By Selah Hennessy Dakar 13 June 2007 United Nations officials and delegates from about 20 African nations are meeting in Kinshasa to talk about disarmament strategies that can be implemented when conflicts come to an end. Analysts say the session wil...
By Paul Sisco Washington 28 February 2007 watch International Polar Year Thursday, March 1st, is the official start of the International Polar Year. The international research and educational effort officially runs till March 2008. At least 50,000 s...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, D.C. 06 February 2007 watch Depression report Postpartum depression affects about 15 percent of women in the weeks and months after giving birth. As Leta Hong Fincher reports, some health professionals and advocates...
By Tom Rivers London 31 January 2007 British police have arrested nine men in pre-dawn raids in the city of Birmingham. For VOA News, Tom Rivers reports from London the suspects are being questioned by anti-terrorist branch officers. Police officers...
By Barry Wood Mountain View, CA 01 December 2006 watch Google Yahoo report Silicon Valley rivals Yahoo and Google are located only minutes from each other at the southern end of the Silicon Valley not far from San Francisco, California. VOA's Barry...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 22 August 2006 A Russian passenger plane carrying at least 170 people has crashed in eastern Ukraine and Russian officials said all aboard are feared dead . The aircraft, registered to St. Petersburg-based Pulkovo airlines, wa...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 19 June 2006 The founding legal secretary in Zimbabwe's divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change, David Coltart, has announced he has joined the faction of the party lead by scientist Arthur Mutambara. -----------...
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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Candidates State Their Positions on Farm Policy By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Recently,...
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