By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 03 August 2007 Engineers with the U.S. space agency NASA are fixing a cabin leak discovered earlier this week in the space shuttle Endeavour . Officials are saying the problem will not delay the scheduled August 7 launc...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 August 2007 The U.N. refugee agency reports between February and May, more than 400,000 civilians fled the Somali capital Mogadishu. This was sparked by heavy fighting between the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Govern...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 03 August 2007 Negotiations aimed at resolving Sudan's brutal Darfur conflict faltered before they began on Friday after a leading rebel groups refused to participate. As Nick Wadhams reports from our East Africa bureau in Nai...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 03 August 2007 Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the release of a leading opposition politician, who was jailed four years ago after criticizing the country's powerful military. VOA's Benjamin Sand reports from Islamabad...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 03 August 2007 The Thai Government is seeking closer links with Muslim countries, part of a two-pronged strategy to end separatist violence in three of its southern provinces. Even as the government was announcing the plan, at l...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 03 August 2007 Afghan doctors say they may soon get a chance to visit South Korean hostages held by the Taleban in Afghanistan. Two of the surviving 21 hostages are reported to be gravely ill, and South Korean and Afghan officials...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 03 August 2007 Relief workers are struggling to help at least 20 million people affected by floods in South Asia. More than 200 people have died so far in this year's annual monsoon rains. Anjana Pasricha in VOA's New Del...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 03 August 2007 The text of a historic civilian nuclear agreement between India and the United States has been released, a week after the deal was announced. As VOA's Steve Herman reports from the Indian capital, the document...
By Suzanne Presto New York 02 August 2007 The Republic of Congo has assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council. VOA's Suzanne Presto in New York reports that Congo indicated that African issues will be high priorities this...
By Deborah Tate Washington 02 August 2007 The U.S. Senate Thursday approved legislation that strengthens ethics and lobbying laws. The measure, which passed the House of Representatives earlier this week, now goes to President Bush for his signature....
By Greg Flakus Houston 02 August 2007 In October, NASA, the U.S. Space Agency, plans major additions to the International Space Station (ISS) in two separate missions, both of which will be under the command of female astronauts. The two women who wi...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 02 August 2007 A human rights group is accusing pro-government and rebel forces in the Ivory Coast of subjecting thousands of women and girls to rape and other forms of sexual assault. In a report issued Thursday, Human Rights Wa...
By Melinda Smith Washington 02 August 2007 Doctors estimate that one out of every 1,000 babies around the world die of a condition called Sudden Infant Death Syndrome [also known as 'crib death' or 'cot death']. It is a parent's worst nightmare: the...
By Al Pessin Washington 02 August 2007 Investigators from the U.S. Congress say earlier this year the Defense Department sold nearly 1,400 collections of surplus parts that can be used in aging fighter jets now only flown by Iran, in spite of a ban o...
By Anita Elash Paris 02 August 2007 The international community has thrown its support behind the United Nations resolution authorizing a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force in Darfur. The force is to be in place by January. But some experts say getting...
