Kansas City Wizards star Roger Espinoza will play for his native Honduras in the World Cup. The U.S. national soccer team will take the field at this month's World Cup with a talented group of 23 players and high expectations. But no matter how the t...
American anthropologist explores diverse cultural landscape of Middle East Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 09 June 2010 Enjoying a Yemeni meal with villagers in 1986 Despite decades of close U.S. involvement in Middle East affairs, most Americans...
Five months after devastating earthquake killed hundreds of thousands, need for supplies great for million more who are homeless Kane Farabaugh | Chicago 09 June 2010 Lionel Jean-Baptiste of the Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti, a Haitian aid agency...
Simon Bolivar, born in 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela, to sixth-generation Spanish Americans. Nicknamed 'The Liberator' , he lead troops to victory in 100 battles. A group of doctors in the United States is questioning how one of South America's most cel...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms that some of the oil escaping from that ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is staying beneath the surface, raising new environmental concerns about the disaster. BP says there is no...
President Barack Obama and Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (File) With four trips this year to the Asian Pacific having been called off by the Obama administration -- most recently because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico -- Australian ex...
Brazil's United Nations Ambassador Maria Ribeiro Viotti, second from left in front, keeps her hand down to indicate a no vote, as the United Nations Security Council votes on imposing sanctions on Iran, 9 Jun 2010 The U.N. Security Council has adopte...
People hold placards bearing images of Iranian Neda Agha Soltan during a demonstration against Iran's clampdown on opposition activists, at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 25 Jul 2009 Iran last weekend blocked VOA's airing of a...
Opera combines traditional musical styles with 21st century video effects Bill Zeeble | Dallas, Texas 08 June 2010 Crewmen on a whale hunt in the American opera based on Herman Melville's epic tale, 'Moby Dick.' Moby Dick is often called the great Am...
Theres a tiny car that turns in a perfect circle, and stands up on two wheels for parking. Solar roofing tiles to collect energy for home needs. A grain thresher thats made of bicycle parts. These are some of the creations at the Smithsonian Cooper-H...
Oil cleanup workers hired by BP search for tar balls as they work along white beaches in Pensacola Beach, Florida, 6 Jun 2010 Tourists are hitting the beaches in Florida for the start of summer, even as tar balls from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was...
The Obama administration says the effort to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is making progress, with more oil captured each day. But oil continues to escape from the leaking well, and clean up will take years, and no one really kn...
Poll worker Melanie Withey attaches I voted stickers to a box at a polling station during elections in San Diego California, 8 Jun 2010 Voters are going to the polls in 12 U.S. states to choose candidates in party primary elections. Activists in both...
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, right, at State House Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Kenya's president asked the United States on Tuesday to lead a greater internat...
Peasant group resists ties to multinational corporation Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 08 June 2010 Farmers near Petit Guave, Haiti prepare the soil for planting. Haiti's farmers are being urged to burn seeds donated by U.S. agriculture giant Monsan...
