By Steve Herman Islamabad 20 March 2008 Although it is not revealing a name, the Pakistan Peoples Party appears to have selected its choice for the country's next prime minister. But, as VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from Islamabad, the sele

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By Jim Malone Washington 05 March 2008 Republican Senator John McCain won all four presidential primary votes on Tuesday and American news organizations now estimate he has clinched the Republican Party's presidential nomination. In the Democratic ra

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By Cindy Saine Washington 06 March 2008 Democratic Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are attacking each other on their foreign policy and national security credentials, as both candidates brace for a long and grueling battle for their party's

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By Dan Robinson Washington 05 March 2008 U.S. lawmakers have again pressed Bush administration officials for details of negotiations that will lay the groundwork for future U.S. commitments to Iraq. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where

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By Cindy Saine Washington 17 March 2008 Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain is visiting Iraq, as part of a trip to the Middle East and Europe that highlights his foreign policy and national security experience. In Washington, Democr

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By Carol Pearson Washington 13 March 2008 Only three people worldwide have received partial face transplants, two in France and one in China. But now a hospital in Boston is ready to do the next one. VOA's Carol Pearson has more.

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By Meredith Buel State Departmnet 12 March 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is traveling to Brazil and Chile this week to highlight the United States' strong relationship with two strategic countries in Latin America. Rice is expected to

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By Scott Stearns White House 13 March 2008 President Bush says he will veto a terrorist-surveillance bill that contains provisions added by opposition Democrats in the House of Representatives, because he says the bill as written would undermine nati

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 March 2008 The Zimbabwe state media has been accused of bias in favor of the ruling ZANU-PF party by media monitors observing the run up to national elections on March 29. And as Peta Thornycroft reports, monito

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By Cindy Saine Washington 13 March 2008 Senator Barack Obama has expressed frustration that racial issues keep rising to the surface in his battle with Senator Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. In the latest skirmish, a prom

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 11 March 2008 The U.N. Security Council has expressed deep concern about the situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan, where violence has surged recently, and has called for all parties to observe a cease-fire. F

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By Nina Maria Potts Brussels 07 March 2008 The glorification of terrorism is not a crime -- that is the word from the European Parliament, which recently voted against a proposal calling on EU countries to change the definition of terrorist offenses.

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 05 March 2008 Kenya's parliament is set to reconvene Thursday to begin the process of enacting a power-sharing agreement reached last week between the country's two main parties. But as Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, incid

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By Gary Thomas Washington 20 March 2008 Loyalists of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were big winners in the recent parliamentary elections. With many reformists locked out of the electoral process, the contests were primarily between different faction

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By Greg Flakus Houston 11 March 2008 Voters in the southern state of Mississippi are going to the polls in that state's Democratic Party presidential primary. Opinion polls put Senator Barack Obama in first place, but, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports fr

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 18 March 2008 Nigeria's senior oil workers union is threatening a nationwide strike to protest the firing of some of its members by ExxonMobil. Members are to meet later Tuesday, following the expiration of a 21-day ultimatu

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By Scott Stearns White House 04 March 2008 President Bush is backing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in his stand-off with Venezuela and Ecuador. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Col

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By Brian Wagner Miami 07 March 2008 The presidents of Colombia and Ecuador say they have resolved a dispute sparked by a Colombian attack on a rebel base inside Ecuador last week. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the agreement came after the two

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By Daniel Schearf Irbil 14 March 2008 The Iraqi government says a lack of trust between politicians is slowing progress on national reconciliation. Critics have warned the government needs to start providing much needed social services to Iraqis or r

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By George Dwyer Washington 07 March 2008 Saturday, March 8th is International Women's Day, a day to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women. One woman who has been an inspiration for women in Afghanistan is Massouda Jalal,

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