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Interfaith School’s Innovative Program Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 25, 2011 There’s an ambitious effort under way, to change the way religious leaders in the United States are educated.  It’s a...

From Nigeria to the US, A Basketball Success Story Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 25, 2011 Exchange programs that give American high school students the opportunity to study for a year in another country are quite common.  But it...

Diverse Films Face Off for Oscar Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 24, 2011 With the Oscars just days away, media mavens are abuzz with predictions of which films will win on Hollywood’s biggest night. The Academy of Motio...

Oil Prices Surge on Libya Upheaval Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 24, 2011 Global stocks dipped again on Wednesday as oil prices soared to new highs on fears that the revolt in Libya could spread.  International oil compan...

Advanced Brain Scan Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 24, 2011 Current advances in medical devices designed for treating brain tumors, have utilized “linear accelerator” technology.&nbs...

India’s Wandering Minstrels Blend Spirituality, Irreverence Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 24, 2011 It’s a centuries-old culture - of Indian minstrels who blend spirituality, marijuana, and a search for the human body's most intimate sec...

Fire-Damaged Museum Reopens for 90th Birthday Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 23, 2011 Many art lovers consider the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., one of the premier private museums of modern art. The extraordinary collecti...

A Homecomer’s Confession Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 19, 2011 In this final part of a web video series on VOA’s Off Beaten Path by reporter Nico Colombant, ex-con Eddie Ellis confesses in public to the crime ...

USC Program Helps to Train Young Muslim Leaders Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 19, 2011 A new generation of Muslim American leaders is emerging in the United States. And a project at the University of Southern California called America...

Calls for Change in Middle East Prove Contagious Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 19, 2011 There’s a mood for change emanating from the Middle East. A week after Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak resigned, protests have sprung up ...

Oil a Contested but Vital Industry in Both Sudans Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 18, 2011 As southern Sudan prepares for independence, following the referendum in January, its leaders are counting on oil revenues to fund reconstruction ...

Bahrain Military Strengthens Grip Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 17, 2011 Bahrain’s government has banned protests and has deployed the military on the streets of the capital. It follows the crackdown on thousands of anti...

America’s Top Dog in 2011 Makes History Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 17, 2011 The Westminster dog show in New York City is the longest-running show of its kind in the United States.  This year’s winner, a Scottish d...

Change in Egypt Focuses Attention on Other Countries in Middle East Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 16, 2011 New anti-government protests are springing up in the Middle East in the wake the massive protests and leadership change in Egypt. And that presents...

Beethoven Plays for Pakistan Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 16, 2011 Beethoven’s symphony sings at Carnegie Hall for life and renewal in Pakistan

New North Korean Space Launch Site Appears Virtually Completed Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 16, 2011 New satellite imagery obtained by VOA News shows North Korea has completed a launch tower at its second missile launch facility in the country’s no...

Current, Former Members of US Military File Lawsuit Against Pentagon Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 16, 2011 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says recent sexual abuse allegations by former and current U.S. soldiers are a "matter of grave concern" and th...

No Recovery in Sight for Egypt Tourism Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 15, 2011 Egypt’s transition government inherits a damaged economy.  One of the hardest hit sectors is tourism, which accounts for 11 percent of the country...

Border City McAllen, Texas Prospers Despite Mexico Violence Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 15, 2011 A wave of criminal violence is sweeping across northern Mexico.  This has led to complaints from U.S. political leaders, including Texas ...

Egyptian Protesters Say Low-Tech Supply Lines Kept Them Going Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: February 15, 2011 Much is made of the role of Facebook, Twitter and other social media in Egypt’s revolution. But when President Hosni Mubarak’s...

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