Northern Star 歌手：Melanie C Melanie C Northern Star They tried to catch a falling star Thinking that she had gone too far She did but kept it hidden well Until she cracked and then she fell If all the history is true She's gonna end up just like...
In the northern part of the Central African Republic, in the town of Birao, which is almost completely cut off from the rest of the world during the rainy season, bicycles are taken very seriously. They may not have the Tour de France or any Olympic...
Northern Central African Republic has large areas controlled by rebels, and road bandits, intercepting vehicles, harassing civilians, and sometimes kidnapping them for ransom or killing them. The undermanned military has little positive impact. Ther...
Iraq's northern Kurdish region offers security and stability that is hard to find elsewhere in the country. It also offers historic sites, high-end hotels, amusement parks, and striking mountains and valleys. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports on the regi...
By Nancy Palus Dakar 28 March 2008 Several northern towns in rebel-held Ivory Coast have run out of gasoline in recent days. In some areas, street vendors are selling black market fuel at up to six times the normal price. Nancy Palus reports from VOA...
By Mandy Clark Belfast 26 February 2008 Northern Ireland was once torn by centuries of sectarian violence, and even now after 10 years of relative peace, entrenched divisions remain. Protestants and Catholics rarely even play the same games, and even...
By Scott Stearns White House 07 December 2007 U.S. President George Bush met at the White House Friday with the First Minister of Northern Ireland Ian Paisley and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns ha...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 November 2007 Nearly simultaneous blasts outside courts in three northern Indian cities killed at least 13 people and injured dozens more. As Anjana Pasricha reports from VOA's New Delhi bureau, several cities have suf...
By Phillip Wellman Abidjan 08 November 2007 Leading non-governmental organizations and the United Nations have recently expressed concern over the pace of the peace process in Ivory Coast. But after visiting a community of northerners living in the s...
By Deborah Block Zakho, Iraq 05 November 2007 Later Monday,Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is meeting with U.S. President George Bush in Washington. They are discussing Kurdish rebels, who have been conducting border raids from northern I...
