By Margaret Besheer Washington 10 February 2007 U.S. Senator Barack Obama officially entered the 2008 presidential race Saturday, saying he wants to work to build a more hopeful America. The Illinois senator, who hopes to become the United States' fi...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 09 February 2007 Five nations held a ceremony in Rome Friday to launch a $1.5 billion vaccine program to save the lives of millions of children in poor nations. Pope Benedict XVIpraised the initiative and encouraged the in...
By Jim Malone Washington 30 November 2006 Iowa's Democratic governor, Tom Vilsack, officially became the first presidential candidate for 2008 on Thursday. Several other potential candidates have either taken themselves out of the running for the Wh...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 15 November 2006 watch Al Jazeera Launch The Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera frequently makes news when it reports news. The station has not only aired controversial interviews with terrorists such as Osama Bin Laden, bu...
By Efam Dovi Accra, Ghana 06 September 2006 Ghana's President, J.A. Kufuor, has launched a debt relief project that aimed at benefiting small businesses in the poverty-stricken country. Efam Dovi reports for VOA from Accra the deal is part of a $200...
By David McAlary Washington 26 June 2006 Members of the space shuttle Discovery crew leave the Operations and Checkout building during a count down dress rehearsal for flight STS-121 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Flarida on June 15,...
By Paula Wolfson White House 13 March 2006 President Bush has launched a new campaign to win support for the Iraq war at, what he calls, "a difficult time." VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White...
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 19 January 2006 watch Pluto Mission report The U.S. space agency NASA delayed the launch Wednesday of a rocket carrying a probe that will study the planet Pluto and its...
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 19 January 2006 watch Pluto Mission report The U.S. space agency NASA delayed the launch Wednesday of a rocket carrying a probe that will study the planet Pluto and its...
Broadcast: Jan 20 , 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A new international coalition has been launched to help fight AIDS and the H-I-V virus that causes it. The new...