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By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 27 January 2006 watch Gene report Mapping the Human Genome has been one of the most complex research projects of recent decades. Its findings could open many windows,
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 23 January 2006 A bus carrying Shell contract workers leaves the airport after the workers were evacuated from Benisede oil platform in Warri, Jan. 15, 2006 Nigerian militant
By Barry Wood Washington 21 January 2006 Ibrahim Rugova Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova, the father of the province's movement to gain independence from Serbia, died of lung cancer on Saturday. He was
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 24 January 2006 Opposition politicians in Kenya are calling for early elections and other tough measures following damning allegations by the former head of a government corr
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 17 February 2006 watch G8 Democracy report Russia recently assumed the rotating presidency of the G-8, prompting a discussion in the United States about whether that c
By Michael Drudge London 23 February 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he will not have contact with the Hamas group that won the recent Palestinian elections until and unless it accepts Isr
By Sonja Pace 21 February 2006 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Ismail Haniyeh seen during talks in Gaza City, February 20, 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has offici
By Benjamin Sand Kabul 30 March 2006 Afghan woman walks past a ravaged building destroyed during the civil war in Kabul After more than three decades of war and civil unrest, Afghanistan remains one o
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 11 March 2006 Ivory Coast's former president Henri Konan Bedie The previously deposed president of divided Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bedie, has launched a new bid to reclaim t
By Margaret Besheer Erbil, Iraq 25 June 2006 Nearly three million Iraqis are at risk each day from landmines and other unexploded bombs and munitions from conflicts past and present. By some estimates, as many as 20 million landmines are buried acro
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 16 July 2006 Vietnam A high school mathematics teacher in Vietnam has provoked a furor with videotapes of flagrant, school-sponsored cheating on high school graduation exams. The government has congratulated the teacher, but
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 09 March 2006 Benin is awaiting results from presidential elections, as allegations of fraud are mounting. Sunday's vote started in confusion when the outgoing president said the
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 11 July 2006 Indonesia's parliament has passed a bill to extend political autonomy for Aceh, but human-rights activists and former Achenese rebels say the law does not satisfy a 2005 peace agreement. The conflict has revived
By VOA News 05 May 2006 Porter Goss, left, with President Bush in the Oval Office, May 5, 2006 The head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Porter Goss, has resigned. Announcing the move Friday, Presi
By Craig Fitzpatrick Calvert County, Maryland 06 February 2006 watch Tobacco Farmers report In recent months, several countries in Europe have banned cigarette smoking in enclosed public spaces, somet
By Peter Fedynsky Washington 06 January 2006 watch Corruption report One of Washington's most powerful lobbyists, Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty to corruption charges twice this week, in Washington on
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 15 March 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during speech to joint meeting of US Congress, March 15, 2006 In an address to the U.S. Congress, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirl
By Lisa Bryant Paris 04 March 2006 Youssef Fofana, center, the lead suspect in the torture killing of a young French Jewish man, is escorted to a French military plane The alleged leader of a gang acc
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 06 September 2006 Five years ago, the United States was struck by the most devastating terrorist attack in its history. Subsequent investigations indicated that al-Qaida, a radical Islamic group led by Osama bin Laden,
By Greg Flakus New Orleans, LA 03 February 2006 watch New Orleans Jazz report New Orleans is known around the world as a birthplace of jazz. Hurricane Katrina scattered many of the city's musicians an