CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Launch Services Program has awarded a pair of indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., and Spaceport Systems International in Colorado Springs, Colo. The companies will provide the necessary facilities to perform payload processing services for NASA missions launching from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.Israel is planning to offer goodwill gestures to Palestinian moderates in the West Bank after the fall of the Gaza Strip to the Islamic militant group Hamas. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the steps will be presented at a four-way Middle East summit next week.Unions in Nigeria have vowed to intensify a three-day old strike called to protest a hike in fuel prices. As Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja, union officials and government representatives met Thursday night but failed to make progress in ending the strike.
