Note that this is likely from Reuters and not in the public domain
Only articles on VOAnews.com that are written 100% by VOA are in the pubic domain.
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See the bottom of the article where it credits Reuters. There is a VOA page that explains that some of their material is from other sources, so you need to be careful.
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