Two decades before the famed California gold rush in 1849, America's first gold rush occurred in the southeastern state of Georgia. This gold fever opened new frontiers, but nearly destroyed the Cherokee Indians. For producer Roger Hsu, VOA's Jim Bertel takes us to a place that was built and destroyed by the quest for gold.
The pragmatic measures of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua ended the last nationwide workers strike and he is employing the same pragmatic approach to end the protracted ASUU strike.
A federal appeals court has denied a request by the former Cendant chairman, Walter A. Forbes, to be released pending an appeal of his conviction in a case over one of corporate America’s biggest accounting scandals, Reuters reported.
The Organization of American States has opened its 37th general assembly to address concerns over energy supplies and the need to develop alternative forms of energy. In Panama City, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attended the opening session to pledge the support of the world body.
The American major league baseball season kicked off recently, a sign spring has arrived in North America. But the game some call America's pastime is also growing in popularity around the world. VOA's Ernest Leong was on hand earlier this month for baseball's opening day in Washington, DC.
National Instruments today announced the 2007 Oil and Gas Industry Symposium, a one-day complimentary seminar that reaches 13 major drilling and exploration cities across North America, South America and Europe
Nigerian teen, Folake Dosu, of Bellwood, IL, age 17 and founder of the Birthday Party Project is among the 27 most extraordinary young people honoured by Nestle in America!
U.S. President George Bush has signed into a law a series of new rules for interrogating suspected terrorists and bringing them to trial. Critics say the measure violates defendants' civil liberties.
