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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 30 April 2007 Lerato, 7, sitting left, and her friends Abigain, 11, right, and Koketso, 14, watch television while being treated in the medical clinic of the Sparrow Rainbow Village in Johannesburg (File photo) The governme
Pro-Russia Activists Set Up Checkpoints in Ukraine's Far East 亲俄罗斯激进分子在乌克兰的远东地区设立检查站 ARTEMOVSK, UKRAINE In far eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, pro-Russian activists have set up protest camps and ch
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Next week, the south side of Chicago gets something it hasn't had in decades - a high-level adult trauma center at the University of Chicago Hospital. Trauma centers treat people with the most acute wounds, including gunshot injuri
Activists: Protests Over Chicago Schools Continue King's Work CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Dr. Martin Luther King spent time in the midwest U.S. city of Chicago in the mid 1960s to promote open housing and equality in public schools. Five decades after his inte
By Nico Colombant Dakar 08 April 2008 Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo fear a cover-up is taking place in the aftermath of violence in the western Bas-Congo region earlier this year. Clashes opposed police and a now banned p
By Marissa Melton Washington 24 January 2007 Peace activists have announced they will hold an anti-war rally on the National Mall in Washington Saturday, the first since Democrats assumed control of Congress. Organizers say they have given up on sway
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 24 May 2006 Activists in Burkina Faso are marking the 16th anniversary of their campaign to end the practice of female genital mutilation. Though progress has been made, many young girls still undergo the dangerous operation, w
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 25 January 2006 Palestinian family look at a voting list outside a polling station in the West Bank City of Jenin, 25 January 2006 Palestinians are voting for a new parliament
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 March 2007 Human Rights activists from Burma are appealing to the U.N. Human Rights Council and the international community to maintain pressure on the government's military rulers to end their repression of the country's Ka
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 23 March 2007 Zimbabwean police this week launched attacks against activists in communities around Harare. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg, that reports of the violence ar
By Jim Malone Washington 23 June 2006 Political activists, frustrated by the polarized nature of American politics, have decided to do something about it in time for the next U.S. presidential election in 2008. --------------- Unity08.com screenshot
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 17 June 2008 Human rights activists are urging the U.N. Security Council to turn up the pressure on the Sudanese government and quickly complete the deployment of 26,000 U.N. peacekeepers to Sudan's war-torn Darfur
DC Community Activists Work to Curb Youth Violence From street corner fights to school yard assaults, violence among young African-Americans is on the rise. While youth violence has decreased nationally since 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and
Burma's Exiled Activists Consider Returning Home Political crackdowns were the once-defining images of Burma's notorious military regime. Since 1988, thousands of civilians were killed or thrown in prison. Many more escaped abroad. Activist Khin Ohma
Rising Violence Against Egyptian Women Worries Rights Activists Women played a major role in the revolution that brought down Egypt's old government. But nearly two years on, many say they have seen little reward. In terms of physical security, activ
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 15 June 2006 Human rights activists are giving mixed reviews to a decision by Britain to jail Charles Taylor if Liberia's former president is convicted for his role during Sierra Leone's civil war. The decision paves the wa
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 15 June 2007 Russian human rights activists say about 20 young people have disappeared since April in Dagestan, a troubled region of the Caucasus in southern Russia. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Moscow that m
One month before the Beijing Olympics, union members and other labor rights activists are pushing sportswear makers to improve working conditions in the industry. Activists urge global companies and the International Olympic Committee to help stop l
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 14 November 2006 watch Russian Nationalism Hundreds of ultra-nationalists and far-right demonstrators rallied in the Russian capital a week ago despite a ban imposed on their gathering by the city's authorities. The march fol
Activists Push for Right to Counsel in US Civil Cases People who are charged with crimes in the United States have a constitutional right to have an attorney provided to them by the government, if they can not afford one on their own. Legal advocates