From: voa on Mon, Apr 18 2011 10:42 PM

As Southern Sudan prepares to emerge on the world stage as the newest nation on the planet, health workers combating Guinea Worm disease are hoping the country’s independence will energize the campaign against the parasite. Kane Farabaugh reports.

From: voa on Mon, Apr 18 2011 10:42 PM

In the last few years, life under the Israeli occupation has prompted thousands of Palestinians to leave their homes in the West Bank and take up residence in neighboring Jordan.  They go in search of a normal life, free of army checkpoints and conflicts with Israeli settlers.  VOA correspondent...

From: voa on Sun, Apr 17 2011 10:11 PM

President Alassane Ouattara is moving to restore security in Ivory Coast one week after his country’s political crisis ended with the arrest of former president Laurent Gbagbo. Mr. Gbagbo held on to power with the help of the military, refusing to recognize that he lost November's vote. VOA...

From: voa on Sat, Apr 16 2011 7:39 PM

The fighting in Libya has devastated coastal cities in the central part of the country, but life in parts of the rebel-controlled east has settled into some measure of uneasy calm.  VOA’s Scott Bobb has more from Benghazi, Libya.

From: voa on Fri, Apr 15 2011 4:02 PM

Many people who stutter cheered the recent attention given their condition when Hollywood bestowed four Academy Awards onThe King’s Speech , a movie about a real-life British king's struggle to overcome his severe stutter. Now new research is getting to the root causes of stuttering, and a ...

From: voa on Fri, Apr 15 2011 4:02 PM

In the United States, Roma are often associated with a distant, even exotic, culture. University of Texas Professor Ian Hancock estimates as many as one million Roma live in the America.

From: voa on Fri, Apr 15 2011 4:02 PM

Cliff Lee came to the US from Taiwan in 1968.  He spent the early days of his career as a neurosurgeon. But he gave it up five years later when he discovered the joys of clay. For the past 30 years, the former doctor has immersed himself in ceramics, using his surgical skills to create magnifice...

From: voa on Fri, Apr 15 2011 4:01 PM

Japanese officials say the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant is at the highest possible severity on an international scale.   But they say the disaster’s upgraded status does not mean radiation leaks are worsening.  VOA’s Laurel Bowman has more.

From: voa on Fri, Apr 15 2011 4:01 PM

Just a few months ago, experts were talking about the "renaissance" of the nuclear power industry.  After more than two decades of relatively safe operations and with public demands growing for clean, carbon-free power plants, many nations, including the United States, seemed ready to embrace nu...

From: voa on Fri, Apr 15 2011 4:01 PM

The U.S. Civil War began 150 years ago this week and became the deadliest conflict in U.S. history. More than a century later, people are debating the reasons for the war, slavery versus states' rights. Some historians and civil rights leaders suggest the legacies of the Civil War still hav...

From: voa on Fri, Apr 15 2011 4:01 PM

Many countries, including Iran, are embracing nuclear power as a source of electricity. But just weeks ago, a massive earthquake in Japan caused significant damage to one of that country’s nuclear power plants. While the international nuclear power industry says it is strongly focused on safety,...

From: voa on Fri, Apr 15 2011 4:01 PM

Government restrictions on the media in the parts of Libya controlled by Moammar Gadhafi make it difficult to get uncensored news out of Tripoli. But VOA Correspondent Carolyn Presutti has contacts in Libya and has received videos over the Internet that apparently show examples of government repr...

From: voa on Fri, Apr 15 2011 4:01 PM

The global economy is gaining strength, but the International Monetary Fund says Europe’s debt woes, inflation in emerging markets, surging oil prices and turmoil in the Middle East remain a threat to the global recovery.  Mil Arcega reports.

From: voa on Fri, Apr 08 2011 8:02 PM

This month marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. Civil War - a conflict that nearly tore the United States apart. Eleven southern states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America, vowing to maintain their economic system based on agriculture and slave...

From: voa on Fri, Apr 08 2011 8:02 PM

Two giant pumps normally used for concrete in construction projects will soon be used to help cool nuclear reactors in Japan. In a few days, they will be loaded onto planes originally designed to carry the Russian Space Shuttle and flown from the U.S. to Japan to be deployed at the damaged Fukus...

From: voa on Fri, Apr 08 2011 4:43 AM

Scientists in the U.S. and Europe have been conducting an intensive search for the genetic triggers for Alzheimer’s. Their studies confirmed five genes already known to be associated with it, and now they've come up with five more.

From: voa on Fri, Apr 08 2011 4:43 AM

In the United States, Roma are often associated with a distant, even exotic, culture. University of Texas Professor Ian Hancock estimates as many as one million Roma live in the America.  According to Hancock, there have been waves of Roma immigration since the early 1800s.  Hancock, who previou...

From: voa on Fri, Apr 08 2011 4:43 AM

Earlier this week [Monday, April 4] US President Barack Obama officially announced plans to run for re-election. Organizers say they hope to raise a record amount of money for the election in 2012. takes a look at how American campaigns got to be so expensive and if money translates into electab...

From: voa on Wed, Apr 06 2011 10:31 PM

Two giant pumps normally used for concrete in construction projects will soon be used to help cool nuclear reactors in Japan. In a few days, they will be loaded onto planes originally designed to carry the Russian Space Shuttle and flown from the U.S. to Japan to be deployed at the damaged Fukus...

From: voa on Wed, Apr 06 2011 3:24 AM

Most days the main thoroughfare in central Jakarta is noisy, polluted and congested with cars and motorcycles. But two Sundays a month, people-powered vehicles own the road. VOA’s Brian Padden reports, a program called Car Free Sunday is growing in popularity in Indonesia's sprawling capita...