Record numbers of Americans have already cast their ballots in early voting - more than 28 million people in 34 of the 50 states. Election statistics and a new opinion survey show that registered Democrats are turning out to vote early in far greate...
According to an international aid agency, the number of people living on the edge of poverty has nearly doubled during the past two years. A new report by CARE International says the surging price of food is the main reason behind the alarming jump....
Swimmer Dara Torres of the United States has tasted Olympic victory. But this year, the 41-year-old mother is carrying more than aspirations for a gold medal on her shoulders - she is carrying the hopes of a generation of athletes and fans. Torres w...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 04 April 2008 An end to the impasse over the composition of Kenya's new power-sharing government may be at hand. But many Kenyans are frustrated by the expanded size of the proposed cabinet. For VOA, Derek Kilner reports from...
By Raymond Thibodeaux Batticolao, Sri Lanka 02 April 2008 As violence surges in Sri Lanka, so does the number of abductions and disappearance of mostly Tamil men. That is the assessment of human rights activists and international aid groups operating...
By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 07 February 2008 The Khmer Rouge's former second-in-command, Nuon Chea, has been back in court, facing charges of crimes against humanity and other offenses committed during the communist rule of Cambodia 30 years ago. Nuon C...
36The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families. 2They said, When the Lord commanded my...
35On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses, 2Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns. 3Then they...
34The Lord said to Moses, 2Command the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance will have these boundaries: 3 'Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the bord...
32The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock. 2So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said, 3Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer...