12 July 2010 Photo: AP Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (file)Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says Iran is getting closer to having the potential to build a nuclear weapon.The Russian leader said h
13 July 2010 Photo: AFP Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to questions from reporters regarding Shahram Amiri, at the US State Department 13July 2010Officials here are saying nothing about A
13 July 2010 Photo: AP President Barack Obama, accompanied by his nominee for Budget Director Jacob Lew, makes remarks at the White House in Washington, 13 Jul 2010President Obama said Senate Democrat
13 July 2010 th Nashville Sound on New Album Mary Morningstar "Stay Here Forever" was the debut single from Jewel's second Country album. The track was also included on the soundtrack to the recent fi
13 July 2010 Photo: AP Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces plans to send boat people to East Timor to have their refugee claims assessed, Sydney, 6 July 2010The Australian government pla
In a foul-plagued World Cup final, Andres Iniesta was the big hero for Spain. The Barcelona midfielder collected a sliding pass from substitute Cesc Fabregas and shot the ball past Dutch goalkeeper
09 July 2010 Aftermath of the 2005 London terrorist bombingWhile she was a student at a British University, Hadiya Masieh was recruited by radicals from the Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir. The British
09 July 2010 Photo: VOA Eighteen year-old Sello Mahlangu is the coach of Team Alexandra A team of Israeli and Palestinian boys and girls, called the Peace Team, battles against a squad from Rwanda, ca
10 July 2010 Photo: AP A few commuters in a subway train making stop at Park Kultury subway station in Moscow, 29 Mar 2010It's a typical day in the Moscow metro, passengers ride the escalator down int
09 July 2010 Photo: AP A U.S plane, front, and a Russian plane, rear, believed to be carrying agents swapped between the two countries are parked on the tarmac at Vienna's Schwechat airport, 09 Jul 20
09 July 2010 Photo: AP Octopus oracle Paul chooses a mussel from a glass tank marked with a Spanish flag, next to a box with a flag of Holland, in the SeaLife Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, 9 Jul 20
09 July 2010 Photo: AP President Barack Obama walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the White House, 6 Jul 2010Personal invitations, smiles and handshakes helped set what many o
08 July 2010 Gerald Albright's 'Pushing The Envelope' CDGerald Albright's versatility has placed him at the forefront of the "smooth" jazz scene. As Albright points out, sax isn't the only instrument
08 July 2010 Photo: AP Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh speak to the media at the State Department in Washington, 8 Jul 2010The U.S.-Jordanian meet
08 July 2010 Photo: AP Russian arms control researcher Igor Sutyagin stands behind bars as he listens to the verdict as he is sentenced to 15-years in prison for spying, at a courtroom in Moscow, 7 Ap
08 July 2010 Photo: AP NBA free-agent LeBron James (black shirt) takes a shot over Florida State defender Chris Singleton (36) during a scrimmage at the LeBron James Skills Academy for high school and
08 July 2010 Photo: Wikipedia Commons gress Unveils Latest Entries to National Recording Registry One of Walt Disney's most memorable characters is Jiminy Cricket from the studio's 1940 animated featu
08 July 2010 Photo: Credit: J. Leyrer, NIOZ Dust storm in the Sahara (Parc National du Banc d'Arguin) Dust is more than a housekeeping nuisance. To climate scientists, dust is a force of nature. It's
08 July 2010 Photo: Deborah Donnelley Stephen Kinzer, a journalist and author of the book 'Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America鈥檚 Future' Stephen Kinzer is a journalist and author of the book Reset: Ir
A top U.S. health official says the first few minutes after HIV infection may be a window of opportunity to prevent the AIDS virus from firmly taking hold in the body.The HIV that’s present duri
A tough immigration enforcement law scheduled to take effect in Arizona at the end of July is touching off debate and controversy far beyond the southwestern state. As a consequence, immigration refor
It's noon on a hot New York summer day, and Bob Lewis picks up a large organic radish at the teeming Union Square greenmarket in Manhattan. It's one of about 50 green markets he has helped establish i
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has not yet said whether he will run in elections that are to take place before April. That has not stopped the debate raging in his People's Democratic Party, or
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English.During the second half of the nineteenth century, the United States was not concerned much with events in
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.Millions of high school students have read "To Kill a Mockingbird." The novel by Harper Lee offers moral lessons about racial justice and respect. It t
