By William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 In Somalia, which has not had an effective central government in 16 years, the UN says an estimated 1.4 million people need emergency humanitarian relief. Of those, 400,000 are those whove been interna

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 30 November 2006 On the eve of World AIDS Day, Kenyan doctors and activists are calling on the Kenyan government to declare tuberculosis a national disaster and enact special legislation to deal with the highly contagious d

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By Michael Gutkin, Alona Cherkassky New York 30 June 2006 Watch Homeless Report Father Vadim Arefyev VOA's Russian Service introduced us to Father Vadim two years ago. He opened the first shelter for homeless Russians in Brooklyn, New York. VOA rece

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By Doug Levine Washington 30 April 2006 Donald Fagen likes to take his time. It took his group Steely Dan more than 20 years to tour, and it took the singer and keyboardist even longer to tour as a so

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 11 July 2006 Guantanamo detainees (file photo) The Bush administration for the first time has acknowledged that all detainees held by the U.S. military are subject to the protections under the Geneva Conventions. The Pen

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 14 November 2006 In South Africa, the National Assembly has passed a law legalizing same sex unions. The first such law in Africa, it sparked heated debate for months. Participants take part in Johannesburg's 17th Gay Prid

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 December 2006 Four people have been wounded in the latest violence between rival Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, a deadly shooting incident has set off a wav

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 13 April 2006 The head of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, says the biggest obstacle to economic growth in Indonesia is the country's endemic corruption. Paul Wolfowitz

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By Jim Malone 06 November 2006 US Supreme Court, Washington DC The U.S. Supreme Court takes up the divisive issue of abortion Wednesday in a legal challenge that is being closely watched by abortion rights supporters and opponents. ---- At issue are

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 06 October 2006 West African leaders are meeting in Abuja to discuss how war-divided Ivory Coast should be run, after a U.N.-backed transitional government expires at the end of this month. The meeting is viewed as a crucia

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington 15 March 2006 Three years ago, President Bush ordered coalition forces to invade Iraq to free its people and to act on intelligence that indicated its dictator had weapons

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By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 03 October 2006 watch Russia Gazprom report Illustration of Gazprom pipelines Russia's largest company, Gazprom, is now the leading supplier of natural gas to Europe. The state-run Russian conglomerate is also expanding into

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By Chad Bouchard Yogyakarta, Indonesia 15 December 2006 Government leaders from around Asia have pledged to boost air quality control programs in some of the most polluted cities of the world. As Chad Bouchard reports from the Indonesian city of Yog

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 03 October 2006 The new Thai prime minister, retired Army General Surayud Chulanont, is highly respected within his country. But Mr. Surayud faces enormous challenges in getting Thailand's democracy back on track following last

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 08 March 2006 A senior U.S. military commander met with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday to discuss the war against terrorism. The meeting comes amid escalating

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 02 November 2006 Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo has said he will not apply parts of a new U.N. Security Council resolution he considers unconstitutional. The resolution calls for greater powers to the transitional prime

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By Amanda Cassandra New York 12 October 2006 A center for African-American culture in the United States is celebrating its 80th anniversary by honoring international role models for their professional and humanitarian work on behalf of people of Afr

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 16 November 2006 Students chat after practicing to chant verses of the holy book of Koran at Al Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia (File photo) The U.S. launched an initiative in 2003 meant to bo

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By Scott Stearns Washington 05 September 2006 Amir of Kuwait (left) with President Bush President Bush welcomed the Amir of Kuwait to the White House for talks about bringing peace to the Middle East. ----- He thanked the Amir for what he called Kuw

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By Deborah Block Washington, DC 04 August 2006 watch Middle East Resolution Hezbollah fired a massive wave of rockets at northern Israel Thursday and today. Several civilians were killed and many others injured. Warplanes from Israel renewed strikes

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