First up today, a natural disaster in Indonesia. This weekend wasn\'t the first time Mount S. erupted. It\'s been doing that on and off for months now; but it is the first time that an eruption from this volcano has killed someone. At least 15 people

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AZUZ: It's just days before an election in the Middle Eastern nation of Iran. People there will go to the polls on Friday, and the country's current vice president, who was a candidate for office announced yesterday he dropped out of the race. He's t

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The Communist Party of China is stepping up its anti-corruption drive, listing seven priorities for 2015. The CPC's top corruption eradication authority is calling for tighter scrutiny of senior officials and intensified efforts to track down corrupt

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Taliban attacks in Afghanistan rose sharply this year, underscoring the difficulty faced by the Afghan government and coalition forces trying to stamp out the persistent and deadly insurgency. But just how serious a threat does the Taliban pose to t

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By Efam Dovi Accra, Ghana 27 July 2006 A recent boost in gas prices across Ghana is generating unprecedented criticism from members of the ruling New Patriotic Party, with some fearing that the party could lose the next general elections as a result

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Helen Clarks position as Head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was announced yesterday. This position is number three in the United Nations. Helen Clark was one of 10 people on a short list. She was chosen because of her excellent q

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By Selah Hennessy Dakar 17 July 2007 Benin's president Thomas Boni Yayi marched more than 10 kilometers through the streets of the capital, Cotonou, late Monday, shouting slogans against corruption in the country. A local journalist says the march is

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 22 August 2007 Nigerian lawmakers, opposition party pressing for an investigation into how the parliamentary speaker spent nearly $5 millionto renovate two official residences. From Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA th

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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

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In South Africa, opposition leaders are reacting with dismay to the dissolution of an elite crime fighting unit that targeted organized crime and corrupt public officials. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Johannesburg. South African opposition

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Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Controversial in US In April of 1998, twins Lawrence and Lamont Garrison were about to graduate from Howard University in Washington. Both worked at the U.S. Justice Department and planned to attend law school. Then,

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Tahrir Square Looms Over Egyptian Elections Egypt's military rulers insist parliamentary elections will go ahead as planned Monday, despite unrest that has left dozens of anti-military protesters dead, and the center of Cairo in upheaval. A capital c

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The War on Graft has sent shockwaves through the Kenyan Parliament in recent months, with several ministers being targeted in high-profile investigations. But Kenya's anti-corruption body says more are on the way. In recent months, Kenya's notoriousl

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Cameroonian Develops Mobile Telephone Application To Fight Corruption Baksheesh in Arabic is money offered to crooked officials to get rid of red-tape. And so NoBakchich implies no more bribes. Thats the name of a mobile telephone application conceiv

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Cyprus Poses Fresh Crisis as EU Questions Russian Investment In Cyprus the banks may still be closed, but lines at cash machines are still growing. Alongside the Cypriots withdrawing their savings are many foreign nationals. With a corporate tax rate

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Kidnappers Target Refugees in Sudan Amnesty International says refugees and asylum seekers are being kidnapped in Sudan and held for ransom in Egypts Sinai desert. Most of those abducted are Eritrean and many have been beaten, raped or killed. The hu

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US Analysts Dismiss Reports of Palestinian PM Resignation Longstanding differences between the Palestinian president and his prime minister came to a head after Fayyad accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Nabil Quassis last month and Presiden

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[00:01]R:Who the hell do you think you are, lady? Sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong. [00:06]You're a number cruncher. Just crunch the goddamn numbers! [00:11]J:Uh, I was doing my job. I mean, we were creating a defense system that was

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A top critic of Vladimir Putin has been accused of murder. Financier William Browder lives in London. American-born but now a British citizen, Browder was once the largest private foreign investor in Russia. He made a lot of mone

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: In January of 2015, radical Islamist gunmen attacked the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a Paris kosher supermarket, killing 17 people. And that was the moment when the destructive threat of radicalizat

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