Photo: VOA Protesters converged on a high school in Sterling, Illinois where a state commission was holding a public meeting on the possible sale of a prison The Illinois State Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability held a public hea...
Supporters and opponents of a plan to transfer about 100 detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a prison in the U.S. state of Illinois attended a public hearing on the matter Tuesday. Kane Farabaugh | Sterling, Illinois 2...
Barack Obama's election victory in November 2008 was greeted with enormous enthusiasm around much of the world. Most Europeans looked to the new president to restore the transatlantic partnership, work for peace and spearhead the fight against global...
Twenty-six Orthodox priests murdered since 1990, including 39-year-old Alexander Filippov on Tuesday Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 23 December 2009 Photo: AP Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (center) conducts the funeral service for slain priest Daniil Sy...
India's home minister has revealed that at least a dozen potential terror strikes on the country were thwarted this year. But he says, as part of a sweeping restructuring of India's intelligence apparatus, his own ministry needs to be split. Steve He...
Many Hmong fought with the United States against communist forces during the Vietnam War and say Lao government has discriminated against their families ever since. Daniel Schearf | Bangkok 23 December 2009 Photo: AP Hmong refugees walk outside their...
All demonstrations banned with defense minister in charge and army captain still in Moroccan military hospital Scott Stearns | Dakar 23 December 2009 Photo: AP Guinea military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara (L) salutes next to his aide Abubakar Tou...
Photo: VOA photo - Pos Laput A vendor sells pirated DVDs in Vietnam Despite some gains in fighting copyright infringement in many countries, brazen piracy remains visible in Asia. In a scene found in many Asian cities, pirated movies, music and softw...
New economic data shows the U.S. economy grew more slowly than first thought. The US Commerce Department reports the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at a 2.2 percent annual rate from July to September, down from an earlier estimate of...
Millions of Americans have been unable to pay the mortgage on their houses and have had to leave them. Many are now renting, but are finding it difficult financially Owning your home was once part of the American dream. But that dream has faded becau...
The past year has seen several dynasties reassert their dominance in U.S. sports. In this look back at 2009, the Los Angeles Lakers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, the New York Yankees and top college teams added more trophies to their col...
Love and romance are alive and well on new CDs by Sophie Milman and Roberta Gambarini. Doug Levine | Washington 22 December 2009 Sophie Milman's 'Take Love Easy' CD For arrangement, I look for a presentation that allows the song to be the center of a...
Medical tourism brought in $1 billion in 2007 and that is expected to triple by 2012, when the Health Ministry expects more than two million medical tourists. Ron Corben | Bangkok 22 December 2009 Photo: AP James McLaurin of the United States recover...
Over the past few years, the country has seen a proliferation of so-called lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancers. Experts attribute this to rising incomes, Western diets and less physical activity. Cathy Majtenyi | Nairobi 22...
Health officials in Africa are working to better care for women who suffer the childbearing injury of obstetric fistula. Usually the result of days of obstructed labor, the baby often dies and the mother is left with chronic incontinence. Scott Stear...
