The Afghan leader has retained most of his top technocrat ministers backed by Western allies of the country. Ayaz Gul | Islamabad 19 December 2009 Photo: AP Afghan President Hamid Karzai Lawmakers in the lower house of Afghan parliament have begun de...
VOA's weekly science and technology magazine Art Chimes 18 December 2009 MUSIC: Our World theme This week on Our World: President Obama at the Copenhagen climate conference ... an update on the H1N1 'swine' flu ... and Science magazine's breakthrough...
An online guide to snow and other ice phenomena Art Chimes | Washington, DC 18 December 2009 Photo: SnowCrystals.com Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. For those of us in the north...
World Health Organization agreed on initiatives to increase the immunization of children in sub-Saharan Africa. Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 18 December 2009 The Global Polio Eradication Initiative launched in 1988 has successfully obliterated polio in 45...
Brain scans of men and women exposed to lead during childhood shows residual damage less severe in females Rose Hoban | Washington, DC 18 December 2009 Ever since the ancient Roman era, people have known that lead, a heavy metal long used in paints,...
On the final day of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, African leaders have renewed calls for a legally binding deal to fight climate change. Selah Hennessy | London 18 December 2009 Photo: AFP Sweden's PM Fredrik Reinfeldt (L), European Commission chie...
Twelve years ago, writer-director James Cameron made Titanic, an epic romance that became the highest-grossing film in Hollywood history. He is making cinema history again with groundbreaking new 3D technology that puts audiences in the middle of his...
Some musicians in the United States are bringing a unique style of French music to American audiences. Gypsy jazz, also known by its French name, jazz manouche, dates back to before the Second World War. Steve Mort | Deland, Florida 18 December 2009...
Some smaller retailers have been forced to close their doors because consumers are spending more carefully and also are favoring warehouse chain stores like Walmart and Costco. Chris Simkins | Rockville, Maryland 18 December 2009 Photo: VOA Image Man...
After receiving billions of dollars in government bailouts, U.S. banks are under increasing pressure to start lending money again. With banks paying back emergency government loans faster than expected, President Obama is reminding bank executives th...
At one of the largest mosques in the United States, Muslim leaders are trying to create a safe haven for young people to learn Islam's lessons about peace. Laurel Bowman | Washington, DC 18 December 2009 Muslim leaders are trying to create a safe hav...
The new deal allows the United Arab Emirates to receive sensitive information and materials from the United States to help create the Arab world's first civilian nuclear power industry. Phillip Walter Wellman | Dubai 18 December 2009 Photo: VOA - P....
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has received the report of an international commission of inquiry into September's killing of opposition protesters in Guinea. Human rights leaders in Guinea say the international community must hold accountable tho...
A leading campaigner for independence for Western Sahara has returned home after being expelled for refusing to declare Moroccan citizenship. The move ends what supporters say was a 32-day hunger strike. Scott Stearns | Dakar 18 December 2009 Photo:...
The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem expresses shock over the theft of the iron sign, which reads 'ARBEIT MACHT FREI' or 'Work makes you free.' Yad Vashem director Avner Shalev says the theft is an attack on the memory of the Holocaust. Rob...
