What happens when you find out that the people you thought were your family helped to kill your real parents? In Buenos Aires, the orphans of the disappeared tell their stories

For 27 years Victoria Donda believed that her name was AnalÍa, that she was born on a patch of wasteland in Buenos Aires and brought up by two loving parents. Three years ago she was told the awful truth: she was born in a secret torture centre run by the brutal junta that governed Argentina for seven years, she was ripped from her mother’s arms when she was 15 days old, and – most heartbreaking of all – the people she thought were her family were part of a regime responsible for the political abduction and murder of her real parents.

Afghan officials say at least 12 civilian construction workers have been killed in airstrikes by U.S.-led coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan..

The governor of eastern Nuristan province, Tamin Nuristani, says the workers were sleeping in tents when the attack happened earlier this week. He says U.S. military officials launched the airstrikes after receiving information that Taliban insurgents were in the the area.

Human rights advocates say China is not doing enough to address the crisis in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur. One group is calling on corporate sponsors of the 2008 Olympic Games to push China to do more. But as VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washington, their responses have also drawn criticism.

Many Americans may not think they've achieved financial success, but the reality is that the United States is more prosperous than at any time in history.

Few phrases in our political vocabulary are more abused than "the American dream." The standards for achieving the dream have become so open-ended and expansive that, inevitably, we must fail. Does it mean becoming a homeowner? Enjoying increased living standards? Having "opportunity"? Rising above your parents' class? Achieving economic security if you "play by the rules"? Or all of the above--and more?

Portuguese investigators trying to solve the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have flown to the UK ahead of their first face-to-face meeting with British police and forensic scientists working on the case.

The Tories have accused the Government of lurching "from disaster to disaster" as Gordon Brown's chief fundraiser admitted that he knew a millionaire property developer was disguising his donations.