stops in Russia, Croatia and Romania where he will take part in a NATO summit. VOA White House Correspondent Sco...
By Noel King Kigali 03 December 2007 Fighting has again erupted in eastern Congo's North Kivu province between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. Noel King has more in this report from Kigali. Rebels and Congo's...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 27 November 2006 United Nations officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for an end to hostilities in the eastern region bordering Rwanda. U.N. peacekeepers earlier intervened to block forces loyal to renegade...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 September 2006 At least 23 people were killed and two wounded by landmines in two separate incidents in eastern Sudan. A UN contractor uses a metal detector to search for mines planted along a dirt road in Juba, Sudan Ac...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 17 April 2006 Scene of flooding in Romania Thousands of people are being evacuated across Eastern Europe because of heavy flooding. Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Hungary have de...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Gray Wolf in Eastern U.S. May Come Off Endangered List / U.S. States Could Get More Power to Build Road... By Broadcast: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE...
ENVIRONMENT REPORT – March 1, 2002: Eastern U.S. Drought By Mario Ritter This is the VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH ENVIRONMENT REPORT. There has been a severe lack of rain and snow on the East Coast of the Un...