The court has heard how Kang Guek Eav, also known as Duch, ran the S-21 death camp. Luke Hunt | Phnom Penh 23 November 2009 Photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia shows a general view of the U.N.-backed tribunal court

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A group of women in Southeastern Senegal pooled their money, bought 25 sheep for $35 each, now selling their largest ones for around $165, in their latest business project, called Operation Tabaski Ricci Shryock | Dakar 23 November 2009 Photo: VOA P

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Curator says ticket sales set a record for the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC Zulima Palacio | Washington, DC 23 November 2009 More than 2000 years old, the warrior and his horse is one of the clay cavalrymen that once protected the tom

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The contraction in global trade in the past year has led many governments in Asia, including Thailand, to take a fresh look at an economic model that has led growth over recent decades. Bangkok 23 November 2009 A Thai worker loads boxes into an expo

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News Reporters from Somalia, Tunisia, Azerbaijani, Sri Lanka cited for upholding press freedoms in their countries Chris Simkins | Washington, DC 23 November 2009 The director of Somalia's largest media company (HornAfrik) was killed on the streets

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Saudi authorities say victim was not vaccinated against infection Chinedu Offor | Washington DC 23 November 2009 Its all talk about it but in terms of seeing what is on the ground, I have not seen much A Nigerian pilgrim has died of swine flu in Sau

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About 2.5 million Muslims are converging on Mecca this week to take part in the annual Hajj. This year many pilgrims are adding extra step to their preparations for the ritual - getting the H1N1 vaccine. Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 23 November 2009 The

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Iraq's Sunni Arab Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi says he may veto a proposed electoral law, which was amended Monday by parliament. The head of Iraq's electoral commission says failure to pass the law will delay elections by at least a month from t

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By Mariama Diallo Washington 06 November 2009 American filmmaker Bryan Single explores the rehabilitation process of former child soldiers in northern Ugandan in his new movie Children of War. The film premiered recently in Washington. Children of W

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans 09 November 2009 The National World War Two Museum in New Orleans has opened a new $60-million building that houses a musical theater, a restaurant and a large movie theater for what is billed as a four-dimensional multime

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 09 November 2009 President Obama, speaking at the White House, 6 Nov 2009 U.S. President Obama heads to East Asia this week for his first trans-Pacific trip in office. Asians are waiting to take the measure of Barack Obam

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By Mil Arcega Washington 05 November 2009 Warren Buffett American billionaire investor Warren Buffett has cast a big vote of confidence on the U.S. economy by purchasing one of the nation's largest rail systems. The deal, worth $44 billion, marks th

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President Teodoro Obiang is expected to easily win Equatorial Guinea's presidential vote Sunday; 291,000 people are registered to vote Kate Thomas | Dakar 27 November 2009 General view of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (2008 file photo) Equatorial Guinea

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One of a Muslim's duties, according to the five pillars of Islam, is to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca at least once during his or her lifetime. An estimated three million Muslims have traveled to Mecca to perform the Hajj. Mohamed Elsh

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Bipartisan legislation on so called conflict minerals was recently introduced in the US House of Representatives. The bill is designed to create transparency and allow consumers to make informed choices when they purchase electronic devices like cel

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The Friday after the American holiday of Thanksgiving is called Black Friday. According to lore it's the day that store ledgers move into the black and companies become profitable. Elzabeth Lee | Washington 26 November 2009 Black Friday shoppers (fi

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Mr. Karzai says he is once again calling on his Afghan brothers - the Taliban and other Islamist militants groups - to come back to their homeland to work toward peace, stability and prosperity. Sean Maroney | Islamabad 27 November 2009 In this hand

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A vast sea of white-cloaked pilgrims gathered inside and outside the Namera mosque on Mount Arafat to hear the afternoon call to prayer on the second day of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Edward Yeranian | Cairo, Egypt 26 November 2009 Musli

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Election analysts say President Hifikepunye Pohamba is poised to win a second, five-year term. His ruling South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) is forecast to retain its two-thirds majority in parliament. Scott Bobb | Johannesburg 27 Nove

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Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims performed the ritual stoning of the devil at Muzdalifa, outside the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Friday, in one of the high points of the annual Hajj. Edward Yeranian | Cairo 27 November 2009 Muslim pilgrim thro

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