Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and first lady Michelle Obama led State Department ceremonies on Wednesday, honoring 10 women's rights activists from around the world as International Women of C
The US Department of Education has announced an investigation into the teaching of English-language learners in Los Angeles public schools. These students, who are immigrants or the children of i
In the 1970s, Carl Safina fished off the U.S. Atlantic coast for bluefin tuna, a majestic warm-blooded predator that travels at highway speeds and can weigh as much as 650 kilograms.
The prayers from a Sunni mosque carry through the streets of this Baghdad neighborhood ... competing with or, perhaps, complementing the prayers from a Shi'ite mosque nearby.
This week on Our World: A newly documented and source of climate-changing greenhouse gas ... Rubber-stamping the nuclear power option ... and how second-hand tobacco smoke is putting teenagers at risk
08 March 2010
The World Health Organization calls tobacco the leading cause of preventable death in the world. In December, the WHO launched a campaign against cigarette smoking in Africa, sayin
In an event at the White House on Monday, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle marked International Women's Day. The president and first lady were joined by Madeleine Albright, the first woman
In Burkina Faso's second-largest city, Bobo-Dioulasso, cloth merchant Douda Tassembedo walks up and down the streets selling new designs. Today he has rolls of cloth for International Women's Day, Ma
The Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" dominated the Oscars Sunday evening. The film about a bomb disposal unit earned six Academy Awards, including for best picture. "The Hurt Locker" also brought
04 March 2010
Photo: John Strader, The Montpelier Foundation
The 'White' and 'Colored' entrances are clearly marked at the reopening dedication ceremony of the Montpelier train depot.
04 March 2010
Photo: AP
A general view showing the media filming the Arab foreign ministers meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, 03 Mar 2010
04 March 2010
Photo: photos.com
Teens exposed to second-hand smoke have a higher risk of developing heart disease later in life, according to a new report.
South Africa President Jacob Zuma says international sanctions against Zimbabwe should be lifted. In recent weeks the European Union and the United States voted to extend sanctions
28 February 2010
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS
The United States' USA-1,' with Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, and Curtis Tomasevicz, compete during the men's four-man bobsled final competi
BOB DOUGHTY: I'm Bob Doughty.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we go to New York City to visit the Museum of Chinese in America. Last year, MOCA reop
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Last month we reported about a study that showed eating even a little less salt could greatly help the heart. The study was published in the New England J
With Togo elections set for March 4, the former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo recently landed in the West African country as head of the African Union's mission to monitor the vote.
