By VOA News Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 18 October 2007 We bring you a rare look inside the troubled southern African nation of Zimbabwe. Today, this nation of between 10 million and 12 million is teetering on the edge of what a member of its own parliament i...
By VOA News Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 18 October 2007 In late June of this year, the Zimbabwe government sought to curb the country's rampant currency inflation, admitting it to be around 7,000 percent. Other say it is much higher. The government embarked o...
Nigeria: Foreigners kidnapped Heavily armed gunmen in speedboats kidnapped seven workers, including three foreigners, from an offshore Nigerian oilfield on Saturday. The raid was the first big attack on an oil facility in five months since the inaug...
Alex Chadwick: From NPR News, it is Day to Day. The wonders of modern medicine often do cost us a little something in personal dignity. Think of this word, colonoscopy , if you haven't had the occasion to sample the procedure yet, you will know what...
From NPR news, this is all things considered. I'm Michele Norris.And I'm Robert Siegel. The White House has come under fire for federal agencies issuing what are called video news releases that promoted administration policies. Video news releases ar...
By Carol Pearson Washington 03 May 2007 A scene of video game violence It is no secret that video games and television programs often depict graphic violence. But now, three new studies show violence causes children, teenagers and young adults to be...
By George Dwyer Washington 20 February 2007 watch Peacemaker Video Game Peacemaker is a game-simulation for Middle East peace A new video game was released in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. It challenges users to participate in creating soluti...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 04 January 2007 watch Saddam Execution Reaction An Iraqi official says the person suspected to have secretly recorded video of Saddam Hussein's execution on a mobile phone camera has been arrested. Bush administra...
By Gary Thomas Washington 23 June 2006 Videotape has surfaced in the West of the hours leading up to a reported massacre in the town of Andijon in Uzbekistan just over one year ago. Human rights groups have said the Uzbek government indiscriminately...
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 04 July 2006 Philippine Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye, left, speaks with, generals as they prepare to watch a video, titled 'Conspiracy in Treachery' (File photo - April 10, 2006) A previously unknown videotape coul...