Ethiopia has agreed to a brief delay in its troop pullout from Somalia to allow the international community time to organize a replacement force. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports the African Union is issuing an urgent appeal for manpower...
Malaysi an opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he will proceed cautiously in his bid to topple the government, backing down from previous assertions his opposition alliance was poised to take control. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins reports....
By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 May 2008 South Korean lawmakers from mainly liberal parties say they will block ratification of a major free-trade deal with the United States amid a panic about American beef imports. The political stalemate ends hopes for a s...
By Sabina Castelfranco Khartoum 14 March 2008 With just one month to go before a scheduled nationwide population and housing census ahead of 2009 general elections in Sudan, U.N. officials and regional leaders are confident they will succeed. But the...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 13 March 2008 Planned Chad-Sudan peace talks have faced more delays on the sidelines of the Islamic conference being held in Senegal. Host Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade promised a new deal, but instead so far his efforts...
By Brian Wagner Miami 06 February 2008 NASA officials say expected rain showers may delay Thursday's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis whose mission is to deliver a new science lab to the International Space Station. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner r...
By Michael Bowman Washington 05 February 2008 The U.S. Space Agency (NASA) says everything is running smoothly ahead of Thursday's launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis , assuming the weather cooperates. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman has detai...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 01 February 2008 The European Union has announced it would delay a peacekeeping mission to Chad because of a new rebel offensive against N'Djamena's government. Meanwhile, Lisa Bryant reports from Paris the French government is d...
By Carolyn Presutti Washington 09 November 2007 Lebanon has postponed presidential elections twice in the past two months.A group of Christian bishops in Lebanon worries that the election deadlock is affecting national unity. As VOA's Carolyn Presutt...
By Al Pessin Prague 23 October 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States might be willing to postpone activation of missile-defense sites planned for Poland and the Czech Republic until there is proof Iran has missiles that coul...