Palestinians have bidden an emotional farewell to a national and cultural icon. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Palestinian relatives and officials gather around the coffin of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who gave a voic...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 02 April 2008 Australia's first large underground carbon storage facility has opened in the southern state of Victoria. The geo-sequestration plant will capture carbon dioxide from a power station and store it two kilometers ben...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 14 June 2007 Thousands of angry mourners have attended the funeral of Lebanese lawmaker Walid Eido, who was killed along with nine others in a car bombing Wednesday. VOA's Challiss McDonough has more from our Middle East b...
By Challiss McDonough Qana, Lebanon 19 August 2006 Funeral procession in Qana In south Lebanon, mourners have buried the victims of the Qana airstrike. Most of the people killed in the July 30 attack were women and children. Their deaths sparked int...
IN THE NEWS - Yasser Arafat Buried By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, November 13, 2004 This is Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. Yasser Arafat was buried Friday in the West Ban...
