In the United States, the fastest growing type of trash is e-waste: computers, TVs and other electronics. Because many e-waste components are toxic, many communities are striving to recycle them more responsibly. From Boulder, Colorado, Shelley Schl...
There are only three fruits which are completely native to North America: blueberries, Concord grapes and cranberries. Cranberries, which are harvested in the fall, have a special place in American tradition as a celebration food of Thanksgiving and...
They are hacked out of the earth, cut, polished and bought and sold along the way -- to finally be shown in all their glory. Gems, these tiny bits of mineral formations from the mines of South Africa, Burma, Brazil, Colombia, Russia or Canada eventu...
India has the largest number of hungry people in the world, despite the strong economic growth witnessed in recent years. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha says a new report shows that India's economic boom has brought new prosperity to its middle cla...
A U.S. military jury at Guantanamo Bay has convicted Osama Bin Laden's former driver of providing material support to terrorism, but acquitted him on a charge of conspiracy, which alleged he was a key member of the Al-Qaida terrorist network. Still,...
By Suzanne Presto Irbil 08 June 2008 Young people in Kurdistan are embracing new opportunities to develop and expand their own businesses. Suzanne Presto speaks to one young woman who balances a family, two beauty salons and entrepreneurial classes...
By Jessica Berman Washington 29 May 2008 As the newly deployed Phoenix spacecraft begins its mission in search of life near Mars' northern pole, scientists say an analysis of Martian deposits suggest there was once water on the planet, but it was too...
By Mil Arcega Washington 14 May 2008 The housing crisis, the credit crunch and high gas prices may be hurting consumer confidence in the United States but the impact is not necessarily the same for everyone. Some see a silver lining in a weak U.S. ec...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 25 April 2008 A new report by the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam says fraud is pervasive in the Vietnamese international adoption system. Matt Steinglass reports from Hanoi. A nine-page report released Friday by the embassy charges...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 March 2008 A new report by a consortium of British aid agencies says the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is the worst in forty years. VOA's Jim Teeple reports the report blames Israel for the crisis, but Israeli of...