By Steve Herman Kathmandu 10 April 2008 Millions of voters in Nepal braved threats of violence and harsh terrain to cast ballots in a historic election to choose a 601-member national assembly that is to write a constitution. The twice-delayed electi...
By Alex Villarreal Washington 01 November 2007 NASA has delayed yet again the fourth spacewalk of U.S. shuttle Discovery's two-week mission to boost the capability of the International Space Station. The walk, originally set for Thursday, was first m...
By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 21 June 2007 Government and industry officials say America's crowded airways are becoming more so. The technology exists to make air travel safer, and energy efficient, but so far efforts to improve the situation are mo...
By Nico Colombant Abuja 20 April 2007 Violence and delays are marking the hours before Saturday's (today's) presidential vote in Nigeria. Militant leaders in the oil-rich but restive south are vowing to disrupt the process. VOA's Nico Colombant repor...
By Nico Colombant Abuja 20 April 2007 Delays and accusations of rigging are marring Nigeria's presidential and legislative elections, even before polls open on Saturday. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from Abuja. Many fear Nigeria elections will be cha...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 11 April 2007 U.S. special envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios says the United States has agreed to a request from U.N. Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon to delay imposing new sanctions against Sudan to give him more time to press...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 14 December 2006 OPEC oil ministers meeting in Nigeria have agreed to cut the organization's overall production by half a million barrels a day in February, but turned down calls for more immediate cuts. Gilbert da Costa re...
By Cindy Saine Washington 01 July 2006 In this image made from NASA TV, German Astronaut Thomas Reiter exits the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral The space shuttle Discovery was set to lift off (at 1949 UTC) Satu...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 08 June 2006 U.S. officials have told Congress U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq are being significantly, and expensively, hampered by security concerns. This was among the issues raised as lawmakers grilled administrati...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 24 February 2006 Japan is facing a succession crisis, not for political leadership, but at the Imperial Palace, where there is a dearth of male heirs for the Chrysanthemum Throne...