By Paula Wolfson Pittsburgh 22 April 2008 The ballot count is underway in a crucial primary election in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Voters chose between two candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination: Senators Barack Obama and...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 21 March 2008 For the first time since 1984, Liberian census takers are visiting dwellings throughout the country to count the inhabitants. Overall estimates of the post-conflict population range widely from two to four milli...
By Meredith Buel Islamabad 18 February 2008 Election officials are counting the votes in Pakistan after a key parliamentary election designed to restore democracy following eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf. VOA Correspond...
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By Phillip Wellman Dakar 10 September 2007 Police keep crowds back from the polling stations after the vote is over Votes are being tallied from Sierra Leone's runoff election Saturday to determine the country's next president. Both the opposition an...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 September 2007 South Korea has chosen an expert on artificial intelligence for the country's first foray into space. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the new astronaut beat out tens of thousands of competitors for a flig...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 August 2007 Voters in in Sierra Leone are anxiously awaiting more election results after a small percentage of the count was announced on Monday. Officials counseled patience while they increased patrols around the country and...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 06 July 2006 Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, known as the IFE, on Wednesday began its official final vote count in an effort to determine who won Sunday's presidential election. Outside IFE's headquarters in Mexico C...
The 1)Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County By Mark Twain Read by Marsh McCandless In 2)compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, 3)ga...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - April 8, 2002: Tobacco in Developing Countries By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Tobacco smoking has long been considered an international health pr...