US Budget Breakthrough Ends Air Travel Delays Most flights were on schedule, as US air travel got back to normal. This came after a week of growing passenger frustration and airline delays caused by not having enough air traffic controllers on duty....
With its economy crumbling, Greece has decided to ask its European neighbors for a two-year extension to 2016 to carry out its latest austerity program. New Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras plans to travel to Paris and Berlin next week to meet wi...
Health Report - Delay Pregnancy After a Miscarriage? This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A miscarriage is the natural loss of a baby before the twentieth week of pregnancy. Experts say many pregnancies end before a woman even knows she was...
ROME, May 2 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri said Lecce delayed the Scudetto delivery on Wednesday with a 1-1 draw at Juventus and gave his side chance. The draw cut Juve's advantage from three points to one over AC Milan who beat...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which contains the car-sized Curiosity rover, has been delayed by a day to Nov. 26, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday. The delay w...
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...
