Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak is calling for significant sanctions against Iran, saying it is clear the country wants to be a nuclear weapons power. Barak made the comments during a visit to Washington. Israel sees Iran as an existential threa...
A picture made available by the official website of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him touring Jamran, Iran's first domestically built warship, during its unveiling ceremony at an undisclosed location in southern Iran on 19 Febru...
Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych holds a Bulava, a historical symbol of power, after taking oath in the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, 25 Feb 2010 Ukraine's newly inaugurated president, Viktor Yanukovych, says the country can only address its ende...
Soldiers stand guard outside the office of Salou Djibo, leader of the coup that overthrew Niger's president Mamadou Tandja in Niamey, 21 Feb 2010 Niger's new prime minister says military leaders have given him complete control of the running of a tra...
The new military rulers of Niger have named a civilian prime minister to lead the country's transitional government until elections. The new PM, Mahamadou Danda, served as information minister in a transitional government that followed Niger's last c...
Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo (L) and Burkina Faso's president Blaise Compaore meet at the airport in Abidjan on 22 Feb, 2010 after Campaore arrived to act as a mediator in Ivory Coast's political crisis The U.N. Special Representative for Ivory C...
Six weeks after an earthquake devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, Sierra Leoneans have come together to contribute to recovery efforts. Popular Sierra Leonean musician and producer, Jimmy B, wrote a song for Haiti. He performed it at a benefi...
Child poverty in Japan is increasing at a surprising rate. That is the assessment from a senior government researcher studying the country's economic decline. Aya Abe says 15 percent of Japanese children live in poverty and the government is not doin...
Getting an education in rural Sierra Leone is difficult. Thousands of schools were destroyed during the civil war and many teachers fled to the capital or left the country. The biggest challenge to universal primary education is a severe shortage of...
Data from the US Census bureau, found that doctor's hours declined while at the same time their incomes dropped 25 percent between 1995 and 2006 In the U.S., doctors are known for working extraordinarily long hours, seeing patients in the office and...
As Republican and Democratic Party lawmakers met in Washington for a White House summit on healthcare reform, VOA looked at what reform could mean for American hospitals. Many are in deep financial trouble. About half are currently operating at a def...
An environmental group is applauding Congress for its green record in 2009 but sweeping climate change appears doubtful given the partisan divide on Capitol Hill. Each year the Washington-based League of Conservation Voters releases a scorecard that...
Cafe classroom preps young adults for life on their own Susan Logue Koster | Frederick, MD 25 February 2010 At Moxie Bakery and Cafe, Christina Quinn (L) gets advice from Elin Ross on more than how to bake cupcakes Related Links Moxie Bakery and Cafe...
Black Muslim leader Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz), 26 March 1964, waiting for a press conference at an unknown location One of the foremost, if controversial, figures of the civil rights movement in the United States was Malcolm X. He, himself...
For generations, people in Indianapolis, Indiana, have been going to the Roof. But it's not on their housetop, or even outside. The Roof, as locals call it, is the Indiana Roof Ballroom. It's an enchanting dreamland on the top floor of an old theater...
