By Brian Wagner Miami 06 February 2008 NASA officials say expected rain showers may delay Thursday's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis whose mission is to deliver a new science lab to the International Space Station. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner r...
By Michael Bowman Washington 05 February 2008 The U.S. Space Agency (NASA) says everything is running smoothly ahead of Thursday's launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis , assuming the weather cooperates. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman has detai...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 01 February 2008 The European Union has announced it would delay a peacekeeping mission to Chad because of a new rebel offensive against N'Djamena's government. Meanwhile, Lisa Bryant reports from Paris the French government is d...
By Carolyn Presutti Washington 09 November 2007 Lebanon has postponed presidential elections twice in the past two months.A group of Christian bishops in Lebanon worries that the election deadlock is affecting national unity. As VOA's Carolyn Presutt...
By Al Pessin Prague 23 October 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States might be willing to postpone activation of missile-defense sites planned for Poland and the Czech Republic until there is proof Iran has missiles that coul...
By David Gollust New York 28 September 2007 Major world powers meeting Friday in New York agreed to delay a new UN sanctions resolution against Iran until November. The five permanent U.N. Security Council member countries and Germany said sanctions...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 20 August 2007 Judges presiding over the war crimes trial of ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor have postponed the trial until January 7 to give new defense lawyers time to prepare their case. Taylor dismissed his previous lawyer...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 02 July 2007 Vote counting has been slightly delayed in the East Timor parliamentary elections but the count has finally gotten under way in the capital Dili, two days after the June 30 elections. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Colli...
By Al Pessin Washington 23 May 2006 A senior U.S. military officer says the delay in appointing new Iraqi Defense and Interior ministers will have an effect on efforts to withdraw significant numbers...
By David Gollust State Department 24 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday there should be no further delay on a U.N. Security Council statement calling on Iran to halt ura...