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By Greg Flakus Mexico City 30 November 2006 In Mexico, a standoff between rival parties continues in the lower house of the congress, which is to be the site of the presidential inauguration on Friday. Some Latin American leaders have canceled trips
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 August 2007 South African President Thabo Mbeki's anticipated report to the Southern African Development Community summit on Thursday is unlikely to reveal significant progress toward resolving the crisis in Zim
By Jim Teeple Bethlehem 21 December 2006 watch Bethlehem Christians Every year at this time, Christians around the world turn their attention to Bethlehem, a small city in the West Bank where, according to Christian tradition, Jesus Christ was born.
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Edgar Allan Poe And I'm Shirley Griffith. This year is the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of writer Edgar Allan Poe. The United States Postal Service i
Tunisia is observing three days of mourning for people killed in the revolution that ousted the president a week ago. As many as one hundred people may have died since the start of the uprising in December. The former president, Zine el-Abidene Ben A
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 The resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after eighteen days of protests filled Cairo's Tahrir, or Liberation, Square with celebrations. 开罗解放
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 23 March 2008 Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai held his last election rally in Harare Sunday and promised that a new Zimbabwe, driven by love and not fear, is on the horizon. Mr. Tsvangirai, enjoying a huge surge of popu
By Nico Colombant Port Harcourt, Nigeria 29 May 2007 Many Nigerians hope their new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, will urgently address the issue of gasoline scarcity after he is sworn in today. Even though Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer, mass
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 June 2007 The recent release of Niger Delta militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has prompted calls for the immediate release of another separatist leader from the southeast. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja. Ralph U
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 26 April 2006 watch Lacrosse report Lacrosse, a sport for the young, has old roots in games played by Native Americans hundreds of years ago. Today, lacrosse is still trea
By Steve Schy Turin 24 February 2006 The International Olympic Committee has taken the unusual step of releasing the results of doping tests that were negative for drugs in the samples of 10 members o
For generations, traditional Indian sweets have been a customary gift during the main Hindu festival, Diwali. But tastes are changing as India globalizes - and chocolates, cakes or other gifts are replacing Indian sweets as the hot favorites. From N
Hundreds of Zimbabweans from political parties, civil rights organizations, churches and ordinary citizens gathered Wednesday for the first public hearings towards a new constitution organized by the transitional four-month-old government of nationa
Six weeks after an earthquake devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, Sierra Leoneans have come together to contribute to recovery efforts. Popular Sierra Leonean musician and producer, Jimmy B, wrote a song for Haiti. He performed it at a benefi
Rights campaigners say current laws against gays are a violation of human rights Lameck Masina | Blantyre, Malawi 19 February 2010 In late December, two gay men held an engagement ceremony and were promptly arrested. The event prompted a public debat
On New Year's Eve, Zimbabweans were still lining up outside South African government offices, attempting to become legal citizens in South Africa before the deadline on Friday. The South Africans have relaxed many immigration laws to allow as many Zi
The Egyptian village of Kafr Torky lies along the banks of the Nile, seemingly a world away from the passions that played out further north, in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Yet even in such a bucolic setting, the demonstrations and ultimate victory of the
By Sarah Simpson Lagos 14 April 2007 Nigerians voted for new state governors and legislators Saturday, but in a poor suburb of the commercial capital, Lagos, many people were doubtful that the election could bring any improvement to their lives. Sar
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 17 July 2006 watch Casualities report Lebanon's peace has been shattered, warplanes have bombed the Gaza strip, and rockets are falling from the sky over Israel. VOA's Peter Fedynsky reports on the plight of people o
By Lindsay Wise Cairo 10 May 2006 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (April 2006) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has governed for the last 25 years. Many in Egypt have lived most of their lives under