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After a month and a hlaf lagjam the senate has unanimously approved a bill that will create a fund to help vitims of human trafficking. NPR' Ailsa Chang reports a federal and Abortion Funding provision got resolve with the technical change to the lan
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has walked free after being granted bail by the High Court in London. Mr Assange was released after paying a $315,000 bond. He's fighting extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations. Rescuers are still searc
Farmers are warning that proposal to slash water allocations along the Murray-Darling would cause job losses and push up food prices. The proposal is expected to recommend deep cuts to irrigators' water entitlements. The plan will be released tomorro
This is AP News Minute. Cabinet members and Vice President Mike Pence are among those who denied witting a New York Time's op-ed. The essay said White House officials are actively thwarting President Trump's most dangerous impulses. Supreme Court nom
Turmoil and uncertainty in Egypt deepened Wednesday after the country's defiant president insisted he will not step down in the face of demands by millions of protesters. The plane carrying Bolivia's president was rerouted to Austria after various Eu
Pakistan has launched a major ground offensive against militants in the border area near Afghanistan. The BBCs Shoaid Pasan reports the army is meeting fierce resistance from the militants. The screws upturning in what appears to be the toughest tes
Theres no apparent movement in the partisan stalemate over the budget and the debt ceiling. House Speaker John Boehner told ABCs This Week that debt ceiling wont be raised until President Obama negotiates government spending. It is time to deal with
Chiles former President Michelle Bachelet is returning to office after a run-off election today. John Nielsen reports the center-left Bachelet easily defeated her opponent from the right-wing governing coalition. Bachelet won 62% of the vote accordin
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Just about every American adult has heard the names Roe and Wade. Roe v. Wade was the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the United States. Not so many people know about the real people involved, and now a new pla
The governor of Kansas has signed a new first-of-its-kind abortion law. As Aileen LeBlanc of member station KMUW reports, it bans a type of abortion thats most commonly performed in the second trimester of pregnancy. The bill was drafted by the Natio
A manhunt is underway in Northern Illinois after a police officer was shot and killed in a village around fifty miles northwest of Chicago. NPR's SK reports police say they are searching for three suspects. Authorities have locked down schools, block
By Jeff Swicord Washington 14 April 2008 Recent surveys of American Catholics indicate that many are out of step with the Vatican's teachings on contraception and abortion. With Pope Benedict visiting the United States beginning April 15, some Cathol
Anchor: The first gift parents give to their children is a name. For commentator Laurel Snyder the name her parents chose is emblematic of the way she came into the world. Laurel Snyder: My mother almost killed me in the spring of 1973. She was 22, f
President Obama is calling todays talks between US officials and Iranian diplomats concerning the countrys disputed nuclear program a constructive beginning, though the president also said Iran must match its promises of cooperation with deeds. And
By Meredith Buel Washington 22 October 2007 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney continues to lead other candidates for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in the early contest states of Iowa and New Hampshire, although he trails some
For the past several decades Republican presidential candidates have been able to count on winning in the Rocky Mountain states so they could concentrate their efforts elsewhere. But this year the Democrats are making inroads in those states and cou
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has drawn wide support from college students and other youthful voters, many of whom have volunteered for his campaign. But Republicans, now holding their convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, are also try
1.President Barack Obama heads to Texas today to attend a memorial service at Fort Hood where a gunman's rampage left thirteen dead and twenty-nine wounded. The president plans to meet with the families of those killed. The army says at least 3,000
By Meredith Buel Washington 15 April 2008 Pope Benedict XVIhas arrived in the United States for his first visit since he was elected as the head of the Roman Catholic Church nearly three years ago. On the flight from Rome, the pontiff said he is deep
By Jim Malone Washington 23 October 2007 Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to lead public-opinion polls in the battle for the Republican Party's U.S. presidential nomination. But as VOA national correspondent Jim Malone reports, poli