Dozens of jeeps carrying masked Israeli commandos rolled into Nablus before dawn, surrounded homes of three Palestinians gunmen Robert Berger | Jerusalem 26 December 2009 Photo: AP Israeli soldiers are seen during an army operation in the West Bank c...
Police reportedly swing batons at protesters, smashing car-windows and firing teargas and pepper spray to try and disperse crowds Edward Yeranian | Cairo 26 December 2009 Eyewitnesses are reporting that crowds clashed with Iranian security forces in...
Gilbert da Costa | Abuja 26 December 2009 Nigeria's fragile truce with rebels in the oil-rich Niger Delta appears to be under serious threat. Former militants are protesting the non-payment of allowances and militants have blown up an oil pipeline in...
VOA's weekly science and technology magazine Art Chimes 25 December 2009 MUSIC: Our World theme This week on Our World: How farming fits in the global warming puzzle ... a dinosaur that may have injected its victims with venom ...and a car that finds...
In March, the virus caught the attention of health officials in Mexico when cases of a flu-like illness were reported in the state of Veracruz. The transmission of the virus was so rapid that by mid-June the WHO declared the first flu pandemic in mor...
Although the final numbers won't be in for several weeks, it looks to be another tough year for the retail music industry. The slide in recorded music sales that began in 2001 showed no signs of ending this year. But not all the news is bad. Katherin...
2009 marked a year of celebration in jazz. One of the more notable events was a jazz clinic at the White House, hosted by U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama. Doug Levine | Washington 25 December 2009 Photo: AP Jazz musician Paquito D'Rivera plays clarine...
Speaking in 65 different languages from the central balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica, Pope Benedict offeres a blessing of peace and joy for the holiday. Sabina Castelfranco | Rome 25 December 2009 Photo: AP Pope Benedict XVI gestures to the faithful...
Paige Kollock | New York 25 December 2009 Staffer at Dress for Success helps Marty Sanabria with a dress In the past year, the U.S. has shed more than seven million jobs in the global economic downturn. The media network CBS surveyed 700 unemployed A...
Two years after the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the political situation there can best be described as unstable and fragile. Ravi Khanna | Washington 25 December 2009 Pakistani lawyers celebrate Supreme Court deci...
The European Union begins 2010 profoundly transformed. A landmark agreement called the Lisbon Treaty is in force, aimed to increase EU clout on the world stage and streamline its decision-making. The first EU permanent president starts work in Januar...
Every year around Christmas, Stockbridge, a small town in western Massachusetts, puts on a display unlike any other in the US. The celebrated American artist Norman Rockwell, who passed away some 30 years ago, used the New England town as the setting...
Photo: AP Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, center, walks towards Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, 24 Dec 2009 Thousands of people have attended Christmas Eve celebrations at the birthplace of Christianity in Bethlehem. Christmas Eve began wit...
Photo: Suli Yi, VOA Wilson Hurley has put up a Christmas tree in his house in front of an image of Buddha It has long been true that Christmas is not just for Christians any more. Many people, of many different religious persuasions or of no persuasi...
Over the years, NFL rosters have listed players from a cross-section of countries and territories other than the United States -- Canada, Germany and American Samoa to name a few. Nigeria also has produced its share, especially in the last decade. Mi...
