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African music: VOA?s Africa?s Music Treasures
2009-09-15 15:41:00 There’s a fascinating blog on Voice of America called ‘Africa’s Music Treasures‘ which features items from the VOA African music collection. I think you’ll find it a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Independent US Bloggers Beat Voice of America and Radio Liberty in Deliveri
2009-09-08 21:08:00 FreeMediaOnline.org, Free Media Online Blog, GovoritAmerika.us, September 6, 2009, San Francisco — Neither the Voice of America nor Radio Liberty, both US government-funded international broadcasters, provided Internet users and radio listeners with a Russian translation of an article about Vladimir Putin which sparked a major controversy over censorship both in Russia and ...
Voice of America Report Shows Confusion and Divisions Over Obama?s Policy T
2009-08-14 09:18:00 FreeMediaOnline.org, Free Media Online Blog, GovoritAmerika.us, August 13, 2009, San Francisco — A report by a senior Voice of America (VOA) correspondent, posted online today, shows a high level of confusion over the Obama Administration’s new policy of “resetting” relations with Russia. While the report by VOA’s Andre de Nesnera focuses on ...
U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors Silenced Voice of America Radio in Ukr
2009-01-08 05:09:00 FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, January 7, 2009, San Francisco – In yet another show of incredibly poor judgement combined with bad timing and ulterior bureaucratic motives resulting in a major waste of U.S. tax dollars, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a bipartisan body responsible for U.S. international broadcasts, had silenced Voice of America (VOA) radio ...
Henry Loomis, Voice of America Director Who Resisted White House Censorship
2008-11-09 00:47:00 FreeMediaOnline.org and Free Media Online Blog November 8, 2008, San Francisco – Henry Loomis, who died Nov. 2 in Jacksonville, Fla., at age 89, was director of the Voice of America (VOA) during the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations. His obituary was published Nov. 8 in the Washington Post. During his tenure from 1958 to 1965, the VOA Charter ...
Voice of America Takes A Modest Step to Restore Russian Radio Broadcasts
2008-10-23 05:26:00 FreeMediaOnline.org and Free Media Online Blog October 22, 2008, San Francisco – Voice of America (VOA) has taken a small step to restore radio broadcasts to Russia which were terminated by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) shortly before the Russian military attack on Georgia. Responding to criticism from Congress and media freedom organizations, the BBG staff ...
Broadcasting Board of Governors Says Voice of America Radio to Georgia Will
2008-08-21 04:05:00 Listen to the last Voice of America radio broadcast to Russia The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) stopped these VOA broadcasts from Washington on July 26, 2008, 12 days before Russia attacked Georgia. After Russia’s attack on Georgia, it took the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) days to say something about U.S. broadcasting to the war zone. ...
Crippled by Service Closures, Voice of America Struggles To Respond to Russ
2008-08-18 04:13:00 Free MediaOnline.org San Francisco, August 17, 2008 ? Since Russia invaded Georgia earlier this month, four Voice of America Georgian broadcasters in Washington, D.C. have fought exhaustion to keep programming on the air. With VOA Russian radio programs already shut down as a result of cuts ordered by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, they are ...
The Syrian Nuclear Puzzle
2008-05-02 04:15:00 But some observers see other motives in pulling back Syria?s nuclear curtain. Andrew Semmel, the former top State Department official for nonproliferation, tells Voice of America the release may have been aimed at ?putting a positive spin? on intelligence that was bound to leak. Dar Al-Hayat columnist Elias Harfoush sees the disclosure as an attempt ...
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Jewish and Muslim Scholars on Shia-Suni Struggle
2008-04-29 05:00:00 Washington, DC. In last May, an Asia Program event at the Woodrow Wilson Center cosponsored and featured Khaled Ahmed, a Pakistani scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and Yitzhak Nakash, a Jew and an Islamic history expert of the Middle East and former fellow at Wilson Center. Ahmed said that, fortunately or unfortunately, most Pakistani Shias ...
The Boss picks his voice of America
2008-04-20 01:17:00 Bruce Springsteen has never taken lightly his position as the prince of blue-collar America. For many years, he avoided passing comment on subjects that could divide the nation's heartland. 'I don't like the soapbox stuff,' he said some years back.
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Aging and Technology Talk on Voice of America
2008-02-12 23:04:00 Voice of America, which airs to 115 million people worldwide, did a very nice story on Ecumen’s visit to Capitol Hill a couple of weeks ago, where Kathy Bakkenist, COO and senior vice president of strategy and operations; and Ecumen customer Honor Hacker testified on aging and technology before members and staff of the U.S. ...
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Google.org Expands Aid For Disease, Disaster Prevention (Voice of America)
2008-01-20 00:00:00 Google's philanthropic arm has announced $25 million in new grants and investment to help "make the world a better place."
