By Steve Herman New Delhi 01 November 2007 Sanitation experts, town planners and economists are among those gathered in the Indian capital for the 7th World Toilet Summit. VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that those attending the four-day su

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By Sarah Simpson Nairobi 01 November 2007 Residents are continuing to flee Somalia's war-torn capital Mogadishu, making the most of a lull in fighting following one of the most violent weekends in recent months. Aid workers and local journalists say

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By Daniel Schearf Beijing 01 November 2007 A team of American nuclear experts has arrived in North Korea to begin disabling the country's main nuclear facility. North Korea appears on track to keep its promise to divulge and disable all its nuclear f

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 November 2007 Indian stock markets touched record highs this week as foreign investors pour massive funds into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. But as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there are

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 01 November 2007 A suicide bomb attack on a Pakistani Air Force bus has killed at least eight people and wounded several more. The attack comes as officials reported some 70 more militants have been killed in the latest fi

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 19 November 2007 The European Union is urging former Kosovo guerrilla leader Hashim Thaci, who appears to have won Saturday's election as prime minister, to hold back on any unilateral declaration of independence for the Serbia

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By Barry Wood Washington 20 November 2007 Prominent Swedish scholar and Russia specialist Anders Aslund Monday said Vladimir Putin is rebuilding Russia as an authoritarian regime and runs a corrupt government. VOA's Barry Wood has more. Aslund says t

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 20 November 2007 Pakistan's Interior Ministry says about 3,400 prisoners detained since emergency rule was decreed on November 3 have since been released. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad,that officials say some

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 20 November 2007 Australians go to the polls this Saturday, with conservative Prime Minister John Howard fighting for his political life against his left-of-center rival, Kevin Rudd. Mr. Howard has been in office for more than a

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 20 November 2007 A national transportation strike marked its seventh day in France, Tuesday - even as civil servants took to the streets for a separate one-day strike. Lisa Bryant has more on the demonstrations from Paris. Teache

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 20 November 2007 Experts involved in a two-year program on disaster mitigation run by United Nations and other bodies aim to raise awareness at schools about the dangers of natural disasters, and how to react when disasters stri

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 20 November 2007 The United Nations has sharply reduced its estimate of the size of the world's AIDS epidemic in a new report published Monday. The revised figures particularly reflect new numbers for the virus in India - but als

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 November 2007 Nigeria has rejected plans to host the U.S. African military command, or AFRICOM, on the continent. The government's position was announced at the end of President Umaru Yar'Adua's meeting with state governo

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By Noel King Goma, DRC 20 November 2007 In the wake of a rebellion led by Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda, in eastern Congo's North Kivu province, formerly peaceful communities have ruptured along ethnic lines. Congo's minority Tutsi population is incre

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 20 November 2007 In Somalia, the head of a clan-based group that has been critical of the presence of Ethiopian troops in the country tells VOA that he has been forced to flee the Somali capital after receiving unspecified threa

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By VOA News 20 November 2007 Two separate teams of scientists say they have transformed ordinary human skin cells into ones that look and act like embryonic stem cells. Laboratory teams at universities in the United States and Japan Tuesday announced

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By Jim Malone Washington 20 November 2007 A new public opinion poll shows a very close race between Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the early contest state of Iowa. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports

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By Scott Stearns Washington 20 November 2007 Thursday is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. So it is time for the American president to take part in the annual ritual of sparing the life of the National Thanksgiving Turkey. VOA White Hous

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 November 2007 Palestinians have paid tribute to their late president Yasser Arafat, a legendary Arab leader in the Middle East. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the ceremony comes against the backgro

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By Jim Stevenson Washington 14 November 2007 The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced the hiring of Sweden's Pia Sundhage to coach the American women's national team through the 2008 Beijing Olympics. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports. Sundhage, who starre

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