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By Michael Bowman Washington 30 December 2007 Pakistan's military says, despite massive chaos and turmoil in the aftermath of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the country's nuclear weapons are safe and secure. VOA's Micha
Locust Infest More of Madagascar The locust plague in Madagascar is getting much worse. More than half the nation is now infested. The U.N. says time is rapidly running out to bring the voracious insects under control. The Food and Agriculture Organi
Activists: Nigeria Elections Should Be Postponed 活动人士称尼日利亚应该推迟选举 WASHINGTON Nigerian expatriates and activists recently gathered in Washington to denounce the deadly raids and massacres by the militant group Boko Haram.
Iraqi officials say they have postponed a key national conference that was scheduled to start on Saturday. The aim was to choose a special council to oversee the new interim government. 伊拉克官员说,他们推迟了原定星期六举行的一次
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 11 March 2008 Vietnam's financial markets have had a tumultuous year. The once high-flying stock market has fallen more than 30 percent, since January 1, and inflation has ballooned. A major investors' conference was schedule
By Amelia Shaw Port-au-Prince 09 January 2006 Haitian officials have announced Monday a new date for national elections. The troubled country has been battling violence and insecurity, as it struggles
By George Dwyer Washington, D.C. 24 July 2006 watch Google profit report Google Inc., the U.S.-based web search firm, announced last week its profits have more than doubled in the most recent quarter. The company has managed to avoid the seasonal sl
By Scott Stearns Amman, Jordan 29 November 2006 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. President George Bush put off their meeting in Jordan until Thursday. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Bush Administration officials sa
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 March 2006 Sri Lanka has held local government elections that are being widely seen as a referendum on President Mahinda Rajapakse's handling of a peace process with th
The U.S. embassy in Sudan is warning of a threat by Islamist extremists to attack the Sudanese government as well as Western interests. A statement on the U.S. embassy website warned that a post on a radical Islamist website threatened an attack on
By Anne Look Dakar 29 September 2009 Ivory Coast announced that it will release provisional voter lists Thursday for the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November. With just two months before the presidential poll, th
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 09 October 2006 A worker is seen on the Airbus A 380 superjumbo assembly line in Toulouse, southwestern France Several airlines in the Asia-Pacific region are reviewing their options after the latest delay in the delivery
By Selah Hennessy London 06 November 2009 Senior negotiators at a U.N. conference in Barcelona say a legally binding environment treaty will be delayed. In the final day of a weeklong conference, world leaders say a global climate treaty might be po
By Michael Bowman Washington 15 November 2007 U.S. space agency officials are facing sharp questions from U.S. lawmakers over a five-year gap in American spaceflight capabilities between the planned 2010 retirement of the space shuttle fleet and the
By David Gollust State Department 05 July 2006 The United States says Iran has had plenty of time to consider the nuclear offer by major powers, and that an answer is needed by next week. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed the issue by te
U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell is on the second day of a visit to Israel, where he is working to jump-start the peace process. It has been a slow start for the U.S. official in his efforts to bridge the gaps. U.S. Mideast envo
Countries along the Mekong River have disagreed with Laos on its proposal to build the first hydropower dam on the main stream of the lower river. Laos says the dam will cause no serious problems, while its neighbors say more information is needed ab
U.S. President George Bush has arrived in Seoul, South Korea, the first stop on a week-long Asian tour that will also take him to Thailand and China for the opening of the Beijing Olympics. Thousands of South Koreans opposed to the resumption of U.S.
By Anne Look Dakar 13 October 2009 Former Ivorian prime minister Alassane Dramane Ouattara declared his candidacy for the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November. Former Ivorian prime minister Alassane Ouattara (fil
14 people have been rescued and seven are confirmed dead following a shipping accident on the Yangtze River. Rescuers are racing against time as they try to find more survivors from the more than 400 people still unaccounted for. More than 4,600 resc