Voice of America Report on Egypt's ID Crisis
2007-12-12 12:48:00 This radio report, prepared by Challiss McDonough, was aired on 12 November 2007 by Voice of America. It addresses the current identification crisis in Egypt. Egyptian Baha'is continue to be deprived of their basic civil rights in their homeland. Two landmark cases will be ruled on by Cairo's Court of Administrative Justice on 25 December 2007. To review the story behind these cases, please click here.Listen to the radio broadcast by clicking on the player below:Powered by Podbean.com
Sectarian Clashes Kill 30 in Northwest Pakistan - Voice of America
2007-11-17 21:00:00 Sectarian Clashes Kill 30 in Northwest Pakistan - Voice of America Voice of America Sectarian Clashes Kill 30 in Northwest PakistanVoice of America - 4 hours agoBy VOA News Pakistani officials say at least 30 people have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in sectarian clashes between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in northwestern Pakistan.Sectarian clashes in Pakistani tribal area; 30 killed ReutersAt least 30 killed in Pakistan violence USA TodayAljazeera.net - AHN - AFPall 16 news articles Bush criticizes Democrats over Iraq war funds - Reuters Washington Post Bush criticizes Democrats over Iraq war fundsReuters - 3 hours agoBy Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - With Congress and the White House engaged in a long-running feud over war funds, President George W. (...)
Laura Bush Praises Kuwaiti Efforts to Improve Education - Voice of America
2007-10-25 03:16:00 Laura Bush Praises Kuwaiti Efforts to Improve Education - Voice of America Voice of America Laura Bush Praises Kuwaiti Efforts to ImproveEducationVoice of America -5 hours agoBy VOA NewsUSfirst lady Laura Bush has praised the efforts of the Kuwaiti government in improvingeducationand implementing aUS-sponsored scholarship…Bush Joins Fight to Break Breast Cancer SilenceArab NewsRemarks by the First Lady at the Launch of theUS-Saudi Arabia…Business Wire (press release)Laura Bush Helps Launch Health CenterThe Associated Pressall 330 news articles Equity Media Joins NAB's DTV-Education Campaign - CNNMoney.com Equity Media Joins NAB's DTV-EducationCampaignCNNMoney.c-om -9 hours agoEquity Media is one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in theUnited States, currently owning stations in 41 markets that cover more… Bookmark to:
Laura Bush Praises Kuwaiti Efforts to Improve Education - Voice of America
2007-10-25 03:15:00 Laura Bush Praises Kuwaiti Efforts to Improve Education - Voice of America Voice of America Laura Bush Praises Kuwaiti Efforts to ImproveEducationVoice of America -5 hours agoBy VOA NewsUSfirst lady Laura Bush has praised the efforts of the Kuwaiti government in improvingeducationand implementing aUS-sponsored scholarship…Bush Joins Fight to Break Breast Cancer SilenceArab NewsRemarks by the First Lady at the Launch of theUS-Saudi Arabia…Business Wire (press release)Laura Bush Helps Launch Health CenterThe Associated Pressall 330 news articles "Illegal alien" education addressed - Baruch College The Ticker "Illegal alien"educationaddressedBa-ruch College The Ticker, NY -Oct 22, 2007"Struggling to Learn" was devoted to legal issues surrounding illegal immigrants in theUS educationsystem. Introduced by Senator Durbin (D-IL),… Equity Media Joins NAB's DTV-Education Campaign - CNNMoney.com Equity Media ...
Britain Announces Further Troop Drawdown in Iraq - Voice of America
2007-10-08 23:00:00 Britain Announces Further Troop Drawdown in Iraq - Voice of America Turkish Press Britain Announces Further Troop Drawdown in IraqVoice of America - 2 hours agoBy Sonja Pace British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced a further drawdown of British troops from Iraq - leaving a total of 2500 troops in southern Iraq by next spring.Britain to cut troop level in Iraq New York Daily NewsUK plans Iraq troop cut to 2500 CNN InternationalTimes Online - Financial Times - Reuters Canada - The Carpetbagger Reportall 739 news articles Jury Flies to Paris to Investigate Princess Diana's Death - ABC News BBC News Jury Flies to Paris to Investigate Princess Diana's DeathABC News - 5 hours agoPolice services prepare to take away the damaged car in the Pont d'Alma tunnel in Paris in which Diana, princess of Wales, and her companion Dodi al Fayed were traveling in this Sunday, Aug. (...)
Voice of America journalists mark 65th anniversary by resisting plans to re
2007-02-25 10:02:01 by Ted Lipien FreeMediaOnline.org Free Media Online, San Francisco, February 24, 2007 — The Voice of America (VOA) marked its 65th anniversary Saturday amid plans to cancel radio broadcasts to many countries where press freedom is under severe attack from dictators and authoritarian rulers. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) - bipartisan body managing VOA and ...
Voice of America: The World Health Organization (WHO) says t
2007-01-14 23:52:02 Voice of America: The World Health Organization (WHO) says that cardiovascular disease causes approximately one third of all deaths worldwide (16.7 million). And those deaths are not just limited to industrialized nations. By 2010, the WHO estimates that heart disease and stroke also will be the leading causes of death in developing countries. But the WHO says heart disease is not always a death sentence. At least 20 million people survive heart disease and stroke every year. And now a blood test can accurately predict a patient's chances of a heart attack. Many people already know what they should do to avoid a heart attack or stroke: Stay away from foods full of saturated fat, salt and carbohydrates. Eat more fruit and vegetables. Exercise more. Don't smoke. Take a cholesterol-lowering drug.But sometimes the odds of a future heart attack or stroke are still higher for those people who have already been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. Sixty-four-year-old Thomas Gray has su... |
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