By Sean Maroney Washington 30 March 2007 watch Britian Demand Release No quick solution is in sight for the tense dispute over Iran's seizure of a British naval crew. After negotiations, the U.N. Security Council expressed grave concern and called f

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 19 February 2006 Pakistan's police officers retreat as mob advance during a protest in Islamabad, Feb. 19, 2006 Police in Pakistan fired teargas and rubber bullets to prevent hun

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 04 May 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal French voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president to succeed Jacques Chirac. The two contenders are center-right Nicholas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal.

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By Greg Flakus Houston 30 May 2006 Dozens of volunteers with the anti-illegal immigration group known as the Minutemen spent their Memorial Day holiday in the hot sun along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, building a fence to stop illegal crossing

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By Teresa Sullivan Washington 25 May 2006 A private research group in Washington says religious textbooks in Saudi Arabia, despite revisions, continue to teach intolerance and violence. Saudi Arabia's Curriculum of Intolerance The Washington-based C

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 November 2006 The United Nations, governments and humanitarian organizations are calling for stepped up action to combat violence against women. To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 31 October 2006 In Pakistan, thousands of angry tribesmen and Islamic party activists have protested against Monday's military strike on an Islamic school near the Afghan border that authorities say killed at least 80 suspected

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By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 30 July 2006 Lebanese hold a candlelit vigil in memory of at least 56 people - more than half of then children - who were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike that crushed a building in the southern Lebanese village of Qana

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 01 September 2006 Pakistani authorities say they have buried a tribal leader, whose death during a military operation last week sparked violent protests. ----- Protestor hurls back a tear gas shell towards the police durin

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 17 February 2006 watch US Prisoner report U.S. officials have dismissed a United Nations human rights report calling on the United States to either bring to trial or rel

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 March 2007 After a fact-finding mission around the globe, a U.N.'s special investigator found that, while governments are quick to condemn torture, the practice is common in many parts of the world. The investigator has subm

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 15 June 2008 America's top diplomat is in the Middle East trying to get the peace process back on track. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets US Secretar

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By David Gollust The State Department 28 October 2009 The Obama administration on Wednesday defended the long-running U.S. economic embargo against Cuba in the face of another overwhelming U.N. General Assembly vote condemning American policy toward

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 17 May 2007 In the troubled Somali capital, Mogadishu, security has been tightened, following a bombing that targeted the country's interim Prime Minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi. The prime minister was unharmed, and there have been

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 05 February 2006 Outraged Syrians torch Denmark's Embassy in Damascus Muslim outrage over the publication in Europe of political cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed has

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By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 04 August 2006 As Cuban exiles in Miami continue to debate about the condition of Cuban President Fidel Castro, his sister, Juanita Castro, who fled her brother's regime more than four decades ago, said the Cuban leader is v

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By David Gollust State Department 06 March 2007 The head of the New York-based group Human Rights Watch says detention-without-trial and other practices in the war on terrorism have undermined U.S. credibility on human-rights issues. Human Rights Wat

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 04 September 2006 Israel's government says it intends to build 690 new homes in two West Bank settlements. Palestinian officials say the plan is a violation of the U.S.-backed road map peace plan. ----- The settlement constru

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 05 June 2007 Pakistani journalists hold oil torches as they march towards presidency during rally to condemn crackdown against media, in Islamabad, 04 June 2007 Pakistani journalists and media rights activists are lashing o

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 October 2009 The UN Human Rights Council has deferred a vote on recommendations from a controversial fact-finding mission on Gaza until its next session in March. The deferment is seen as a victory for the Obama administrat

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