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Economy Booms, Reform Slows in Indonesian President’s Second Term Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 21, 2010 After his 2009 landslide re-election victory Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised prosperity, justice and democracy for all. A y...

Unique Hotel in Mississippi Consists of Old Shacks Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 21, 2010 If you check into 'The Shack Up Inn', don’t expect a night of opulence.  Hotel guests stay in 1 or 2 bedroom shacks, which are h...

British Government Proposes Largest Spending Cuts since World War II Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 21, 2010 The British government is proposing the largest cuts to public spending since World War Two, calling for reductions in benefits and eliminating 25...

Concern Grows Over South Sudan’s Scheduled Votes Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 20, 2010 International concern is growing over whether the scheduled referenda on southern Sudan’s future will be free, fair and peaceful. A UN Security Co...

US Election Results Could Impact Foreign Policy Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 20, 2010 On November 2nd, US voters will elect a new Congress and public opinion polls indicate that the economy will be the top issue this year.  Experts ...

Health Clinic in Mississippi Caters to Uninsured Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 20, 2010 America’s southern Missippi Delta region has some of the richest soil in the country.  But it is home to some of America's poorest people....

Teamwork And Communication Training Yield More Success In Operating Rooms Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 20, 2010 A new study shows that communication and teamwork is just as important as the individual skills each member brings to a surgical team.  According t...

US Task Force To Probe Foreclosures Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 20, 2010 The White House is warning banks it will hold them accountable for any illegal mortgage practices, in the wake of a nationwide foreclosure scandal...

Street Theater Aims at Transforming a Community Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 19, 2010 In the Kibera section of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, a 25-member youth group is transforming the community, which is commonly plagued by a host of s...

A Homecomer’s Story Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 19, 2010 A homecomer is the term ex-cons use in the United States to describe themselves when they re-enter society after serving jail time. This is a previ...

International Investors See Market Opportunities in Africa Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 16, 2010 International investors are showing a growing interest in Africa’s retail market. American retail giant Wal-Mart is in preliminary talks to buy Sou...

Innovative Technology Monitors Teen Drivers Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 15, 2010 Distracted driving caused by using a cell phone is the leading cause of death among teenage drivers in the United States, claiming an average of 4...

WHO Outlines Strategy to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 15, 2010 The international pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline announced October 14 that it will donate 400 million more tablets for the treatment of int...

Remembering Willis Conover Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 15, 2010 Willis Conover’s long-running "Jazz Hour" broadcast on the Voice of America introduced millions of people in the former Soviet Union to American ja...

Dance, Music Program Helps Cambodia’s Street Kids Break Isolation Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 15, 2010 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has thousands of children living on the streets. They come from poor homes or broken families or no families at all.  They a...

New Vaccine A Possible Hope For Brain Cancer Patients Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 15, 2010 People with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, survive for only fifteen months on average after diagnosis. But now there may be hop...

Clinton, Gates Cautious on Afghan-Taliban Contacts Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 15, 2010 Top U.S. officials say they support efforts by Afghan leaders to pursue reconciliation with the Taliban. But U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates an...

Crop Mobs Work the Farm Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 14, 2010 In the 1930s, it took one farmer to feed every 10 Americans. Now the ratio is ten times that, and few Americans have strong ties to the food they ...

Chilean Rescue Relies on Capsule Built with NASA Input Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 14, 2010 The Chilean operation to rescue 33 miners trapped underground hinges on a rescue capsule designed to travel through a narrow shaft that was drilled...

Chicago Lab Promotes Advances in Green Diesel Technology Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: October 14, 2010 In October, the U.S. Transportation and Energy Departments announced plans to increase fuel efficiency for future vehicles manufactured and sold i...

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