The major announcement was the launch of the "Secretary's Innovation Award for Women's and Girls' Empowerment."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Most notably,the most recent surveys in 2006 and 2008 showed no increase in reported TV Marti viewership after the launch of the Aero Marti and Direct Broadcasting,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

Former U.N.Secretary-General Kofi Annan also warned of the harmful effects of the global recession on Africa during the launch of the annual report of the Africa Progress Panel.

VOA: standard.2009.06.10

The head of football's governing body, Sepp Blatter, accompanied the South African president to the impoverished township of Alexandra, in northeastern Johannesburg, for the launch of the Football for Hope Tournament.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

The weather was good. The scientists had planned that part of the rocket would fall into the ocean after the launch.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

The Philippine Department of Agriculture and the International Rice Research Institute plan to launch a free service next month.

VOA: special.2010.08.17

The musical helped launch the careers of several African American performers, including singers Josephine Baker and Paul Robeson.

VOA: special.2010.10.08

Western nations are concerned that Iran could use the missile technology to launch a nuclear weapon, which Iran is suspected of building.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

Next year, the Chinese plan to launch a small space laboratory to practice docking of spacecraft in orbit.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

President Ahmadinejad reportedly called the satellite launch "a message of brotherhood and peace" to the world.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

The agency carried out a test flight of its next-generation launch vehicle for astronauts.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

And,as more nations launch spacecraft, the risk of debris strikes will only grow.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

He said the North Korean launch proves the need for nations to cooperate to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and to remove those that already exist.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

The launch was early on the morning of December twenty-first,nineteen sixty-eight.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

It was about six hours since the launch of Gemini Six.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

So,they decided to launch the next flight, Gemini Seven,instead of waiting.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

Clouds would prevent filming of the launch.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

North Korea has warned it will pull out of nuclear disarmament talks, if international sanctions are imposed because of the launch.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

The long-range rocket Pyongyang intends to launch is theoretically capable of delivering a warhead as far as the western United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

South Korea's Wi says even a satellite launch is troubling, in the tense context of the North's weapons programs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

But earlier this month, the Indian government said it will launch a new round of "quiet diplomacy" with Kashmiri separatists.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

NATO forces are preparing to launch security operations against suspected militant bases in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

And both parties seek the re-launch of negotiations as soon as possible, although there are differences between them on how to proceed,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

NASA officials say cameras mounted on Endeavour showed several pieces of debris falling away and hitting the shuttle during launch late Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

The Security Council resolution was put in place after North Korea' first nuclear weapons test and the launch of a ballistic missile.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

The North Korean rocket expected to launch this weekend is theoretically capable of reaching the western United States.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

North Korea is warning the United States not to send surveillance planes too close to the site of a planned long-range rocket launch.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01