By Brian Wagner Kennedy Space Center, Florida 16 August 2007 Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched Thousands of people traveled to Kennedy Space Center for the recent launch of the shuttle Endeavour, and many more watched on television. VOA's Brian Wag...
By Barry Wood Pristina 12 August 2007 A new and possibly final round of negotiations to determine the status of the majority of ethnic Albanian in Serbian province of Kosovo have been launched in Belgrade and Pristina. VOA's Barry Wood reports what a...
By Cindy Saine Washington 08 August 2007 Shuttle Endeavour lifts off launch pad The U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour has lifted off into space late Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida and is heading towards the International Space Station for a constr...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 July 2007 The UN refugee agency is appealing for $48 million to provide badly needed assistance until the end of next year for thousands of Somali refugees who have recently fled conflict in Somalia. Lisa Schlein reports for...
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 11 July 2007 Nepalese women carry fodder on a street in Kathmandu, (File Photo) The U.N.'s World Food Program is appealing for $49 million to help more than a million people affected by a decade of conflict. The WFP says th...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 10 July 2007 Pakistani paramilitary troops take position during heavy gunbattle with militants at Lal masjid, or Red Mosque, 10 July 2007 Pakistani security forces have launched a military assault on militants holding Islam...
By Brian Wagner Caracas 27 May 2007 Supporters of television station Radio Caracas Television, RCTV, protest in Caracas, 26 May 2007 Venezuelan officials are readying to launch a new television station that will replace the nation's oldest private br...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 10 February 2007 U.S. Senator Barack Obama officially entered the 2008 presidential race Saturday, saying he wants to work to build a more hopeful America. The Illinois senator, who hopes to become the United States' fi...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 09 February 2007 Five nations held a ceremony in Rome Friday to launch a $1.5 billion vaccine program to save the lives of millions of children in poor nations. Pope Benedict XVIpraised the initiative and encouraged the in...
By Jim Malone Washington 30 November 2006 Iowa's Democratic governor, Tom Vilsack, officially became the first presidential candidate for 2008 on Thursday. Several other potential candidates have either taken themselves out of the running for the Wh...