By Lisa Bryant Paris 19 May 2008 For the first time in more than 15 years, the European Space Agency is recruiting new astronauts to expand its staff for missions to the International Space Station. But Lisa Bryant reports from Paris that chances are...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 April 2008 Australia's spy agency has been brought in to help combat a rise in the number of so-called laser attacks on aircraft landing at the country's busiest airport in Sydney. Pilots say they are being hit with laser lig...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 February 2008 The United Nations and aid agencies are calling for the re-opening of the humanitarian corridor between Cameroon and Chad to allow vital help to reach hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees and internally d...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 07 January 2008 Relief agencies are warning that heavy rains in Mozambique and neighboring countries are causing floods that already have killed six people and made 13,000 homeless. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 December 2007 Aid agencies report significant progress has been made in helping survivors of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami rebuild their lives and livelihoods three years after the disaster struck. While progress has...
By Carol Pearson Washington 05 December 2007 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates most of the food sold in the United States, as well as all drugs, human vaccines and medical devices. Many countries look to the FDA for guidance on food and...
By Michael Bowman Washington 15 November 2007 U.S. space agency officials are facing sharp questions from U.S. lawmakers over a five-year gap in American spaceflight capabilities between the planned 2010 retirement of the space shuttle fleet and the...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 11 October 2007 One of the last foreign aid agencies working in the self-declared Somaliland region in East Africa has suspended operations because of tension between Somaliland and its neighbor, Puntland. As Nick Wadhams repo...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 25 September 2007 With the security situation growing more precarious in Darfur, Sudan's government is warning U.N. agencies and other aid groups that they should accept offers of military escorts, when they travel through the...
By Gary Thomas Washington 14 September 2007 The Central Intelligence Agency marks its 60th birthday this month. The CIA has had a colorful and often controversial history. In this background report, VOA correspondent Gary Thomas looks at the CIA's pa...